Greggs saves over 1 million bags of food waste with Too Good To Go

Greggs and surplus food app Too Good To Go have revealed that their partnership has resulted in the prevention of more than one million bags of food from going to waste in the UK.

Too Good To Go works with companies to prevent food waste by allowing customers to purchase surplus food from restaurants, convenience retailers and producers. Users download the free Too Good To Go app and search for nearby businesses that offer unsold food, where they can then purchase a ‘magic bag’ of food at a third of its original retail value, collected at an allotted time.

Greggs’ partnership with Too Good To Go launched in early 2021 and to date more than 1,200 Greggs sites across the UK are available to rescue surplus food from.

Sophie Trueman, managing director for Too Good To Go in the UK and Ireland, said: “We’re thrilled to be partners with a British staple like Greggs and to have reached such an incredible milestone so quickly.

“There are so many benefits to preventing delicious food from going to waste – retailers can recover their sunk costs, while consumers can access great food at an affordable price. Everyone wins and together we can do good for our planet too. I’m incredibly excited to see our partnership continue to flourish and rescue even more Greggs favourites from going to waste.”

Gillian Long, Greggs retail operations director, added: “Today, we are delighted to celebrate that our customers have saved over 1 million Magic Bags packed with Greggs favourites.

“As announced in the Greggs pledge, we are committed to creating 25% less food waste by 2025 than we did in 2018 and we will continue to work towards 100% of excess food going to those most in need.”