An App That Helps You Save More Money and Waste Less Food Might Be Coming to Your City
Too Good To Go is expanding to eight new cities in 2025.
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Do you know about Too Good To Go? It’s an app that lets you snag “surprise bags” of surplus food from restaurants and grocery stores for a few bucks — still edible things they were probably going to throw away, like baked goods at the end of the day. The app reduces food waste, offers deals for people whose appetites are bigger than their wallets and helps eateries monetize surplus food. It’s a bargain for consumers, a boon for businesses and a win for the world.
If you haven’t heard about it, that may be because it hasn’t been in your city — yet. But that may be about to change. Too Good To Go has announced that, this week, the app is expanding into eight new U.S. cities — Albany, Syracuse, Buffalo, Rochester, Milwaukee, Madison, Las Vegas and Indianapolis. And by the end of the year, Too Good To Go says, it will have a presence in every U.S. city with a population over one million “cementing its coast-to-coast footprint.”
“Every year, 38% of food produced in the U.S. goes to waste—equal to nearly 149 billion meals. Too Good To Go’s model turns that loss into opportunity,” the company says in a press release announcing its expansion.
The process works like this: You open the app, see which restaurants, cafes and stores near you are offering “surprise bags” of food at about one third of the original price, then reserve whatever you want and go pick it up at the appointed time. Sometimes you get something fantastic, sometimes something meh. But the surprise is part of the fun.
And people are into it. In the U.S. alone, Too Good To Go, has more than 15 million users, 3.6 million of whom registered in 2025. Its roster of 17,000 U.S. business partnerships is also rapidly expanding, with Whole Foods Market, Circle K, Eataly, Just Salad and Peet’s Coffee, among others, signing on in 2025. Use nationwide is up 67 percent so far in 2025, and U.S. consumers now “save” more than a million meals each month via the app, the company says.
“Americans face both a massive environmental challenge and a powerful business opportunity when it comes to food waste,” Chris MacAulay, vice president of operations at Too Good To Go in North America, says in a statement. “With millions of new users joining us this year and a rapidly growing partner network, it’s clear there’s strong demand for everyday solutions that make food more affordable … Together, we’re proving that when businesses and communities come together, everyone wins.”
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