TOO GOOD TO GO SAVES THE PLANET ONE MEAL AT A TIME 

Every year we waste around 1.3 billion tons of food, with a third of it being produced for human consumption. Food waste contributes roughly 8 % of total greenhouse gas emissions.

 

Too Good To Go is the world’s leading platform for reducing food waste, and they have globally saved more than 50 million meals now, 4,5 years after saving their first meal in Copenhagen back in 2016. They have avoided the equivalent of more than 148.000 tons of greenhouse gas emissions, which is the equivalent of 34.000 vehicles driven for one year.

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Since launching Too Good To Go (TGTG)  in Spain in 2018, they have helped fighting food waste in the Basque country. Today they are already collaborating with more than 80 food business in Bilbao and has saved more than 38,000 meals in the city.

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Carlos García is very glad to see all the positive response they have gotten in their fight against food waste:

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“The growth of Too Good To Go in these two years has been incredible. Right now in Spain we have a community of 2 million users and we are already helping more than 5000 businesses in their fight against food waste where we have managed to avoid the waste of more than 1.7 million meals. The evolution and the welcome from users and shops are being so positive. In July of this year, we celebrated that we reached the first million meals saved after almost two years, and only 5 months later of this great milestone we have already saved 700,000 more meals. We hope to end 2020 having saved more than 2 million meals,” he says.
 

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Helping out businesses through tough times

The pandemic has forced many businesses within the food industry to close, and the covid-19 makes it difficult for many businesses to calculate their food surpluses properly.

Therefore TGTG are helping these businesses in the best way they can, fighting the food waste, and reduce the economic impact the covid-19 has brought for the business. During the lockdown, they also launched their non-profit projects called ‘WeCare’ for businesses that were still open, giving them the opportunity to sell boxes with basic food for 7 days through the app, giving them the chance to reach more people and earn more income during this time:

 

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“Now, with the new normality, we know that it is a time of great uncertainty. Every day is different and many businesses cannot calculate their surpluses properly. We are helping these businesses through our app, finding a solution to avoid food waste, and reduce the economic impact,” García explains.

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On a mission for a better world

Too Good To Go’s mission for the Basque Country is the same as for the rest of Spain and the other countries they are operating in: To fight food waste and inspire and empower everyone in this mission.

And it looks like they are doing a pretty job in doing so, having a community of 28 million users, more than 60,000 food businesses and just recently launched in USA as well.

 

However, they still haven’t reached their goal yet:

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“Our aim is to add more food businesses to our movement, continue launching campaigns to raise awareness in society, and work with the different local governments to help stop food waste. (…)Obviously, in the long term we dream of a planet without food waste, and to achieve this we will continue to work hard to ensure that no food is wasted.”

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- Carlos García, Press Officer, Spain