Aldi shoppers will soon be able to buy heavily discounted bags of food from the supermarket following a successful trial partnership with food waste saving app, Too Good To Go. The retailer is set to start selling bags of food worth £10 for just £3.30, as the scheme rolls out to all UK stores.
The budget supermarkets will be offering the offering surplus food bags in all of their 990 stores in a bid to tackle food waste while also offering even lower prices to customers.
To get a Magic Bag, shoppers can simply download the free Too Good To Go app and search for their nearby Aldi store, before reserving a bag to collect from the store at an allotted time.
The ‘Magic Bags’ will contain a range of grocery products that are approaching their sell-by or use-by dates at less than a third of the price, costing just £3.30 each to purchase for at least £10 worth of food.
Liz Fox, Corporate Responsibility Director at Aldi UK, said: “Rolling out our partnership with Too Good To Go is another way of allowing us to cut down on food waste, while also offering customers the opportunity to pick up our food at even lower prices.
“With the rising cost of living impacting so many, Too Good To Go offers a simple and accessible way for consumers to save money and reduce waste.”
The nationwide roll out is expected to save a further 4,000 tonnes of food from going to waste annually and will form a key part of Aldi’s ongoing commitment to cut food waste.
In addition, all of Aldi’s UK stores will continue to donate surplus food to local causes every day. Since 2019, the supermarket has donated more than 30 million meals via its successful partnership with Neighbourly.
Sophie Trueman, Managing Director of Too Good To Go UK and Ireland, added: “We’re thrilled to be rolling out our partnership with Aldi nationally. Having already had fantastic feedback during a successful trial period, I know our Too Good To Go community is going to jump at the chance to save Magic Bags from their local Aldi and prevent even more good food from going to waste.”
Manchester Evening News have previously reviewed a number of Too Good To Go bags from various partners with the app, including Starbucks, Greggs and Morrisons. In one bag, we received nearly £20 worth of groceries for just £3.09.
While Aldi haven’t released an official date for their nationwide stores to start using the app, we’ll be keeping a close eye out for when they do. Manchester’s Market Street store was part of last year's trial, regularly selling out of their discounted food bags, so we imagine there’s going to be some high demand across the country once they launch fully.
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