Too Good To Go: Eat For £3 a Day

Right, if you're still dropping £10 on a Pret sandwich in London, we're fixing that today. Too Good To Go sells surprise bags of surplus food from cafes, bakeries and chains for £3-£8, stuff worth two or three times that. I've been grabbing these for months, and it's dead easy to eat proper meals for under a tenner a day.

What you get You're buying Surprise Bags from spots like Pure (breakfast bag £3, various London locations), Coco di Mama (£3.50 pasta), GAIL's (£5 pastries, e.g. EC2A 4JE near Old Street), Leon (from £4.39 dinner boxes), Wenzel's hot food and Blank Street Coffee. Original value's 2-3x higher, that's 50-75% off. Pickup windows vary: Pure 11:25am-12pm, Coco 10:30am-11am, GAIL's 4pm-7pm, Leon 9:15pm-11pm. App shows the nearest tube for each, no single address, it's all over London.

How to get it 1. Download the Too Good To Go app (free on iOS/Android). 2. Set your location, browse bags from nearby spots like GAIL's or Leon. 3. Reserve and pay in-app, bags drop the day before (e.g. Pure from 12:32pm prior). 4. Show the app slider or receipt at pickup within the window. Delegate to a mate if you're running late.

What the TikTok didn't mention - GAIL's bags are the best, pastries rate 4.47 stars, miles better than Pret's stale croissants. Hit central ones near Old Street tube. - Go for Pure Breakfast (£3) or Leon late (£4.39) to chain a full day: brekkie, lunch, dinner under £12. - Filter by dietary needs in-app, but check ratings, Wenzel's hot food sells quick but skips if you're veggie.

The catch You don't pick the contents, it's surplus whatever they've got, so one day it's fresh pastries, next it's yesterday's wraps. Bags vanish fast, especially Greggs or GAIL's in Zone 1, I've missed more than I've nabbed.

Pure gold if you're skint and near a good spot.