Surprise bags from Whole Foods first became available in Austin last July. Since then, the grocery store's partnership with Too Good To Go has led to the company avoiding more than 276,000 pounds of CO2 emissions.
Austin-based Whole Foods and Too Good To Go are taking their partnership to reduce food waste nationwide after a successful pilot in the Texas capital.
Too Good To Go launched its app in 2015 in Denmark and brought its services to Austin in 2021, before expanding toSarah Soteroff, head of public relations for Too Good To Go, said Austin is one of their strongest markets.It's been a year since Whole Foods and Too Good To Go partnered in Austin. Since then, they've avoided thousands of pounds in emissions.
“If I'm lucky there'll be a prepared food one. The pickup time is usually in the evening, so you kind of have to schedule your day a little bit,” Ellsworth said.
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