To the prestigious App Store Awards 2023, Apple rewarded Too Good To Go in the category of Cultural Impact Award. Among 40 finalists from around the world, divided into 10 categories, the first prize went to Too Good To Go, a company with a mission to inspire and empower everyone to fight food waste together, for its exceptional user experience and culture of deep social impact.
“This award is proof that through technology, young companies can have a powerful social impact around the world,” he said Placed Lykke of Too Good To Go, also highlighted: “Too Good To Go’s success is not just about the economic advantage it guarantees; it’s about preventing good food from going to waste, promoting decarbonization and actively contributing to the fight against climate change.”
Second Exhaustion of the project (2020), reducing food waste is the number one action humans can take to help tackle climate change by limiting temperature rise to 2°C by 2100. Globally, 40% of all food produced is wasted, accounting for 10% of the human population. -causes greenhouse gas emissions in the world (WWF, 2021), and this is happening in a world where 828 million people go hungry every day (WHO, 2021).
“Too Good To Go is the solution relied on by 8.1 million registered users in Italy to save good food from cafes, bakeries, local restaurants, grocery stores, and supermarkets, with an excellent quality-price ratio,” he added. Mirco Cerisolaby Too Good To Go Italy.
Using the app is simple and instant. Every day, Too Good To Go partners, including bakeries, grocery stores, cafes, hotels, and restaurants, collect unsold surplus food that is nearing its use-by date to prepare surprise bags at a reduced price. Through the free app, users can easily reserve Surprise Bags for pickup at a pre-arranged time of day. To date, more than 85 million people rely on the app to prevent good food from going to waste with more than 150,000 partners in 17 countries. Together, Too Good To Go users have already saved more than 280 million meals from waste worldwide, equivalent to 700,000 tonnes of CO2e saved.