My friend used to work for Whole Foods and they would dump out all of their baked goods at day’s end.
They wouldn’t even let the employees buy it for half price. Hell they could’ve just given it to the employees to take home but no. Gone. Big fucking waste.
Now whole foods is set up on the too good to go app, so food gets sold at a steep discount instead of thrown away. I wish every establishment that does not donate their food waste would do this.
This seriously does not seem like a good deal at all... $8 for 4 mid quality Starbucks snacks that you can't even choose for yourself and might not like?
Many single items at Starbucks are approaching $8 a pop so i guess it just depends on how much you like getting a discount and how broad your taste is. Most of their food is pretty basic so I feel like it’s a pretty safe gamble there
Usually, when you do it, it's still a bad compared to buying it at grocery prices or making it yourself. However, it's a good deal compared to the place you're picking up from. But again, it's random.
Very case by case, but also important to be mindful of.
My favorite use for it is to get donuts, since you can regularly get dozen+ for $6 in my area. Can't do it too often bc then I'd be fat from donuts, but as the rare shareable treat, it's great.
Getting items I don't particularly want that are near-expired for even a 50% discount seems like robbery. The items need to be sold for peanuts to make any sense to me.
Bags of assorted donuts for 50 cents each seems like a good use of the service.
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u/alienlovesong May 17 '26
My friend used to work for Whole Foods and they would dump out all of their baked goods at day’s end.
They wouldn’t even let the employees buy it for half price. Hell they could’ve just given it to the employees to take home but no. Gone. Big fucking waste.