You'll be able to grab an Aldi Too Good To Go bag four days earlier than normal this festive season!
Aldi is making its Too Good To Go ‘Magic Bags’ available for reservation earlier than ever before for Christmas and New Year’s Eve.
Customers will be able to reserve a bag via the Too Good To Go app up to five days in advance, giving shoppers more flexibility during the busy festive period.
This means that bags for Christmas Eve will be available to order from Thursday, December 19th, for collection, and bags for New Year’s Eve can be ordered from Friday, December 27th. Normally, you can only book bags 24 hours before collection.
The Surprise or Magic Bags, as they are known, cost £3.30 each and contain at least £10 worth of food, which is approaching its sell-by or use-by date. In my opinion and experience, Aldi has a good reputation for giving decent bags!
As with all these bags, you do not know what you're going to receive, so it is always a risk, and the bags shouldn't be relied upon to feed the family, as you could end up with anything the bag, sometimes things that aren't going to fulfil your needs for cheap dinner! If you received a bag full of just salad on Christmas Eve, would that be a suitable cheap dinner option? For some, it might be; for others, such as myself, not so much, and that's the risk you take!
The bags won't necessarily be Christmas-themed either. The food being given out will be a mix of products that need to be used that day, and that could be anything. It is highly likely that this will include non-Christmas food, so again, don't rely on this for your Christmas Day lunch ingredients!
That said, you can still make a meaningful impact on preventing food waste, and the bags can save you money on your grocery budget, so it's well worth trying if you haven't already!
Luke Emery, National Sustainability Director at Aldi UK, said:
“We’re making our Too Good To Go bags even more accessible this Christmas and New Year. By allowing customers to reserve their bags earlier than ever, we hope to provide even more people with affordable items that also help to reduce food waste.
“This partnership continues to play a vital role in supporting our sustainability goals, and it has been incredible to see how many customers now regularly use the service.”
Sophie Trueman, Country Director at Too Good To Go UK and Ireland, adds:
"We’re delighted to help Aldi and its customers save even more food from going to waste across this seasonal period. Not only does our win-win-win solution support Aldi in tackling surplus food, but it also enables customers to enjoy products at great value for money, all while making a positive impact on the planet."
In addition to its Too Good To Go partnership, Aldi’s UK stores donate surplus food to local causes year-round via its successful partnership with Neighbourly.
Over the upcoming festive period, Britain’s fourth-largest supermarket expects to donate more than one million meals to local charities and foodbanks across the UK.
You can read more about Too Good To Go on the blog here