Too Good to Go - Food App

Homelander

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121777905#Comment_121777905

Veg and stuffing sandwiches for a few days, what's not to love!

Seapoint

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121646103#Comment_121646103

I have to come back again and say... "look at the per kilo prices" - in reality the fresh prices are better.

It's a total con job!

SouthWesterly

I stick to 2 companies. One a butcher and the other a salads distributor.

Occasionally get a box from my local Lebanese restaurant which is hot,fresh and a third of the price.

Sheep Shagger

Damn you Krispie Kreme, I'm getting my second box in two consecutive days lol.

6 mystery donuts for €5.75...ya can't go wrong.

PublicBen

Soup Dragon (Capel Street, Dublin) today. Tomato and veg soups. Two decent chunks of bread and a muffin. Fantastic value for €3.99

CKrules

I got a bag from Alfama in Windy Arbour (Dundrum Road) for 4 quid.

2 chocolate chip muffins

2 Pasteis de Nata

2 chocolate brownies (one with nuts)

1 almond cake

They were all delicious. One of the best bags I've gotten.

gussieg

So there is a new spot I’d never tried before they appeared in the app, which is Hattons of Garadice. Out of the way unless you re heading that way but so worth it, got some really lovely ready to eat meals. Just lovely. Thinking about booking for a special occasion. Also, the Hyatt centric gave a lovely fish dinner to go complete with veg and desserts . Yum

gussieg

But let us not forget the legendary and now oft mythical, surprise bag from the applegreen , booterstown. A nicer bunch of folk I’ve yet to meet. So sound.

its like a mini Christmas treat, especially good if you have elderly neighbours or family to share it with. Now that’s how you do too good to go.

gussieg

And special mention goes to.. Toons bridge dairy. Quick friendly delicious and really tasty proper chai lattes for those days when you feel like you’re worth it. And costs less than a Costa one, which is now made with a manky syrup.

PublicBen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121851126#Comment_121851126

Ordered a bag for tomorrow evening in Hattons. They always seem to have 4/5 bags every day. Was looking forward to seeing what its like but they’ve just cancelled the order. How do they know they won’t have food for a bag tomorrow???

gussieg

Hmmm

gussieg

Hmmm

Moving2017

Aldi seems to have Easter Saturday bags on offer at the moment. Hopefully they’re decent!

SouthWesterly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121944387#Comment_121944387

If we base it on Christmas, they will be rubbish

PublicBen

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121944515#Comment_121944515

And the New Years Eve ones were worse than a normal Aldi bag.

spurious

Always pleased with the Tartine Bakery in Baldoyle Industrial Estate, Dublin, 4.99 for all this.

sue97

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121945842#Comment_121945842

it's coming up a 'nothing today' on my app for weeks, what time does it normally show.

callaway92

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121945842#Comment_121945842

I know it's a Bakery, so it's to be expected; but my god is that not just too much bread? It's hardly gonna get used before going stale?

djan

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121946258#Comment_121946258

Slice it up, pop into freezer and then defrost in toaster to get close to fresh out of oven tasting bread.

spurious

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121946230#Comment_121946230

It's a really tricky one to get. I was just idly looking at the app this morning at about 11 and saw they had something today. It goes very quickly when it has something. There were two bags left when I got there and the other one was even bigger than the one I took, but I wanted the baguette :)

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121946258#Comment_121946258

All sliced up and in the freezer, apart from the baguette which is enjoying a quick death. We don't actually use a lot of bread here, but handy to have a couple of slices we can defrost for soup and not need to eat the whole loaf.

Moving2017

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121945524#Comment_121945524

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121944515#Comment_121944515

Thanks very much. I’ve cancelled the one I had reserved, I was going out of my way to get it so not worth the risk!

thesandeman

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121946258#Comment_121946258

Even so, it's worth it for the kettle 😁

lucalux

Got a box from Aldi yesterday evening, not a lot in it, one of those smaller cardboard boxes.

Large fish pie, Sushi bento box (in the bin!) 2 sandwiches, a wrap, prepared veg bags x 3, baby carrots

They did have a load of loose chocolate easter egg thingys thrown in though, so I'm not sure if that was because a pack had been opened/was out of date, or was it an extra for the weekend that's in it?!

Only got it because I was going down anyway and it popped up on the app.

The Christmas 'special' boxes weren't special, so I wasn't pushed about getting the Easter ones

FootFree

Got the Aldi Easter box. Same usual stuff but sandwich and wrap dated March 31 and Apr 1. Nothing remotely Easter or worth travelling for at 9pm at night. Just scraped 13e value. Disappointing, wouldn't bother again on a holiday night.

SouthWesterly

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121957747#Comment_121957747

I stopped buying Aldi boxes after their Christmas offer turned out to be so bad. Had been getting junk from them for a while and it was the final straw

ECookie13

Aldi boxes have dropped in quality as most people buy the 50%/75% off goods, before they get added to a box at the end of the day.

May be worth it if you're not fussy about the food, but having to wait around until 9.30pm at night kills it, might be easier if you love very close to a store though.

FootFree

7 boxes available in our Aldi Monday evening. Certainly the value of boxes gone from 40e to barely the 14e. Selling more but smaller. Can't buy 2 now either as feel I only get one and half value, if lucky. Only 30% off in my Aldi. The late collection is a killer, ruined Easter Saturday.

djdunny

I got a breakfast box from the Clayton hotel in Limerick. When I arrived, the server handed me an empty take away box and told me to help myself to the buffet. With some careful sausage placement you could def get enough items for at least 2 people. Well worth it.

AndrewJRenko

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121961342#Comment_121961342

It's hard to see how this kind of approach is in line with the spirit of avoiding waste food.

djdunny

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121962082#Comment_121962082

because the collection time was close to when the buffet breakfast ends. So if the box had gone unclaimed then even more food would go to waste.