为了减少食物浪费，Whole Foods与一款名为“Too Good to Go”的应用携手合作，为消费者提供超值折扣的已准备食品，这在社交媒体上引发热议。
作为一款剩余食品交易市场，“Too Good to Go”与当地超市合作，出售即将过期且可能很快变质的食物。此潮流已在TikTok平台上涌现，尤其是有关Whole Foods销售袋中的神秘发现内容。
来自得克萨斯州达拉斯的36岁女性Emily Gierke在接受福克斯新闻数码采访时表示，在得知此事后她在TikTok上尝试使用“Too Good to Go”应用几次，并从六月起开始购买整箱食品，尽管如此她仅买了五次，因为这个购物过程像一场寻宝游戏。Gierke在一段视频中提到，一次购买的即食袋标价9.99美元，却预估有30美元的价值食物。
其中包括一个花生酱和果酱三明治、三个奶酪比萨盒和五个沙拉面条包。尽管感到失望，但她承认过去的购买多数让她满意，且她没有任何食品限制或过敏史，认为这个想法颇具价值，“我可以以更低的价格尝试新地点或是我已去过的地方的食物。”
在社交媒体上浏览她的视频时，其他用户的反应也不同，一位TikTok用户说道：“只有一次使用过类似服务，结果只拿到了一片火腿。那真让我很沮丧。”另一名用户评论称：“对烘焙食品袋充满期待——最终拿到了两个面包圈。面包圈有发霉现象而另一个糕点已经超期，我不会再尝试。”
福克斯新闻数码的Caitlin Leibert表示，作为Whole Foods的可持续发展副总裁，该应用推出的袋子几乎100%售罄。“我们知道最有效的食物浪费减少方法是从源头开始。”她补充道，“与“Too Good to Go”合作不仅有助于减少我们自身的食物浪费和环境影响，还为客户提供优质食品而提供极高的性价比。”
这次合作自上个月在全国范围内启动，超过450家Whole Foods店铺开始销售过剩食物作为神秘袋。Whole Foods在全球拥有超过500家超市，在加拿大和英国分别设有近20家门店。
“如果你只是想在深夜解决小食问题或者需要一顿晚餐而又不想花费太多金钱，这是个极好的选择。”她继续说道。而“Too Good to Go”-Whole Foods的合作则提供了更多有关食物可持续利用的机会。
新闻来源：www.foxnews.com
原文地址：Mystery food bags bought at Whole Foods on deep discount go TikTok viral: ‘Hit or miss’
新闻日期：2024-10-02
原文摘要：
In an effort to eliminate food waste, Whole Foods has partnered with an app to give customers a steal of a deal on prepared food — and social media users have some thoughts about it. The "Too Good to Go" app is a surplus food marketplace that partners with local grocery stores to sell unused food that could go bad soon. The trend has hit TikTok — specifically the bags offered at Whole Foods — for the variety of findings in the "mystery" purchase. 3 FLORIDA CITIES AMONG BEST IN US FOR FOOD LOVERS, NEW STUDY REVEALS Emily Gierke, 36, of Dallas, Texas, told Fox News Digital that she's used the Too Good to Go app a few times after hearing about it on TikTok. Gierke said she first started buying the mystery food bags in June 2023 but has only purchased them five times due to the "treasure hunt" the purchase winds up being. She said in a TikTok video that the prepared food bag she purchased was $9.99 and was supposed to include $30 worth of food. "I got a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, three containers of pizza cheese and five containers of pasta salad," she told Fox News Digital via email. While disappointed in her purchase, Gierke said she's been happy with her purchases in the past — and with no food restrictions or allergies, she finds this idea to be of good value. "I get to try new places or new items from a place I have been to before at a lower cost," she said. NICHOLAS SPARKS' CHICKEN SALAD RECIPE LEAVES FANS UPSET OVER SECRET INGREDIENT: ‘GONE TOO FAR’ Gierke joked that although pasta salad isn't her favorite meal, the process has helped her be creative in her food choices. "Overall, the bags are a hit [but] this one was a miss," she said. Social media users commented on the video, however — and some had different experiences. One TikTok user said of Gierke's video, "The one and only time I did this, I got a singular ham. It was so upsetting." EACH AMERICAN WASTES 103 POUNDS OF FOOD A YEAR, STUDY CLAIMS Another user said, "I was so excited for my baked goods bag — got two of them. Bagels had mold and the other pastries were way past their time. Never again." "We've found an innovative way to not only help decrease our food waste and reduce our environmental footprint, but offer customers quality food at great value." Lili Baiden, 21, of Scottsdale, Arizona, told Fox News Digital that she's a full-time student at Arizona State University and struggles with the mystery bag because she's a vegetarian. "Something that is interesting about the bag is you can't customize it," she said via email. "For example, I am vegetarian — so I didn't eat any of the meat items that came in my surprise bag." Baiden, who purchased a prepared food bag for $9.99 and a bakery bag for $6.99, said she was able to give some of the food to others and overall still loves the concept. She also noted that all the food in her Too Good to Go bag didn't expire for another week past pick up. For more Lifestyle articles, visit www.foxnews.com/lifestyle "It's such a great thing to do if you want a late-night snack or need some dinner and don't want to spend too much money," she said via email. The Too Good to Go-Whole Foods partnership launched nationwide last month, with more than 450 Whole Foods locations providing surplus food for the "surprise bags." Whole Foods has more than 500 grocery stores across the U.S. and nearly 20 in Canada and the United Kingdom. CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER Caitlin Leibert, vice president of sustainability for Whole Foods, told Fox News Digital that nearly 100% of the Too Good to Go bags sell out. "We know the most effective way to reduce food waste is preventing it from occurring at the start," she said. WHOLE FOODS HAS LOW-PRICED 'SURPRISE BAGS': HOW TO GET ONE She added, "By teaming up with Too Good to Go, we've found an innovative way to not only help decrease our food waste and reduce our environmental footprint, but offer customers quality food at a great value." CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP Fox News Digital's Aislinn Murphy contributed to this report.
