Go Puff magic bag from Too Good To Go App

 Hey readers,

The other day I purchased my second ever magic bag from the app too good to go. 

I bet you're wondering what a magic bag is? Well, let's start with the app Too Good To Go app which you can download too good to go app on Google Play and the Apple Store. 

The idea behind Too Good To Go is to reduce food waste by allowing you to buy surplus food at a reduced rate from shops and restaurants. 

The items have a short life but you do get good value for a magic bag (which is what it is called on the app). 

The type of places that offer magic bags are Greggs, Go Puff, Costa, Starbucks, Morrisons, Auntie Anne's, Tony Carvery to name a few. The cost of the magic bags ranges between £2.66 -£5.00. 

There are a variety of products on offer from sweet treats, to grocery items, and some now even offer magic pints where it is just alcohol-based. 

The idea around the magic bag is you don't know what you are getting, it really depends on what is not sold on the day that needs to be gotten rid of. 

So, that moves nicely on to my own experience of the Go Puff magic bag I purchased and it cost me £4.00. 

With my local Go Puff store on the Too Good To Go app they offer three choices which are a mixed bag, a vegetarian bag, and a magic pint bag. I chose a mixed bag this time.

Now Go Puff is a fairly new service that is internet-based. It is an online grocery shop that offers everything you can think of really from toiletries to meat, to vegetables, drinks etc. 

You download the app called Go Puff and click the items you need and they will deliver in minutes regardless of the time of day.  

Now when you purchase a magic bag from the Too Good to go app you can purchase your order using Google Play, card payment, and PayPal. 

You do have to pay for the bag straight away and it will be reserved for you.

 Depending on the store it can fluctuate with the times. My time location was between 11:00am and 5pm.

 I got to the location around 3:30 pm. It is straightforward to get their location using the directions from Google map which is automatically done in the app click on the location and then it will transfer over to Google maps. 

At the place I just rang the bell, went to reception, and said that I was here to collect a magic bag from Too Good To Go. 

They asked how many so assume there were others who also were coming to collect a magic bag.

 I said 1 and they were really friendly and it took two minutes for them to get the bag and hand it over.  

Once you have received your bag you should click on the app and scroll the bar across to confirm that you have received your magic bag. 

Below is the details of the items I got in the bag. I will state how much the items cost normally on the Go Puff app so you get the feel of how much money you are saving and see what good value it is. 

I have also previously done a Auntie Anne's magic bag a few months ago if your interested check it out here.

I always say make sure you have your bags as I didn't know that Go Puff provided bags free of charge. 

Though it is a big bag I did transferred it into my own bags as it was quite heavy with the foodstuff inside. 

I was a bit conscious of travelling on the bus and the bag breaking and all the food rolling on the floor, that would be a bit embarrassing. 

These are all the items I got in my Go Puff magic bag which cost £4.00. 

The Curators Biltong sticks, 28g - £1.99.

Yeo Valley organic skimmed milk, 1 litre - £1.30. 

1 aubergine - £0.94. 

MuscleFood beef burgers, 4 x113g - £3.99. 

BOL Korean chilli posh noodles, 1 pot, 345g - £3.00. 

Bertagni aubergine parmigiana grandi girasoli, 250g - £3.99. 

Rocket leaves, 60g - £0.99. 

Butternut squash, 1 pcs - £1.52. 

I added up the cost to see how much I saved by buying a Go Puff magic bag and in total it cost £17.72 which I got for £4.00. 

Obviously the food does have a short date however for £4.00 it is good value. One point to make is that when examining the food the aubergine was a tiny bit ripe. 

But for the value saving, I can't complain and save food that would of most likely gone in the bin. 

I would like to try others obviously though do have to have the money and also get transport but yeah can't fault the app. 

I definitely would recommend the app if you want to save some money. One final point is that you get to try food that you wouldn't normally. 

Have you experienced Too Good To Go app? Love to hear your thoughts in the comment section down below. 

Cheers for reading X