Niagarans will be able to purchase lower cost groceries through an app that also encourages reducing food waste.

Food Basics recently launched a new partnership with Too Good To Go, allowing customers to reserve “surprise” grocery bags filled with deli, bakery, dairy, meat and seafood products simply by tapping the app, said Daniel Convertini, spokesperson for Too Good To Go.

Said Chris MacAulay, vice-president North America of Too Good To Go; “Together (with Food Basics) we’re making it simple, affordable and delicious to fight food waste.”

A 2024 study by Second Harvest, called The Avoidable Crisis of Food Waste: Update and funded by Loblaw Cos. Ltd., showed 58 per cent of all food produced in Canada — about 35.5 million — is lost or wasted. About one-third of that wasted food could b

See Full Page