An app that allows customers to buy restaurant food at steep discounts will launch in the Indianapolis area soon.The Too Good To Go app enables diners to purchase unsold food from nearby restaurants, bakeries, cafes, and convenience stores, with some offering bags of food for more than 50% off.Recent deals in Indiana have included $18 worth of goodies from Pot & Pans Pie Co. for $5.99 and $50 worth of frozen sausages from Old Major Market for $16.66.
In addition to local restaurants, the app works with national brands, including Whole Foods and Circle K.
What is Too Good To Go?
With a mission to reduce food waste and slow climate change, Too Good To Go launched in Europe in 2016 and operates in 19 countries. It expanded to the U.S. in 2020.
How the Too Good To Go app works
A user would open the app to find local restaurants with pickup times and prices for goods. Most offerings are Surprise Bags, the contents of which customers won’t know until they pick them up.
A customer pays through the app and picks up their orders during the designated period, usually right before a shop’s closing time or early the next day.
When Too Good To Go launches in Indianapolis
After working with a few brands in the Indianapolis area for more than a year, Too Good To Go will ramp up operations here in late July and launch full scale on August 25, a spokesperson told IndyStar. The app expects to start with 30 to 50 new locations the week of July 21 and add others up through its official launch and beyond.
See Too Good To Go app food hauls
The numbers of orders available vary based on location or timing.
Downtown Indianapolis Whole Foods has been testing participation with five each of $9.99 prepared foods bags from its deli and $6.99 bags of baked goods per day.
Amelia’s bakery at The Stutz, 1060 N. Capitol Ave., can offer between three and 15 orders a day.
May 23, 2025: Krispy Kreme, 5940 E. 82nd, Indianapolis
Purchase: Surprise bag
Contents:
Paid: $6.16
Valued listed in app: $18.49
Priced at store: $15.99
May 20, 2025: Whole Foods Market, 320 E. Market, Indianapolis
Purchase: Bakery bag
Contents:
Paid: $6.99
Value listed in app: $21.00
Contents priced at store: $41.73
March 20, 2025: Whole Foods Market, 320 E. Market, Indianapolis
Purchase: Prepared foods bag
Contents:
Paid: $9.99
Value listed in app: $30
Contents priced at store: $35.49
March 20, 2025: Amelia’s at The Stutz, 1060 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis
Purchase: Bakery/Cafe surprise bag
Contents:
Paid: $5.99
Value listed in app: $18
Contents priced at store: $17.50
February 26, 2025: Amelia’s at The Stutz, 1060 N. Capitol Ave., Indianapolis
Purchase: Bakery/Cafe surprise bag
Contents:
Paid: 5.99
Value listed in app: $18
Contents priced at store: $17.50
January 26, 2025: Whole Foods Market, 320 E. Market, Indianapolis
Purchase: Prepared Foods Bag
Contents:
Paid: $9.99
Value listed in app: $30
Contents priced at store: $51.43
January 19, 2025: LiftOff Creamery, 111 E. 16th, Indianapolis
Purchase: Dessert Cup Surprise Bag
Contents:
Paid: $3.99
Value listed in app: $12
Contents priced at store: $11.97
January 19, 2025: Whole Foods Market, 320 E. Market, Indianapolis
Purchase: Bakery Bag
Contents:
Paid: $6.99
Value listed in app: $21
Contents priced at store: $39.45
December 21, 2024: Whole Foods Market, 320 E. Market, Indianapolis
Purchase: Prepared Foods Bag
Contents:
Paid: $9.99
Value listed in app: $30
Contents priced at store: $35.96
December 20, 2024: Whole Foods Market, 320 E. Market, Indianapolis
Purchase: Bakery Bag
Contents:
Paid: $6.99
Value listed in app: $21
Contents priced at store: $52.97
November 21, 2024: Whole Foods Market, 320 E. Market, Indianapolis
Purchase: Bakery Bag
Contents:
Paid: $9.99
Value listed in app: $30
Contents priced at store: $34.13
Contact Midwest Connect reporter Cheryl V. Jackson at cjackson@gannett.com or 317-444-6264. Follow her on X.com: @cherylvjackson or Bluesky: @cherylvjackson.bsky.social.
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