{"id":16886,"date":"2024-08-21T06:12:45","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T06:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/?p=16886"},"modified":"2024-08-21T06:12:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-21T06:12:45","slug":"whole-foods-is-offering-lower-cost-surprise-bags-how-to-get-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cissar.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/21\/whole-foods-is-offering-lower-cost-surprise-bags-how-to-get-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole Foods is offering lower-cost ‘surprise bags’: How to get one"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Whole Foods is giving customers the chance to help reduce food waste by offering a “surprise bag” of surplus food items at a discounted price.<\/p>\n

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The initiative includes “Prepared Foods Surprise Bags” filled with items like soup and ready-to-eat meals<\/a> and “Bakery Surprise Bags” packed with baked goods, according to a news release.<\/p>\n

The Whole Foods<\/a> “surprise bags” are sold through social impact company Too Good to Go\u2019s app.<\/p>\n

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The Whole Foods “surprise bags” are sold through social impact company Too Good to Go\u2019s app.<\/span> (Peter Dazeley\/Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The bags are a partnership to combat global food waste. Whole Foods is working to halve its food waste by 2030 through this effort and others.<\/p>\n

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The Too Good to Go-Whole Foods partnership launched nationwide last month, with more than 450 Whole Foods locations nationwide providing surplus food for the “surprise bags.”<\/p>\n

Whole Foods has more than 500 grocery stores across the U.S., and nearly 20 in Canada and the U.K.<\/p>\n

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Whole Foods and Too Good to Go have priced the “Prepared Foods Surprise Bags,” at $9.99 (worth $30 of food) and the “Bakery Surprise Bags” at $6.99 ($21 worth of food), the companies said.<\/p>\n

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Whole Foods and Too Good to Go have priced the “Prepared Foods Surprise Bags,” at $9.99 (worth $30 of food) and the “Bakery Surprise Bags” at $6.99 ($21 worth of food), the companies said.<\/span> (Ty Wright\/Bloomberg via Getty Images \/ Getty Images)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The prices may appeal to inflation-weary consumers<\/a> who have been seeking out value and ways to save money on groceries in recent months.<\/p>\n

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HARVARD ECONOMIST SAYS FOOD PRICES ARE LEAVING HIM IN \u2018STATE OF SHOCK\u2019<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

In the U.S., grocery prices in July increased<\/a> 0.1% from the prior month and remained 1.1% higher than a year ago, according to the latest Consumer Price Index data.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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