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Omaha-customized food app fighting food waste
Baked goods, produce bundles, meat surprise bags and more!
BUT IF YOU CAN MAYBE AVOID IT, TAKE A DIFFERENT ROUTE, OKAY. IF YOU CHECK OUT THIS POSTER BEHIND US, IT FEATURES NEBRASKA STAPLES LIKE, OF COURSE, THE RUNZA AND SOME REUBEN SANDWICHES. DELICIOUS. SO IT’S TOO GOOD TO GO. CREATED THE ART FOR OMAHA AS IT EXPANDS INTO OUR CITY. KETV NEWSWATCH 7. ANNA BEHNING SHOWS US HOW THE APP WORKS TO HELP YOU SAVE SOME MONEY AND SUPPORT SOME LOCAL BUSINESSES. YOU MIGHT BE HEARING RUMBLINGS OF. TOO GOOD TO GO AS OF LATE. WELL, IT’S AN APP THAT’S FIGHTING FOOD WASTE AND THERE’S PARTNERS RIGHT HERE IN OMAHA. JUST LIKE STORIES, COFFEE. WE BAKE FRESH DAILY. SO WE WANTED TO KIND OF GET INVOLVED WHERE WE DIDN’T HAVE TO WASTE PASTRIES. SO THAT WAY WE COULD MAKE MORE STORIES. COFFEE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS BRADLEY BOLTON SAYS FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEY CAN BAKE AS MANY GOODIES AS THEY WANT. THE LOCAL SHOP, JUST ONE OUT OF DOZENS OF PARTNERS. APP TOO GOOD TO GO. TEAMS UP WITH IN OMAHA LIKE KRISPY KREME, MOLLY’S PIZZA, GREAT HARVEST BREAD COMPANY, EILEEN’S COOKIES, WHOLE FOODS, AND PLENTY OF OTHERS. IN OMAHA, FOOD IS DEEPLY ROOTED IN COMMUNITY, FROM NEIGHBORHOOD STAPLES TO THE CITY’S RICH CULINARY TRADITION. ALI DENBERG, WITH TWO GOOD TO GO, SAYS THE APP IS A WIN WIN WIN FOR CONSUMERS, BUSINESSES AND THE ENVIRONMENT. SO HERE’S HOW IT WORKS. IF A PARTNER HAS A SURPLUS FOOD OR PRODUCE THE BUSINESS SIMPLY POSTS A SURPRISE BAG ON TOO GOOD TO GO. THOSE BAGS THEN POP UP IN YOUR AREA ON THE APP, AND IT’S AS SIMPLE AS THAT. HEAD ON OVER TO THE LOCAL SHOP AND GRAB YOUR GOODS. SURPRISE BAGS THAT ARE ON THE PLATFORM ARE IN REALLY HIGH DEMAND AND SELLING OUT SUPER QUICKLY. AND SHE’S NOT KIDDING. THE FIRST TIME WE PUT ONE OF THEM OUT, WE PUT FIVE BOXES OUT. WE SOLD OUT OF THEM IN UNDER TEN MINUTES. WHILE NAVIGATING THE APP, DENBERG SAYS TURN ON THE NOTIFICATIONS TO SEE WHEN YOUR FAVORITE LOCAL SPOTS LIST THEIR SURPRISE BAGS. THE POSITIVE BOOST, ALREADY SEEN HERE IN THE METRO, TOO GOOD TO GO TELLS US THAT THEY PLAN ON COLLABORATING WITH EVEN MORE LOCAL OMAHA PARTNERS IN THE FUTURE. ANNA BEHNING. KETV. NEWSWATCH SEVEN. I LOVE THAT, I LOVE A GOOD DEAL AND LOVE MAKING SURE THAT WE’RE NOT WASTING FOOD. EXACTLY. YEAH.
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You can now save on your favorite local restaurants, cafes and baked goods through the app, ‘Too Good to Go.’ The app partners with local food spots to help eliminate food waste across the world. Too Good to Go officially launched in Omaha on March 18. KETV Newswatch 7’s Anna Behning stopped into a local metro partner, Stories Coffee to learn exactly how to navigate the app. Stories Coffee said they haven’t thrown a single pastry away since their collaboration with Too Good to Go. They add that they can bake more goodies and cater to their customers. The shop says they price Too Good to Go ‘surprise bags’ at $5.99 for $18 worth of baked goods.Director of Operations at Stories Coffee, Bradley Bolten, said, “The first time we put one of them out (surprise bag), we put five boxes out. We sold out of them in under 10 minutes.” Allie Denberg with Too Good to Go notes that surprise bags in Omaha are in very high demand and recommends turning on the app’s notifications to ensure you can take part in the savings. Download Too Good to GoMake sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |
You can now save on your favorite local restaurants, cafes and baked goods through the app, ‘Too Good to Go.’ The app partners with local food spots to help eliminate food waste across the world.
Too Good to Go officially launched in Omaha on March 18. KETV Newswatch 7’s Anna Behning stopped into a local metro partner, Stories Coffee to learn exactly how to navigate the app.
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Stories Coffee said they haven’t thrown a single pastry away since their collaboration with Too Good to Go. They add that they can bake more goodies and cater to their customers. The shop says they price Too Good to Go ‘surprise bags’ at $5.99 for $18 worth of baked goods.
Director of Operations at Stories Coffee, Bradley Bolten, said, “The first time we put one of them out (surprise bag), we put five boxes out. We sold out of them in under 10 minutes.”
Allie Denberg with Too Good to Go notes that surprise bags in Omaha are in very high demand and recommends turning on the app’s notifications to ensure you can take part in the savings.
Make sure you can always see the latest news, weather, sports and more from KETV NewsWatch 7 on Google search.
NAVIGATE: Home | Weather | Local News | National | Sports | Newscasts on demand |



