Every evening, bakeries close with trays of unsold bread. Restaurants finish service with portions of prepared food that won't last until tomorrow. Hotels clear buffet tables of items that were perfect an hour ago.
Most of that food goes to waste. The Surprise Bag exists to change that.
What Is a Surprise Bag?
A Surprise Bag is a discounted pack of surplus food from a local business — assembled from whatever they have left at the end of service, sold through the Too Fresh To Waste app at a significantly reduced price.
You don't know exactly what's inside when you buy it. That's the "surprise." What you do know is the type of food (bakery, restaurant, café), the pickup window, and the price — typically 50–70% off retail.
The model was pioneered in Denmark by Too Good To Go in 2015 and has since spread across Europe. Too Fresh To Waste brings the same concept to Tunisia, built from the ground up for the local market.
How It Works for Buyers
1. Open the app and find a listing near you. Businesses list their surplus once they know what they have — usually 2–3 hours before closing. You browse by location, business type, and pickup time.
2. Reserve and pay in-app. You pay through the app before you arrive. The listing is real-time: once all bags are reserved, it disappears. Popular spots sell out fast.
3. Pick up during the window. Arrive at the business during the listed pickup time (usually 30–60 minutes). Show your in-app code. Take your bag.
That's it. No subscription, no minimum order.
How It Works for Businesses
1. Create a listing in under 2 minutes. Add a photo, set a price, set a pickup window. The platform handles everything else.
2. Customers reserve and pay — you get notified. Each reservation is confirmed in the app. You see exactly how many bags to prepare.
3. Scan, hand over, done. When customers arrive, you scan their code and hand over the bag. No cash, no extra admin.
At the end of each day, the merchant dashboard shows revenue recovered, bags sold, CO₂ saved, and customer ratings.
What's Actually Inside?
Businesses decide what goes in each bag based on what they have. Common contents:
- Bakeries: bread, pastries, croissants, tarts, sandwiches
- Restaurants: full meals, sides, salads, prepared dishes
- Cafés: sandwiches, wraps, pastries, drinks
- Supermarkets: fresh produce, dairy, deli items near expiry
The value in the bag always exceeds the purchase price. If a bakery sells a Surprise Bag for 8 TND, the contents are worth 20–25 TND at retail. That's the deal.
Why Does It Work?
For businesses, the math is simple: 50% of something is more than 100% of nothing. Selling a Surprise Bag at 8 TND for food that cost 4 TND to produce (and was going to be discarded) is pure recovered margin.
For buyers, it's a straightforward deal: high-quality food at a fraction of the price, with the added knowledge that they diverted it from waste.
For the planet, every bag sold is food that didn't go to landfill, didn't produce methane, and didn't waste the water and energy that produced it.
Who Are Our Partners?
Too Fresh To Waste launched in Tunisia with founding partners including Bonépi, BigBen, L'Opéra, and Kohn — established names across bakeries, fast food, and fine dining.
New partners join every week. Browse the app to see who's listing near you.
Ready to try your first Surprise Bag? Download the Too Fresh To Waste app and find a listing near you.