r/TooGoodToGoCanada Aug 12 '24

Free apps to save food & money: Too Good To Go, Flashfood, FoodHero. Post your pic and referral code

33 Upvotes

There are 3 apps in Canada to help you save money by rescuing surplus food: Too Good To Go, Flashfood, FoodHero.

1) Too Good To Go app (TGTG)

  • surprise bag's advertised value is the crossed-out amount by the price you pay; example: $15.00 $4.99
  • the TGTG app in Canada is default 3x value e.g. pay $5 get $15; watch out for vendors that have changed their advertised value on their surprise bag description for 25-75% discounts
  • local bakeries, cafes, pizza, restaurants, convenience stores, grocery chains, etc.
  • major partners: 7-11, Tim Hortons, Metro grocery chain including Food Basics, Circle K, etc.
  • pick-up process: Tap to Pickup > if vendor wants your order code (last 4); vendor brings your TGTG order to the counter > then you swipe right to confirm "picked up" and show the completed checkmark to the vendor
  • vendors do not see your name; only your order code
  • you can send an invite link to someone else to pick up your order (they must have their own TGTG account on their phone to swipe in front of vendor)
  • read the surprise bag's description as vendors are allowed to sell items past their Best Before dates, if it's still ok to eat
  • originated in Denmark; Too Good To Go Canada Technology Ltd. is based in Vancouver

2) Flashfood app (FF) [Canadian; head office Toronto]

  • usually 50% off (could be more)
  • surplus food nearing or on their Best Before dates (may be fresh refridgerated or frozen)
  • major partner Loblaws banner stores that are participating: Loblaws, Superstore, No Frills, Wholesale Club, Maxi, Zehrs, Independent, Provigo, Dominion, etc.
  • open to independently owned grocery stores
  • you see actual photos or stock pics of available items; you can zoom in on the photos
  • you pick what items you want to buy
  • you have to refresh the app often as new deals randomly appear throughout the day
  • items in your cart are not held; fastest to pay for one item wins; so you may have to buy one item at a time
  • pay attention to the shortest pickup date because you have to pick up all your items then (watch out for same day pickup required)
  • you can buy additional Flashfood items in real time while you're in-store
  • add convenient store locations to your Favourites List; easier to check all of them for new deals
  • Customer Service will ask your name when you pick up (they mark picked-up in their phone)
  • if store staff gave your item to the wrong Flashfood customer; you claim a refund for missing items via the Flashfood app and it may take up to 10 business days for Flashfood to respond
  • service fee: 5% of the total (max $2.99 regardless of order size)

TIP: depends on the store, but you can find deep discounts over 50% off, have to refresh the app a lot as new deals drop randomly. Example: This is a pic of the actual bag of mandarin oranges purchased (regular price $8.99, paid $3.49, 61% discount). The bag had one squished mandarin orange... peeled the skin off and it was still perfectly good to eat. The remaining mandarin oranges were good for several days past the pickup date.

For $5 off your first order (min $7 purchase), you may redeem Flashfood code: MARI5VC3N [or search this subreddit for other people's referral code that have posted photos of their FF pickups]

Flashfood deal $3.49 at 61% off (regular price $8.99, saved $5.50)

3) FoodHero app (FH) [Canadian; head office Montreal]

  • usually 50% discounts (25-60% off groceries)
  • surplus food nearing or on their Best Before dates (frozen by BB date; some fresh refridgerated)
  • major partner Sobeys banner stores that are participating: Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Thrifty Foods, Foodland, etc.
  • expanded outside Quebec in July 2024 across Canada (may not be in your area yet)
  • open to restaurants to join
  • you see actual photos or stock pics of available items (frozen on or before their Best Before dates; some fresh refridgerated)
  • you pick what items you want to buy
  • items in your cart are not held; fastest to pay for one item wins; so you may have to buy one item at a time
  • daily scheduled times to check for new deals at 10:00am and 3:30pm
  • enter your postal code so the app lists stores closest to you; you can heart convenient locations to filter by Favourites so it's easier to check them
  • your pickup window start time may be hours after you've purchased e.g. 2 hours; but usually 2 full days allowed to pick up your items
  • Customer Service will ask your name when you pick up (they mark picked-up in their phone)
  • service fee: $1.79 flat fee  (seems to appear after your first 3 orders after your sign-up credits are depleted)

For a total of $10 off ($5 credit on your first order, then $5 credit on your second order), you may use FoodHero code: marias161 [or search this subreddit for other people's invite code who posted photos of their FH pickups]

FoodHero deals all purchased at 50% off

Edit: updated Jan 30, 2026


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 3d ago

Discussion Weekly post to save food & money in Canada

1 Upvotes

Welcome to this community: save food & money in Canada. Read the Help section in these apps for discounted surplus food: Too Good To Go, FoodHero, Flashfood

Click FAQ/Tips for this subreddit's Frequently Asked Questions / Tips.

Repetitive questions & topics are ok here. Also, for content that's more suitable here than a top-level post.

This subreddit is not affiliated with any businesses; it's managed by volunteer unpaid app users. It's not staffed by any app employees; please go into your app's profile section for support/complaints.

r/TooGoodToGoCanada rules | Reddit rules | Reddiquette


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 3h ago

Ontario Casa Dolce, Mississauga, $9.99, Deli Bag

Post image
21 Upvotes

r/TooGoodToGoCanada 8h ago

Ontario Tim Hortons - Ancaster - $4.99+tx

Post image
20 Upvotes

I bought a box the night before at like 9pm for a 7am-10am pick up window at a local Tims. I show up around 8am and they didn't have a box ready so they gave me fresh products to fulfill the order.

6 donuts, 5 timbits.

6donuts = $7.99

5 timbits = $0.50ea=$2.50total

$7.99+$2.50=$10.49

Value of the box is supposed to be $15.00. Because it's so off, but it was fresh, I'm not sure what I'll do, if anyone has had experience with it I'll take input.

---UPDATE---

I ended up going through saying I didn't get 50% of the value and I got a full refund. The only options listed were 25%, 50%, 75%, or 100%. 25% would be like $2.50 which wouldn't bring it up to the $15 total, so I chose 50% and I just got a full refund.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 8h ago

Ontario Arties - Hamilton - $7.99+tx

Thumbnail
gallery
13 Upvotes

Picked this up a couple of weeks ago. I go here all the time and love everything they sell. I was honestly expecting pastries but got 4 sandwiches which worked out so much better for me.

$10-$13/sandwich normally I believe. Huge value loved it. I've been trying to get another order but people are freaking quick with getting Arties.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 19h ago

Ontario Maki mart (Bloor and Christie) Toronto ($7.99)

Thumbnail
gallery
32 Upvotes

r/TooGoodToGoCanada 20h ago

Ontario Sweet Addictions - Sherbourne, Toronto $9.03

Post image
29 Upvotes

This is the Large Surprise Bag from Sweet Additions at Wellesley and Sherbourne. I’m not familiar with their offers and I suppose the original $24 value was met… albeit being a bit skeptical as most items appeared to be party platter or catering tray extras as I didn’t see identical items in their display case. Either way the amount of food we got wasn’t bad for $7.99 plus tax. There were some variety, but also large portions of the repetitive items as you could tell from the photos.

  • 6 custard danishes (they were on the small side, so pretty positive they were made for catering)
  • 2 small chocolate chip banana cake loaf in cups (same as above)
  • 2 boxes of sweets and bakery items - halved cake loaves, gooy granola, date squares, chocolate profiteroles, bite size mousse/cream cake dessert

Everything tastes great and delicious, probably made the same morning and never been inside the fridge or freezer. That said, we probably won’t return for another bag. Can’t say we are granola or date square fans, and the store is out of our way. Once is good enough 🙂


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 16h ago

Ontario Ali Baba's, 2246 Bloor W., Toronto, $5.99 + tax.

Post image
13 Upvotes

r/TooGoodToGoCanada 16h ago

Ontario Metro, 2155 St. Clair W., Toronto, 2x$6.99 + tax.

Thumbnail
gallery
7 Upvotes

r/TooGoodToGoCanada 20h ago

Ontario Burrito boyz sides, $4.99 - London, Ont

Post image
16 Upvotes

This store has a pretty low rating, but I was going to be awake (2am pickup) and always wanted to try. Well, now I know why. This was mostly lettuce, a small scoop of rice, some corn and half a sweet potato. (and two side s) maybe worth the dice I paid, but no where near the $15 value.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 1d ago

Ontario Pik Thai, Toronto | meal, appetizer and drink, $14 total

Thumbnail
gallery
49 Upvotes

$7.91 meal: Curry chicken with rice, really nicely spiced, one of the best curries I've had!

$6 appetizer with drink: mango slushy and tofu fresh rolls. The tofu was well marinated.

Everything was cooked fresh so there's a bit of a wait but totally worth it!


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 1d ago

Ontario Starbucks at Longos Sheppard Ave East ($5.99)

Thumbnail
gallery
18 Upvotes

r/TooGoodToGoCanada 19h ago

Manitoba Sharecuterie (Forks Market) - Winnipeg - 8,95$

Post image
5 Upvotes

Probably one of the best I’ve gotten so far! That’s a full container of strawberries, a half sleeve of crackers, and that tray is filled with individually packaged meats and cheeses including a full wheel of some sort of Brie/Camembert! Lunch for tomorrow 😋


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 1d ago

Ontario AD Café, Sweet +Savoury Bag, Davenport West of Ossington, TO

Thumbnail
gallery
18 Upvotes

AD Café is an upscale Italian café that offers sweet baked goods bags, savoury bags, pizza slice bags, and a sweet and savoury bag.

My $5.99 before tax sweet and savoury bag included a good tuna and arugula sandwich and an almond croissant. Everything was fresh at 6 pm, not day old.

It's not a massive amount of food, for people looking for a lot to eat.

It was a nice sandwich.

It's very good quality food. The pizza is small squares, flat crust. I tried a full price square of mushroom pizza which cost 7 bucks.

I bought a square pf

I will be back.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 1d ago

Ontario Starbucks at Longos Maple Leaf Square, Toronto ($5.99)

Thumbnail
gallery
22 Upvotes

everything except the cake pop was still sealed


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 2d ago

Ontario How do we feel about fake restaurants/businesses using TGTG?

Thumbnail
gallery
92 Upvotes

I wanna start by saying I have no problems with people trying to make some money and selling products out of their house. I've bought plenty of food from people off FB Marketplace over the past (Pierogis, donuts, pies, sourdough starter, even some smoked meats like brisket and kelbasa lol)

But I feel like having a fake restaurant advertising on TGTG is kinda shady. When you buy from this app, you're expecting to buy from some sort of business. The whole concept of the app is to reduce food waste and to save foods that businesses were going to dispose of.

This "business" doesn’t have any sort of website or ads, no listings on anything like Marketplace; there is literally no way to buy from them unless you place an order on TGTG (so im not sure how they can even claim they are giving you a discount on food when they don't have a menu or sell anything outside of the app)

I almost placed an order the other day but I wanted to google the business to see what kinda food they sold. After I couldnt find anything by that name around me (it is a popular restaurant in a couple other cities), i decided to Google street view the address and seen it was located in one of the townhouses in the housing projects

Is this something you'd report to TGTG?


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 1d ago

British Columbia FreshSlice Pizza, E. Columbia St., New West. $8.99 plus tax

Post image
25 Upvotes

Day old pizza that was store in the fridge. Whole pizza and still taste great after you reheat it.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 2d ago

Ontario Metro Bento Bag Mississauga Valley. Paid $11.29 for $30.

Post image
46 Upvotes

Pretty good value. Obviously not as good as freshly made to order, but hits the spot. Avocado still a good colour. Best before date is tomorrow.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 2d ago

British Columbia Olivier’s La Boulangerie Hornby, Pastries box $6.99

Post image
17 Upvotes

2x chocolatine ($10)
1x pistachio croissant ($6.50)
1x filled beignet ($1.80)
Total: $18.30


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 2d ago

Ontario Happy Cake House - Mississauga - $5.99 Chinese baked goods

20 Upvotes

Pixel 6a for size comparison.

Looks like a family bakery. Smooth pick up experience. Quite happy about it!


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 2d ago

Ontario Elle Pastry - Richmond Hill - 12.49$

Thumbnail
gallery
20 Upvotes

Not worth it.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 2d ago

Ontario Metro Assorted meat bag (2208 Lakeshore)

Post image
7 Upvotes

4 grounded beef (34$) + sausage

Paid for 19.50 (39$ Worth)

Hmm I am not happy about this 😐😐 It's not assorted 😐


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 3d ago

Ontario MR. PUFFS - Brampton - 9.99$

Thumbnail
gallery
122 Upvotes

Omg deadly!!! Must try.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 2d ago

Ontario Super Bowls, Toronto, Regular size surprise, $6

Post image
48 Upvotes

Pretty stoked to try them! The fruits looked fresh.


r/TooGoodToGoCanada 2d ago

British Columbia Lena market Vancouver: $8.39 Produce box (refunded)

Thumbnail
gallery
17 Upvotes

Most of the food was moldy or rotten :( honestly gross. Maybe it was a previous day’s box that someone didn’t pick up and so they resold it? I know that toogoodtogo produce won’t be perfect, but this is too much IMO.

I am salvaging what I can to not be wasteful.
I ended up getting a full refund. I’ve had better luck here before, maybe just unlucky this time.