A Smarter Food Waste Solution that brings business opportunities
Ready to turn surplus into savings? With Good To Treat, you can reduce food waste, recover value and build a more environmentally conscious way of working.
Food Waste Solutions for Every Business
Food waste is a common problem. You see it everywhere, from supermarkets to sushi bars. But it’s also a big chance that many in the food industry miss. At Good To Treat, we offer a simple solution: We help businesses – big or small – turn unsold food into revenue.
Our Surprise Bags offer a simple, scalable and proven food waste management solution. We help you cut costs, reach new customers and make real progress on your sustainability goals, without overhauling your operations.
Start Selling£100 a Day Saved? Totally Possible.
You know that thing when perfectly good food gets tossed at the end of the day? All that time, love and money gone. That used to be the norm for many of our partners. Now? They simply turn their unsold items into Surprise Bags and earn back what would've been lost.
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Every Surprise Bag is a Chance to Win Over a New Customer
You're not giving food away. You're inviting new customers in. Many Good To Treat users are on the hunt for their new favourite spot—and your Surprise Bag is the perfect introduction. And if they like what they try (they usually do), they'll come back for more. Moreover, 40% of the foodies using our app usually buy something extra when they pick up their Surprise Bag.
Attract new customersSustainability that speaks to your customers
Your customers care about sustainability and they’re paying attention to the choices businesses make. By making a small change and offering Surprise Bags, you’re not just reducing waste. You’re showing your values, earning goodwill and building loyalty with customers who want to support businesses that care.
Start Making an impactThe real cost of surplus food
Let’s be honest: even the most dialled-in food businesses end up with surplus. Maybe it’s a dip in footfall, a supplier overdelivery, or just a batch that didn’t move as fast as expected. It happens. Across retailers, restaurants, wholesalers, bakeries, everywhere. But what feels like a normal part of doing business can quietly stack up into something bigger.
That unsold tray of sandwiches? It’s not just food, it’s time, energy, staff hours and resources that went into making it. And when it ends up in the bin, it costs twice: once to produce and again to throw away.
For retailers, it might be short-dated stock that doesn’t sell in time. For restaurants, it’s often prep that outpaces orders. For wholesalers and producers, it’s perfectly good food that never makes it to the shelf. And it doesn’t stop there. Every item thrown out also means higher disposal fees and a growing environmental footprint. It affects your margins, your operations and your sustainability goals.
MEET THE SIMPLE, SCALABLE FOOD WASTE SOLUTION
Good To Treat makes food waste management refreshingly easy. With our Surprise Bags, you can turn unsold food into a win for your business, your customers and the planet.
It takes just a few minutes a day and it can make a real difference to your bottom line. It doesn't matter if you have five leftover meals or fifty. The Surprise Bag adapts to whatever you've got.
PACKAGE YOUR SURPLUS
Offer Surprise Bags with a mix of perfectly good food that didn't sell.
LIST ON THE APP
Set your collection window and price. It takes just a few minutes to go live.
CUSTOMERS COLLECT
Nearby users book and pay in the app, then swing by to collect their Surprise Bag.
EARN & REDUCE WASTE
You recover revenue, reduce waste and attract new loyal customers, all at once.
WHETHER YOU'RE A RESTAURANT, BAKERY, OR RETAIL GIANT, IT WORKS
Because food surplus looks different in every business, Good To Treat is built to fit them all. You might be managing pallets of stock or prepping pastries at dawn, either way, our Surprise Bag model flexes to fit your operation. With a Surprise Bag, you cut waste, recover costs, and get discovered by new customers.
RESTAURANTS
Closing time shouldn't mean throwing out trays of unsold dishes. Whether it's plated meals or daily prep that didn't sell, Surprise Bags help you clear the kitchen without compromising quality or brand value.
Hospitality solutions
HOTELS & BUFFETS
Running a buffet often means abundance, but that doesn't have to lead to waste. Turn leftover trays into Surprise Bags and clear the buffet without compromising on quality or value.
Buffet solutions
CAFES & BAKERIES
Croissants, sandwiches, pastries. Predictable surplus is part of the rhythm. Instead of discounting at the counter or tossing what's left, Surprise Bags help you sell your bakery waste effortlessly and make someone's day in the process.
Bakery solutions
GROCERY RETAIL
Got shelves of short-dated goods? A seasonal overstock that didn't quite move? With Good To Treat, you can shift your surplus quickly and directly into the hands of local customers who love a great find and hate good food going to waste.
Grocery retail solutions
THE MARKETPLACE WITH A MISSION: FIGHTING FOOD WASTE
Surprise Bags are just the beginning. Behind the scenes, Good To Treat is giving businesses a solution for food waste from every angle. Solving this problem takes more than a single product. It takes a community.
DATA INSIGHTS AND TRACKING
Get a clearer picture of where your surplus comes from and how to reduce it over time. Track saved meals, avoided CO₂e emissions and progress toward your sustainability goals.
FOOD WASTE SOLUTIONS FOR SCALE
From AI-powered discounting to modular software for retailers, we support larger operations with tailored tools that recover value at volume and streamline food redistribution.
COMPLIANCE AND CSR SUPPORT
Whether you're reporting on ESG goals or working toward B Corp certification, we help demonstrate your impact with measurable results and trusted reporting tools.
A FOOD WASTE SOLUTION THAT FITS YOUR BUSINESS
Every kitchen, counter and supply chain is different so your food waste solution should be too. Whether you're moving crates of yogurt or crafting the perfect margherita, we've got strategies that fit how you work.
Use our Food Waste Solution Finder to explore approaches by business type and see how others in your industry are turning surplus into success.
- Find what works for your setup: from pizza joints to grocery chains, poke shops to bakeries.
- See how real businesses use Surprise Bags based on what they sell and when they sell it.
- Explore the full value: customer growth, cost recovery, sustainability storytelling and more.
No guesswork, no one-size-fits-all. Just smart, tailored food waste management built around your reality.
TAILORED SOLUTIONS FOR EVERY BUSINESS
Ready to Make an Impact and a Profit?
Food waste is costly but it’s also completely avoidable. With Good To Treat, you can take control of your surplus, protect your margins and build a more sustainable, future-ready business.
Whether you're a small shop or a national chain, the first step is simple.
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Easily manage surplus, recover costs, and connect with conscious customers, all from your phone.
Download NowThe value we deliver
Our API-first approach ensures that our solutions plug directly into your existing ERP and POS systems without disruption.
Leverage our massive consumer base and logistics infrastructure to move surplus food at any scale, anywhere.
Stay ahead of food waste regulations and reporting requirements with automated tracking and certified impact data.
Significantly lower your waste disposal costs while recovering value from stock that would otherwise be written off.
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