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‘Mystery bag’ food service aims to cut NZ’s food waste

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 10 Oct 2025, 4:35pm
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‘Mystery bag’ food service aims to cut NZ’s food waste

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Fri, 10 Oct 2025, 4:35pm

New Zealander’s are throwing away over 120,000 tonnes of food every year, and a new food rescue app is hoping to change that. 

‘Gone Good’ lets customers buy mystery bags of unsold food from cafes and bakeries to help reduce food waste. 

Deliver Easy CEO Tim Robinson told Heather duPlessis-Allan that, 'the mystery idea is a bit of fun, but also make sure that we're truly targeting the food waste side.’ 

He said that the bags will have a vague description, so customers know roughly what they’re getting. 

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