Clark’s No. 1 travel rule is to find the deal first, then figure out your destination (and what you’re going to do once you get there).

But what if you applied that principle to … eating?

That’s the idea behind Too Good To Go, an app that connects grocery stores and restaurants with customers to cut down on food waste.

The stores get to reduce food waste and the customers get food at a discount that can be 50% or more. The food is considered “surplus.” It’s “perfectly good food,” Too Good To Go says. But it may otherwise end up in a dumpster.

Too Good To Go currently operates in at least 29 U.S. cities with explicit plans to continue expanding.

You pick a “Surprise Bag” from available options near you. Options by the Team Clark member who tested the app include Whole Foods, Dunkin’, Circle K, Krispy Kreme, IKEA and several dozen others.

Popular foods include bakeries, bagels, pizza, supermarket food lines and more.

Users rate each “Surprise Bag” on a scale from one to five stars. So while each restaurant has some discretion about what and how much to include, it becomes obvious which options are better and worse.

(A place called ArmBread promises a 3-pound bag for $4.50 and has a 4.9 user rating, while a Circle K Surprise Bag of $3.99, ready-to-eat goods that “may include sandwiches, wraps, salads, snacks, pastries, chips or fresh produce,” sports a 3.0 rating.)

One of our orders from Mi Bandera Supermarket came with heaps and heaps of food for less than $10 – probably enough to feed a family of six or seven to beyond full. But we didn’t particularly enjoy a few of the included items.

You have some idea of what may be included (we picked a “bakery bag” from Whole Foods), but won’t know for sure until you pick up the bag in person within a designated time window.

If you’re an adventurous (or at least open-minded) eater, it can be a great way to occasionally save big bucks on food while helping to cut down on waste.

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