PASSENGERS flying out of the UK’s busiest airport can get a major discount on meals while they wait for their flight from this week.
Popular app Too Good To Go which offers cheap bags of food from big name shops and supermarkets is now available at Heathrow Airport.
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From this week, the app – which lets users rescue food nearing its sell-by date at a fraction of the cost – can now be used at five places at Heathrow.
These are Pret A Manger in terminals 4 and 5, Starbucks in terminal 5, M&S in terminals 3 and 4, and all Caffè Nero and Costa Coffee stores.
We have asked Heathrow if it plans to add more stores in future.
Holidaymakers will be able to get a meal for as little as £3 at chains such as Costa, Starbucks and Caffe Nero – although prices vary among retailers.
There are only a limited number of bags available each day and demand might be high, so getting one isn’t guaranteed. You also can’t guarantee what items will be in the bag – so it could be food you don’t like.
Costa is offering one of the cheapest deals at £3 on items from the Costa or M&S menus, such as toasties and cakes.
It says the bag will contain around £10 worth of items and can be collected late in the evening, any time between 9pm and 11.30pm.
Pret is also offering a £3 breakfast bag which contains around £9 worth of items including porridge, breakfast rolls or croissants. The bag is available to collect between 10.30am and 11am.
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Its daytime “chilled bag” sells for £7, but Pret says it contains a generous £21 worth of items selected from its range of sandwiches and sweet treats. It can be collected between 9.30pm and 10pm.
Meanwhile, Starbucks in terminal 5 offers a surprise bag for a great lunchtime deal for £4.99.
It says the bag contains £15 worth of assorted goods such as wraps, paninis, salads and pastries and it can be collected between 1.30pm and 2pm.
What is Too Good to Go?
Too Good To Go is an app that allows you to rescue a bundle of food items nearing the end of its shelf life for a huge discount to save it from going to waste.
The “Magic Bags” contain an assortment such as sandwiches, baked goods, groceries, ready meals and dairy products.
Customers won’t know what will be in their bag until they collect it, although some outlets offer a vegetarian option.
One Greggs customer shared earlier this year how she got £11.45 worth of treats for just £2.59 with the app, including: a caramel custard doughnut, a triple chocolate doughnut, a chicken mayo baguette, a tuna mayo roll, two sausage rolls and a chicken bake.
To purchase a Magic Bag, passengers need to download the free Too Good To Go app, search for their location and select a retailer, reserve and purchase the Magic Bag and collect it in their given time slot.
Listings show how much a bag of food costs and how many are left as well as where you need to pick it up.
How else can I save money at airports?
Airports are generally an expensive place to buy food and goods – but there are some clever ways you can save your pennies.
Make sure to take your own water bottle, even though you will have to empty it to get through security. Most major airports have a water refill point so you can top it back up.
It’s also worth packing snacks and other things you can easily buy at the supermarket, such as chocolate bars, as they will typically be much more expensive to buy once you’re through security.
Foods heavy in fibre and protein will stop you getting hungry while you wait for your plane. Cereal bars and nuts are good snacks to keep you feeling full for longer.
Duty free can be a good place to find a discount, but beware – recent research for The Sun found Duty Free is still generally more expensive than buying items online.
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