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'I lived off leftovers from Greggs, Costa and Pret for a week and the result surprised me'

YouTuber Ed Chapman tested Too Good To Go bags from popular chains including Greggs, Costa Coffee and Pret-A-Manger for a week, revealing surprising differences in value and quality

[Ed Chapman with pret food]

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Ed Chapman decided to see if he can live off Too Good To Go bags for a week(Image: Ed Chapman/YouTube)

A bloke who attempted to survive solely on leftovers from high street chains like Greggs, Costa and Pret for an entire week was gobsmacked by his discoveries. YouTube creator Ed Chapman took on the challenge of living exclusively off Too Good To Go bags.

The widely-used app launched in 2016 with the mission of tackling food waste worldwide. It allows customers to snap up "surprise bags" filled with grub from beloved eateries and shops at heavily slashed prices.

In his YouTube clip, Ed explained he'd keep going with the bags until he either "ran out of different stores" or had to "admit defeat" if he became "nutritionally deficient".

But his opening bag, costing just 2.99 from Greggs, left Ed somewhat taken aback. He remarked: "I was not expecting as much as this, there's no way I'm going to eat all this. This is supposed to cut food waste but I'm just going to add to it."

His bulging bag was crammed with two sausage and cheese melts, two cheese and onion bakes, and four sausage rolls among other items. He continued: "There's a lot, there's not a huge amount of variation and it's not much of a breakfast either."

[Ed Chapman holding his Greggs haul]

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YouTuber Ed Chapman spent a week living off Too Good To Go bags(Image: Ed Chapman/YouTube)

Ed did admit, though, that "the gob likes" what the bakery giant had offered. Despite this, he maintained he'd been given "too much" food to realistically consume.

Later on, the content creator picked up a 4 mystery bag from Pret-A-Manger, which he reckoned held roughly 12 worth of goodies. He discovered soup, an avocado and tomato sandwich, and a tuna and mayonnaise baguette tucked inside.

Ed found the bag "slightly underwhelming" compared to his Gregg's haul, but concluded it would be a decent choice for office workers. He noted: "Two baguettes and soup, four quid, it's obviously more expensive than Greggs but I do like that there's more variety here, you've got two baguettes that were literally off the shelf."

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Ed's Greggs haul contained a number of pastries(Image: Ed Chapman/YouTube)

At Costa, Ed shelled out 3.50 for a bag purportedly containing 11 worth of food. His haul included two red velvet cakes, a mature red cheddar and ham toastie, and a Heinz beans and cheese toastie.

However, he found the bag "a bit disappointing". He questioned: "Two toasties, okay fair enough, and two red velvet cakes, which did look very nice to be fair, but is there 11 in there?".

The blogger found the toastie to be "alright", but wasn't thrilled by the variety in his bag. On his food adventure, Ed also sampled four slices of pizza from Pollini's Pizza in Leeds and a selection of breakfast items, including hash browns, from the Holiday Inn.

[Ed Chapman with a red velvet cake]

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Ed's Costa haul included two red velvet cakes(Image: Ed Chapman/YouTube)

After four days of testing establishments around Leeds, Ed wrapped up his challenge at coffee chain Leon, where he discovered two sausage sandwiches and a porridge pot in his 6.29 bag.

Reflecting on the experience, he said: "This is alright as a thing to do every now and again, certain places are better than others, as we've seen, but sometimes you need proper hot food."

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