Machaela O’Leary, Sales Manager for Too Good To Go, the world’s largest marketplace for surplus food, was celebrating the app being selected as a United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Champion for the 2024-2025 Programme.

Michaela who hails from Killarney attended the event, which took place at the Camden Court Hotel in Dublin yesterday, and was hosted by Minister Eamon Ryan.

Too Good To Go has a selection of partners in Kerry including Carmella's Burritos, Bake My Day, Luna Bakery and Lir Café and participating SuperValu and Aldi stores.

The Sustainable Development Goals Champions Programme, spearheaded by the Irish government, is a testament to the early and proactive steps being taken to create a more sustainable country at national level.

Too Good To Go’s inclusion in this programme is not only a recognition of past efforts but also a call to further action and collaboration aligning closely with Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 12.3: Halving food waste by 2030.
“Too Good To Go is so honoured to be an SDG Champion this year. Our mission is to reduce food waste, and we do this via our marketplace app, which connects people with local businesses that have unsold food.

It's staggering to think that 40% of all food is wasted—that's about 80 thousand meals every second! That's why we're dedicated to inspiring and empowering everyone to cut food waste, in line with SDG 12.3's goal to halve food waste by 2030,” said Machaela.