SLO County restaurants are offering cheap food via this app. Which eateries are on it?

A number of San Luis Obispo County restaurants and bakeries are offering heavily discounted foods via a popular smartphone app.

Too Good To Go, which advertises itself as “marketplace for surplus food,” aims to help reduce food waste by giving stores and eateries a chance to sell their extra items for less.

Local businesses that have offered deals via the Too Good To Go app include Ben Franklin’s Deli, House of Bread and Pizza Republic in San Luis Obispo.

How does Too Good To Go app work?

After downloading the Too Good To Go app and putting in your location, you can see which stores, coffee shops and restaurants have surplus food in your area.

Some places will indicate what items they are selling.

For example, Peet’s Coffee on 20th and J streets recently offered a bag of roasted whole-bean coffee for $5.67. It originally cost $17.

Other businesses only indicate that they have so-called “surprise bags,” filled with food items that were left over at the end of the day. Depending on the spot, there may be more details on the kinds of food you can expect.

Each business has its own designated pick-up times.

Once you find a place you’d like to buy from, you’ll need to reserve a pick-up order and pay from the app.

Which SLO County restaurants, stores sell surplus food?

A variety of local bakeries, restaurants and stores are on the Too Good To Go app.

As of Tuesday morning, these were some places in San Luis Obispo offering deals on surplus food:

House of Bread, 299 Marsh St., was offering $6 surprise bags that include a variety of baked goods, such as cinnamon rolls, croissants, bagels and scones. The baked goods originally cost $18.

Cowboy Cookies, 790 Foothill Blvd., Suite No. 130, had a surprise bag for $4, originally valued at $12.

Lassens Natural Foods & Vitamins, 896 Foothill Blvd., had surprise bags of grocery items for $7, instead of $21 as regularly priced.

Pizza Republic, 3810 Broad St., Suite. No. 3, was selling a surprise bag for $6. It originally cost $18.