The Good Food Cologne

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Lea from Cologne

About me Like many others here: I love traveling, meet new people and explore new places and cultures. I built my own small house (my van Fred) and travel with it around Europe. My second favorite hobby is: food. I love eating, cooking and trying new dishes. As I'm mostly vegetarian and care about sustainability, I always try to focus on places with similar values. ...
"Next to saving some money, the most important is: You are saving food that would have been otherwise thrown away because of either the best-to-date or how it looks."

1/3 of our food is wasted or lost!

The Good Food is going to fight this problem with its (now already) 4 shops around Cologne. Here you can choose between fresh veggies, smoothies, snacks, milk, beer, and much more. What first sound like a usual grocery shop is far more: The Good Food doesn't have any prices. You can pay what you think the products are worth. You can find some original prices to have a better understanding of the value of the products and the team always helps with prices if you are not sure what to give. Don't worry: There won't be any judgment!

Next to saving some money, the most important is: You are saving food that would have been thrown away because of either the best-to-date or how it looks -  too small, too crooked -  or because it's not fresh enough anymore like bread from the day before.

All people working here are volunteers and want to support our broken food system. So before goings shopping in the supermarket next door, have a look in The Good Food first and make our world a bit better :)

 

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About me Like many others here: I love traveling, meet new people and explore new places and cultures. I built my own small house (my van Fred) and travel with it around Europe. My second favorite hobby is: food. I love eating, cooking and trying new dishes. As I'm mostly vegetarian and care about sustainability, I always try to focus on places with similar values. Why Cologne Cologne is not the prettiest city in the world but has really good vibes and open-minded people. You can find lots of modern cute shops, restaurants and bars but also a historical ci...

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