August 9, 2025 at 2:48 am

Sweetgreen Customer Tried To Take Advantage Of A “Deal,” But Ended Up With An Expensive Half Salad In A Crushed Bag

by Ben Auxier

Cali Bacino and her Sweetgreens order

TikTok/calissabacino

There’s a trend I’ve noticed recently with delivery apps where they’ll offer some deal that sounds great (50% off orders $20 or more, BOGO meals, etc), but then when you go in to make the order you slowly realize it’s all priced in such a way that the deals basically cancel out and you pay, if anything, MORE than what you would have expected the normal price to be.

Couple that with some overall bad service and you’ve got this video from TikTok user @calissabacino:

Cali Bacino and her Sweetgreens order

TikTok/calissabacino

“This is an open tiktok to Sweetgreen and Doordash. I don’t know fully whose fault this is but…”

Cali Bacino and her Sweetgreens order

TikTok/calissabacino

“Tonight I decided to order Sweetgreen for the second time ever. The other night i ordered it for the first time, I tried to order on Doordash for literally an hour wouldn’t work no matter what I did, so I went to the store and got it, had an unpleasant experience there too, it is what it is, thought I would give it a second try. Doordash was doing a little 40% off deal. Keep in mind AFTER the 40% off I still paid $19 for this AND tipped the dasher which, by the way, they see your tip beforehand now to decide if they even wanna take your order even though they can still do a ****** job after which.”

Cali Bacino and her Sweetgreens order

TikTok/calissabacino

“So, for my $19 to Doordash and Sweetgreen, this is what I got. Limes tossed right in the bag. Food spilled everywhere. Bag crushed. This isn’t even half of a kids portion I paid $19 What happened?”

@calissabacino

im legitimately flabbergasted?? @sweetgreen @DoorDash #greenscreen

♬ original sound – Cali Bacino

Maybe you were ignoring the signs from above?

Screenshot 2025 06 29 160027 Sweetgreen Customer Tried To Take Advantage Of A Deal, But Ended Up With An Expensive Half Salad In A Crushed Bag

Somebody definitely screwed up.

Screenshot 2025 06 29 160050 Sweetgreen Customer Tried To Take Advantage Of A Deal, But Ended Up With An Expensive Half Salad In A Crushed Bag

But what about the tip? Just the tip?

Screenshot 2025 06 29 160112 Sweetgreen Customer Tried To Take Advantage Of A Deal, But Ended Up With An Expensive Half Salad In A Crushed Bag

Don’t flip your lid.

Screenshot 2025 06 29 160118 Sweetgreen Customer Tried To Take Advantage Of A Deal, But Ended Up With An Expensive Half Salad In A Crushed Bag

And now this song is going to be stuck in my head all day:

@awkwardmarina

Been into writing random little songs recently #salad #overpricedsalad #newyorkprices #nyc #overpricedfood #salads #coworkercore #song #funnysong #originalsong

♬ twenty dollar salad – Awkward Marina πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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