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How much food does your household waste?
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:37 am
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:37 am
It's ridiculous with my family and I'm ashamed. Between overbuying fresh fruits and vegetables that ruin before they're eaten and cooking far more than is necessary for meals, I'd guess that a third of all the food purchased in my household ends up in the garbage or fed to the dog.
I always put leftovers in the fridge for later, but rarely are they finished or even touched again before being thrown out.
I always put leftovers in the fridge for later, but rarely are they finished or even touched again before being thrown out.
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Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:37 am to High C
Same Boat
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:37 am to High C
Too damn much....IMO any wasted food is too much
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:38 am to High C
My wife and I don't waste leftovers unless it ends up going bad, but we are usually pretty good and managing them after we cook. It's such a waste of food and money that I'll never understand. As long as you can maybe mix in a slight variety in between and stagger the leftovers, then you're golden.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:39 am to High C
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It's ridiculous with my family and I'm ashamed. Between overbuying fresh fruits and vegetables that ruin before they're eaten and cooking far more than is necessary for meals, I'd guess that a third of all the food purchased in my household ends up in the garbage or fed to the dog.
I always put leftovers in the fridge for later, but rarely are they finished or even touched again before being thrown out.
I’m right there with ya.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:39 am to High C
My wife and I are pretty good about this...I HATE having to throw food away.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:39 am to High C
not much because I eat leftovers for lunch most days
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:40 am to High C
I think the stats say 40% of the food produced in America goes to waste.
My family has gotten better, but there are still times when I buy meat or veggies with great intentions of cooking it and then we get busy with kids spots or meetings, etc and I forget.
I’m also horrible with frozen meat. I rarely think to thaw something in time to cook it.
My family has gotten better, but there are still times when I buy meat or veggies with great intentions of cooking it and then we get busy with kids spots or meetings, etc and I forget.
I’m also horrible with frozen meat. I rarely think to thaw something in time to cook it.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:41 am to High C
I buy extra food just to throw it away. 
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:42 am to High C
Same. Too much.
We have actively tried to lower it, but it's still more than I will admit.
We have actively tried to lower it, but it's still more than I will admit.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:42 am to High C
Yes too much and I'm trying to get a handle on it.
Plus if my wife needs one of something she'll buy two and the second goes bad or stale. Pisses me off.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:43 am to High C
We used to be bad about it. We made an effort to do better, and we have. Not eating out as much helps a lot.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:44 am to High C
A shite ton! Nobody in my family except me ever eats leftovers.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:45 am to High C
Little to none. I buy what I need at the grocery the day I'm using it
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:46 am to High C
Way too much here. Something we recently discussed to do a better job of moving forward.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:47 am to High C
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Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:48 am to mylsuhat
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Little to none. I buy what I need at the grocery the day I'm using it
this is what works for us. Now that we are only two it’s much easier to do that. I hate wasting food
one thing we did do is buy a much smaller fridge when the last one died. Can’t fill it with more when it’s full
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:48 am to High C
I’d say around 8%. We buy what we need instead of all at one time. The problem is that I might go to the grocery 20 times a week.
I watched a documentary recently where they said 30% of food grown never gets consumed.
I watched a documentary recently where they said 30% of food grown never gets consumed.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:51 am to PeteRose
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I’d say around 8%. We buy what we need instead of all at one time. The problem is that I might go to the grocery 20 times a week.
Yeah I can’t go to the store that much. All my shopping is done on one day. All my meals are planned so I don’t buy what I don’t need.
Posted on 12/20/19 at 7:51 am to High C
I actually like going to the grocery store and finding good food at good value. So I use the weekly ads to decide what we are having that week or the next.
Loss leaders are awesome. I still have some whole chickens I bought at 49 cents/pound at Sprouts in October.
Anyway, I buy the amount of perishables that will be consumed, and I go to the store often. So my waste is minimal.
Loss leaders are awesome. I still have some whole chickens I bought at 49 cents/pound at Sprouts in October.
Anyway, I buy the amount of perishables that will be consumed, and I go to the store often. So my waste is minimal.
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