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For the consumer or the seller? I think I easily save 20-50% when I buy the amount I can eat before it goes bad instead of having to buy a larger amount becaus
by fredsir 7y ago
For the consumer or the seller?
I think I easily save 20-50% when I buy the amount I can eat before it goes bad instead of having to buy a larger amount because it's prepackaged in a too-big-for-me package.
Come to think of it, I never throw out stuff like fruit which I buy "per piece" instead of prepackaged, where as carrots which usually only comes prepackaged where I shop is something I often have to throw out of because the last ones have gone bad before I got to them. This have meant I rarely eat carrots anymore and instead buy something else that isn't prepackaged.
Same thing with bread actually. But then they started selling smaller breads all over the country to combat food waste, and it really has, I don't remember throwing out bread in the last couple of years.
- krsrhe 7y agoHave you tried eating more vegetables? It’s not hard for one person to eat 2lbs of carrots in the weeks before they go bad in a fridge.
- fredsir 7y agoI just don’t like that many carrots. Would prefer to be able to buy the couple I want. And yes, I do eat plenty of vegetables. I follow a whole-food plant-based diet and have done so for almost 7 years.
- NeedMoreTea 7y agoFor the consumer. I really doubt that the supermarket pays a different price by getting them in big boxes rather than plastic bags. If they do, it's probably less. :) Carrots and all root veg will easily keep for a couple of months or so if you store them in the fridge. Make sure they're completely dry, don't wash - they keep better - and remove any sprouting tops, then keep in an air tight box or bag, or as second best, just in the non-ventilated drawer of the fridge. Or about as long in sand if you have a cool dry cellar or garage to serve as makeshift root cellar. Store flat in plastic trays or tubs covered with dry horticultural sand or soil.