Very simple to set up and completely free, you will even wonder why not have thought about it earlier.
With inflation, shopping has become a real headache. We compare the prices, we choose the brands of the distributors, we avoid superfluous purchases. However, at the end of the month, the total is always higher. This is why, some tighten their budgets, while others have every penny. Fortunately, a single gesture allows you to give a little butter to the spinach and it is within everyone’s reach.
Many think that to spend less, you have to buy less. Or better. There are those who switch to bulk, those who test anti-waste apps, drives, wholesale races and those who plan meals. All of these methods work, to some extent. In other words, there is a more discreet factor that leads, whatever happens, expenses without warning. And it happens after your visit to the supermarket.
Indeed, many foods are too often forgotten at the bottom of the fridge, exceed the deadline, then end up being thrown without having been used. A phenomenon that affects all types of households, whatever the income. More concretely, according to ADEME, each Frenchman throws an average of 30 kg of food per year, including 7 kg still packed. This waste has a cost. For a family, this can represent several hundred euros per year.
This is how, a reflex must now become automatic. The concept: to make visible what is no longer. To do this, the most effective way remains to use a box or a tank, stored in the fridge and in the closet, with a very clear label. Three words: “to eat first”. And what do we put in it? All the products we have already opened. Those approaching the deadline. The remains. Soft fruits. The yogurt from which we forgot there was. The dishes started. Anything that may end up in the trash in the coming days.
In short, an obligatory passage point before each meal, which is consulted before cooking. It serves as a basis for menus. It avoids duplicates. And above all, it avoids waste. We eat what we already have. Thus, less waste, less unnecessary purchases and more savings.
