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[SeaMaiden]

  How much food that you purchase do you end up throwing away?  I know it would be a guess.... but, if you were to guess... how much fresh food say... or packaged food..... going out of date food....would you figure out of all that you purchase?

 I have a THING  about throwing food out  I have figured out what amount to buy to when I can use it.... and I have a system of preparing my fresh food( vegetables)so that it lasts longer in the fridge using paper towels and moisture packets that I buy on Amazon.  I find that much of fresh food that goes bad it because of moisture... thus the moisture packets and paper towels....

  So I am going to say that 98% of the food I buy is not thrown out.  Actually I would say100% , but, sometimes things just go bad no matter what I do... so I am leaving my guess at 98% of food I buy is not thrown away.

[Snowpuppy]

I just cleaned the fridge and freezer last weekend.

I would say 5% or less is wasted. That's fridge/freezer/pantry.

[rms1954]

I throw out too much; mostly canned and outdated stuff.  My husband is a fan of buying stuff that's on sale, like soup, just because it's on sale.   Another thing he does is buy bigger size products (because it's cheaper by the lb) when I only need a small amount for say a specific meal or recipie.  Or he will buy two because they are a special price.  Then it gets shoved to the back of cabinets and I can't see what's there so I end up buying more and not using what's there.  I've had to clean out cupboards as we are having our kitchen redone.  So I now see what how much food gets wasted.  

I'm on a mission to not purchase things until what we have has dwindled down.  AND I will not be sending him to the store for me any longer.  I am specific when I send him and tell him "just get the smallest package or I only need one so don't buy extra" but he does not listen to me.  

[ECBG]

I'd say maybe 3 percent.  Only occasionally do I throw out something from the refrigerator.  Usually mold on a piece of cheese in a baggie.

[Big Joanie]

Rarely is there a crumb thrown out in my house .. I keep close track

of left overs ... for hubby's lunch .. and any produce I buy ....

[fthunt]

Always the 3rd banana.   Comes home green as grass - mush slime on day 5.

[kaydee50]

Very little gets thrown out.  The last item I remember getting rid of was a bag of dried apricots which had gotten too hard to eat.  That was months ago.  

[CANDLEQUEEN]

very little in our house gets thrown out as well. We eat leftovers, and unless my husband or I forget about something it gets eaten......So I would say, maybe 5% gets thrown out. I clean out my refrigerator once a month as well.

[hckynut]

@SeaMaiden 

Edible amount of food bought for me only is zero "0".

hckynut 🏒

[SugarPuff]

Very little, maybe 1% gets thrown out.  I stopped just buying things to keep in the pantry about a year ago.  it quickly gets out of hand in my kitchen!  I love to cook so I use pretty much everything up. I also grocery shop every few days so produce is always used up.