Are you guilty of storing leftovers in the fridge and forgetting about them till the time they reach a point to be thrown away? Looks like you are not alone.
According to a recent poll, an average of 2,000 adults spend $248 weekly on groceries and end up throwing away about $63 worth of that.
This survey was done by OnePoll on behalf of HelloFresh, where 83% of respondents admitted cooking extra food. 35% agreed they mostly forget about the leftovers, 43% finish the leftovers, while 24% said they get tired of eating the same food and thus discard them.
According to experts, with inflation hitting food costs globally, wasting groceries affects both environment and the economy.
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