S'true. The salads are bagged with preservative gases but some of it seems to go off almost as soon as you open the bag and the gases escape. For a single person the only way to actually finish the bag before it's turned to mush is to eat the salad with every meal including breakfast. A choice of smaller bags (about half the size) would be a good idea IMO. Plus make it more seasonal. You can't grow salad leaves in the UK in January, so the ones we get must have travelled a long distance. That's not going to improve the lifespan.

I get my salad parts separately and make it as I need it. I also keep it in an airtight container as well which helps a little. Radishes get cut on the day as does cucumber. I pull off the lettuce leaves as needed. I get small tomatoes and leave them whole. The less that is prepared the longer it lasts. Smaller packs would be better for single people but the bigger packs could be used by a family in a single sitting. Families need to manage their food better.


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I tend to buy salad as individual items and that does last longer

However how much food have you thrown away in the last week

So looking back

- the end of a loaf – gone mouldy
- Some double cream – we had a party and didn’t use it all and now gone off
- about half a cucumber
- bits of a pepper (it had started to go off but just chopped off the manky bit and used the rest


And thats about it for the last 7 days or so

I reckon we waste probably a fair bit of food. Typically because we use say half a jar of something with the intention of using the other half later on in the week and for some reason it doesn't happen. Last week, I used half a jar of pasta sauce on Tuesday, with the plan to use the rest on Thursday. Went out for lunch instead.

Cream - I don't normally buy cream but decided the apple crumble demanded it and bought the double stuff which turned out to be far too heavy and will never use it as topping again.

Tinned spaghetti - ate half with an omelette (was attempted to make an omelette "stuffed" with tinned spaghettie) and never got round to eating the rest.

Bread - we used to eat two loaves in a week. Then I stopped because of dietary restriction, then my dad stopped and now we buy a smaller loaf that lasts all week.

Bagged salads - have never really liked these. Yes, when prewashed, very easy to use but deteriorate very quickly. I prefer a head of lettuce which lasts longer than a week.

There's any amount of food that gets thrown out in my house and it sickens me, though I'm shocking when it comes to bread and such

Part of the problem is the sheer amount of variety we have now...

I am very careful. I eat according to what needs to be eaten when I have too much. As a result almost nothing goes to waste. If the jams start to go furry I scoop out the furry part and put in the fridge and endeavour to eat as soon as possible. Vegetables are used as much as possible so even tomorrows broccoli will be used including the stalk. It will be made into a soup and I will prepare four microwaveable mugs for the finished soup. That way it will last a week as they will be sealed until needed. The only problem I have with bread is mould but the last mouldy loaf was cleared of mould and what was left was shredded to make breadcrumbs and put in the freezer. I make a couple of loaves a week and they get eaten. I only make another loaf when I have finished the last one. Overall my food waste is negligible. It can take me two to three weeks to fill a supermarket carrier with rubbish and most of what goes in will be the packaging that cannot be recycled.

Two thirds wasted?
Sounds about right for our house. The bags are just too big.