SHOPPING 101

STORING 101

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THE HUNT FOR THE

YELLOW STICKER:

How To Buy And Use

Reduced Food

Want to buy that reduced food for a fraction of price?

Can’t resist the urge to buy whatever has that ✨ yellow sticker ✨?

(You’re not alone. We all love a good deal)

THEN ASK YOURSELF:

Do I know what food I have left? 
Why don’t I eat what I already have?
Do I think I will eat it soon?
Will. I. Ever. Eat. It?

REDUCED FOOD SHOPPING 101

Make sure no old

food is left behind

Before heading off to the stores, take a closer look at

these places, to see if any food is still hiding:

Planning meals even when

you don’t know what you will buy

Buying reduced food works on a “first come first serve” basis - you’ll know what is available

only when you get to the shop.

Then what to do for

a fruitful hunt?

(As in “productive”, and as in “a lot of fruits” if you prefer).

For the next 3 days,

plan the following:

#1

Meals you will have at home?

#2

Time you will spend cooking?

#3

Dining-out occassions?

Now try to count how many meals

you will need to buy food for

Next, estimate how much food you’ll need. Food preparation is just simple math!

BASE

+

PROTEIN

+

VEGGIE/FRUIT

Attention!



Unless you plan to feed 100 barbarians, try not to buy in bulk, even if the offers are tempting.





Only buy the food with an expiration date that exceeds the day you plan to consume it.

Make it scream

in your face

REDUCED FOOD STORING 101

I AM ABOUT TO EXPIRE!!!

I AM ABOUT TO EXPIRE!!!

Rewrite the expiration date in bold.

Like a push notification, but make it physical.

Write it BIG with a marker.

Stick an EAT ASAP note.

Don’t play

HIDE & SEEK

with your food

If the food is out of your sight, it’s out of your mind.

it’ll never be forgotten.

As long as you make it the most convenient to consume,

the munchies, would work too.

catch your eye first. The countertop, where you pick up

Normally top or middle shelves of your fridge would

Re-organizing your fridge would also help.

FOOD IN MY FRIDGE

Detecting SPOILED foods

So, for Pete’s sake, don’t gobble up something without:

Not-so-new flash, cheese, curated meat, sandwiches, or fruits can go off before the written date.

Look at it!

If you don’t think those weird spots or colors are normal,

do not eat it.

Sniff it!

If you can’t stand the smell of it,

do not eat it.

Touch it!

If you don’t even want to touch it,

do not eat it.

Bite it!

(not on raw meat please)

If you can’t force yourself to bite off even a small piece,

do not eat it.

#MakeTasteNotWaste

IMPACT OF

4.5M

tons of household food waste

~

which is

enough to fill 

Royal Albert Halls

The food you waste will be sent to landfills where it will rot, come back alive as CO2 and bite you back.

Stopping wasting food would have the same CO2 impact as taking 1 in 4 cars off UK roads.

AT HELLMANN’S, WE BELIEVE WHEN FOOD

TASTES GOOD, LESS OF IT IS WASTED

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