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by Weylon on January 14th, 2012

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What percentage of the food you buy gets thrown away?

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  • by Old School on January 14th, 2012

    Old School

    I try to minimize it, but I'd say 10%-15% spoils on me.

    For example, I bought a dozen (ant-free) bagels at Costco last week. I managed to eat 4 of them before the rest went moldy.

    As much of a deal as Costco bagels are, I'm probably better off buying 2-4 at a time from my local Safeway.

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  • by nice jugs on January 14th, 2012

    nice jugs

    Crumbs....S'ard to count them....:)D

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  • by formichinoo on January 14th, 2012

    formichinoo

    Almost zero, I had for brekkies, two softboiled eggs, and though it had a spotty green crust, I toasted and made fingers out the last slice of bread!

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  • by trouble... staying calm on January 14th, 2012

    trouble... staying calm

    Not so long ago it was maybe 40%. These days I'd say 10%.

    I like fresh. No preservatives fresh. I don't trust anything that can sit out on the counter for three days and not go bad.

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  • by aldonoir on January 14th, 2012

    aldonoir

    Probably around 5% or less by being careful that the stuff gets used up in some creative form or another; It also helped after I read an article some time ago about how food processing industry can deliberately create food waste by manipulating the 'best before' dates and that people are not aware that almost all foods are still fit for consumption for long after the best before date expires under the most ideal conditions of preservation ie. proper clean containers, proper cooling or freezing temperature, etc.

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  • by Jenny_S4819 on January 14th, 2012

    Jenny_S4819

    I eat almost everything. Maybe 1% that I throw out. But my parents are a lot worse. I would say they throw out 30% of food. They just cook and cook all the time and never eat left overs. What a waste.

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  • by Lucindaoffthecuff on January 14th, 2012

    Lucindaoffthecuff

    Very, very, very little. I eat almost all of what I buy.

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  • by ENigma on January 14th, 2012

    ENigma

    1% max.

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