Storing food for longer

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Storing foods

• Store fresh fruit in your fridge e.g. apples, peaches, plums, berries, grapes (except bananas). Apples can last for more than 100 days in the fridge which is much longer than the fruit bowl
• Store vegetables in your fridge e.g. mushrooms, green beans, cucumber, broccoli, carrots, cabbage. Carrots will stay fresh for up to a month in the fridge
• Chop and freeze excess fruit and vegetables to use another day
• Store potatoes, onions, garlic in a cool dry and dark place. They can all last several months if stored well
• Freeze loaves of bread, crumpets, bread rolls, chapattis, wraps, naan breads, pitta breads or teacakes and take them out to use as and when you need them
• Freeze milk or buy UHT (long life) milk this can help to save money by preventing waste. You can also freeze milk in ice cube trays so it’s ready to pop straight into your favourite hot drink
• Freeze food right up to and including on the ‘use by’ date. If you’re not sure that you will eat it in time – just freeze it for another day
• If you find you often waste fruit or vegetables, try buying them loose so that you only have as much as you need for the week

Below is a guide to a few key food items and how long after the ‘best before’ date they can be eaten: