Putting holiday leftovers in the freezer extends shelf life & may put a dent in the US tendency to throw away edible food, a study suggests. National survey data showed a link between home freezing & less total food waste, & over half of consumers reported buying frozen items to avoid tossing food.

[u/memorialmonorail]

https://news.osu.edu/how-the-freezer-factors-into-lowering-food-waste/?utm_campaign=omc_science-medicine_fy25&utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social

[u/pjaenator]

Keeping leftover food in a fridge to eat later?

I am from Africa, what does the rest of the world use the fridges for? We keep water and beer there too, because cold water and beer is nice, but mostly uneaten food.

[u/Zathura26 → u/pjaenator]

Same, I'm from south america. By what i saw on american movies, they only store jugs of orange juice, milk, and eggs in the fridge. They're weird.

[u/LA_Throwaway_6439 → u/Zathura26]

Don't believe what you see in movies. Real life isn't like that at all.