The foods most often wasted are vegetables, fruit, bread, and bagged salad. Half of food waste occurs in the home, and costs the average family about $750 every year, leaving around 13% of the big weekly grocery shop wasted. The foods most often wasted are vegetables, fruit, bread, and bagged salad. OzHarvest says, "Whilst it's not really recommended to eat food past this date, use your senses to gauge whether food is edible." Keep fresh fruit and vegetables in the fridge, and move food that needs to be used first to the front.

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