When it comes to saving money at the grocery store, buy in bulk is common sense.
However, this can backfire if youre buying perishables.
Many Americans dont realize just how much food they end up throwing away.
You buy a weeks worth of meat or a months worth of milk.
Estimating how much an individual wastes is hard to do, and will obviously vary from person to person.
Living in the United States of Food Waste| Bloomberg viaMother Jones
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