We’ve all been there. You come across some wilting lettuce at the back of the fridge or a packet of chicken that’s past its use-by date and you throw it away.
It might not feel like much of a loss at the time, but the cost of wasted food soon adds up. In fact, the average family throws away 24 meals, worth about £60, a month.
Every year in the UK, we chuck out seven million tonnes of food and drink from our homes, and more than half of it could have been eaten. So, how can we stop binning and start saving? Sarah Hainey, 36, lives with husband Paul, 42, and their children Emma, 11, Jodi, 10, and Andrew, five, in Barassie, Troon, in Scotland. She kept a food…