Invest in a model that features technology specially designed to keep food fresh for longer.

Examples include:

• light technology to preserve the vitamin content and nutrients in your fruit ’n’ veg
• smart technology to ensure your fridge is set at the ideal temperature for its contents
• intelligent tech to control the temperature of different zones of the fridge.

Remember:

• the ideal fridge temperature is between 0-5°C. Adjusting the temperature of your fridge could help to keep your food fresh for three days longer
• many items not traditionally kept in the fridge last longer there including all fruits (except bananas and pineapples) as well as garlic and eggs.

Stock up with ingredients and batch-cooked meals that will make your future family mealtimes a doddle.

• Freeze your fruit ‘n veg if you can’t use it in time (summer berries for an autumnal porridge). Some will lose their texture when frozen – you can deal with this by freezing them pureed (tomato sauce) or stewed (apple crumble).
• prepping easy meals like soups and pasta sauces
• freezing those herbs before they wilt

Remember:

• Bread, milk, cheese, eggs, peeled bananas, blanched potatoes, yoghurt, avocados, butter, cooked rice or even wine can be frozen to preserve them for longer
• keep it at the right temperature, usually -18°C
• pack it up to 75-80%.