It is sad to see that wilting spinach has been hiding somewhere in the bottom of your crisper drawer. You tried your best purchasing all the goods, but there was no way for you to remember when you bought the package of cheese and now it has already gone moldy. And you get disappointed wasting all your money this way, and your budget gets disappointed too. If you apply the FIFO technique, or First In, First Out, you will be able to prevent yourself from such disasters.

To start using the FIFO you will need nothing except a marker and some masking tape. Just put the date of purchase directly onto the good or onto the piece of masking tape which you will then put onto the shelf. This way you will save a lot of your time, and you will not have to try guessing by smelling whether your milk has gone sour. The only problem you may face is the fact that you may look crazy trying to label everything in your fridge, but at least your spending account will thank you for this.

The fun part begins as soon as you unpack your purchases and spend an additional minute organizing the goods. Place the older jars of yogurt to the front side and the newly purchased ones to the back. Your children will mock at you, seeing how you organize the compartment of cheese, but at least they will appreciate their fresh snacks. In this way you will turn your fridge into a useful device, which will no longer be a mysterious box of rotten veggies 🥦.

Truth be told, the hardest thing to do will be to teach your family to follow this simple rule. One day you will find a gallon of milk left on the counter and will realize that your teenager took the first thing he saw. Remember that in the end it will pay off as you will waste much less food and will not have to guess about its freshness anymore. Moreover, you will always feel yourself a domestic goddess, knowing that you ate the last apple before it became rotten 🍎.