I love "best by" dates, mostly because several supermarkets around here sell stuff at 50% off if it's going to expire that day.
You can get really nice dinners for 1-2€. Not the cheap frozen microwave stuff either but their "gourmet" line with fresh vegetables, salads and expensive ingredients like .... uhh ... salmon (not fried though) and stuff that actually looks like what it's supposed to be, not some ground up chunks that have vaguely the right color.
I always make sure to check their discount shelf to see whats for dinner that week. You can't beat those prices and they last for several days in the fridge. Even dairy products last for weeks past the best-by date. If it doesn't smell funny or tastes funny its fine.
I buy at least half of my meat like that. It will be two or three days from the date, which is totally fine because I have in my head I'm going to cook it in the next few days anyway. High priced cuts of meat for the price of the cheap stuff. I haven't looked for fish before, maybe I should. I'm really bad at cooking fish but it would be an opportunity to learn I guess.
I've never seen that type of deal on vegetables. They are usually pretty cheap anyway where I am. The people that say they can't afford to eat healthy are just lazy. Fresh fruit and vegetables are usually the cheapest food I buy.
Similar stuff from some supermarkets in the UK. Go at the right time and you can get things for quite literally 10 pence or even lower.
800g loaf of bread? 10p.
Buy three if there are that many left and freeze them all.
Make-your-own coleslaw packs? 6p each. Get a couple or more if able and you have meal sides for at least a week for less than 20 pence.
It does come down to luck of the draw at times and you need to be prompt sometimes as it's not a secret this happens, but with consideration you can spend fractions of produce that can be properly kept for a long time after those best before labels say.
I love "best by" dates, mostly because several supermarkets around here sell stuff at 50% off if it's going to expire that day.
You can get really nice dinners for 1-2€. Not the cheap frozen microwave stuff either but their "gourmet" line with fresh vegetables, salads and expensive ingredients like .... uhh ... salmon (not fried though) and stuff that actually looks like what it's supposed to be, not some ground up chunks that have vaguely the right color.
I always make sure to check their discount shelf to see whats for dinner that week. You can't beat those prices and they last for several days in the fridge. Even dairy products last for weeks past the best-by date. If it doesn't smell funny or tastes funny its fine.
I buy at least half of my meat like that. It will be two or three days from the date, which is totally fine because I have in my head I'm going to cook it in the next few days anyway. High priced cuts of meat for the price of the cheap stuff. I haven't looked for fish before, maybe I should. I'm really bad at cooking fish but it would be an opportunity to learn I guess.
I've never seen that type of deal on vegetables. They are usually pretty cheap anyway where I am. The people that say they can't afford to eat healthy are just lazy. Fresh fruit and vegetables are usually the cheapest food I buy.
Similar stuff from some supermarkets in the UK. Go at the right time and you can get things for quite literally 10 pence or even lower.
800g loaf of bread? 10p.
Buy three if there are that many left and freeze them all.
Make-your-own coleslaw packs? 6p each. Get a couple or more if able and you have meal sides for at least a week for less than 20 pence.
It does come down to luck of the draw at times and you need to be prompt sometimes as it's not a secret this happens, but with consideration you can spend fractions of produce that can be properly kept for a long time after those best before labels say.