Can Always Fresh Food Storage System save me over $1200.00 a year by keeping food from going bad? In their commercial they state that the average person throws away over $1200.00 yearly (the implication is that the amount is due to spoiled food). I saw another commercial that said $500 a year, but even that is a lot on garbage, literally. How do the Always Fresh Food Storage containers work? I’m not a scientist but I will try to sum up what they explain in their ad:

Sealing food in a regular container or plastic bag locks it in its own gases, namely ethylene gas, which causes the food to spoil quickly. Always Fresh Food Storage containers contain minerals which absorb the ethylene gas, prolonging the shelf life of foods like cheese, produce and bread. Food stays fresh for up to weeks longer.

This past holiday season was my first attempt at cooking a turkey dinner - personally, I am practically a vegetarian (no meat or poultry at all), so this really was for my husband. He is a confirmed carnivore, and since we were going to be home on our first Thanksgiving as a married couple, I thought he would really enjoy a home-cooked turkey with all the trimmings. Well, he did, and so did the friends we invited over, but there was still so much left over! I bagged it into plastic and placed it in Pyrex and Tupperware, and he dutifully ate leftovers day after day, but after a week I made him throw everything away. What a waste! In the commercial for the (As Seen on TV) Always Fresh Food Storage System the demonstrator explains that you can safely eat chicken salad a week old!

I hate it when lettuce or something goes bad and turns into that slimy mess that stinks up the whole refrigerator! Then you have to pull everything out, clean the drawers, and repack everything back in there. With Always Fresh Food Storage, every item can go in its own freezer and dishwasher safe container - no mess!

If you are looking to save money or get healthier this year, Always Fresh can potentially help you to do both. I think I’d be a lot more likely to snack on healthy things like carrots and celery (or crudité, as the French would say) if they were already peeled and cut into snack-sized bites and stored fresh in a resealable container. Personally, I get very demotivated to snack healthily if I first have to wash and peel the vegetables before I eat them. Better I should do a bunch of vegetables all at once and then store them for easy access later.

If you are going to use storage containers for your food anyway, then you might as well use ones that not only withstand the extremes of the freezer and the dishwasher, but also help keep the food that is in them fresher, LONGER, right? I haven’t used them yet but I am looking to replace my old, mismatched set of containers (including some which once contained lunch meats and some from higher end restaurants), and the Always Fresh Food Storage System might be a good replacement.