That's why I mentioned Costco because I wanted to specifically attack those encouraging wasteful behavior. Forcing people to buy in bulk is a form of that but that's just one thing they do. The giant sizes of their stores, focus on making it cheap and convenient to buy gas, and providing a status symbol that's about acquiring cheap stuff are others.
If you want to screech about consumerism you're barking up the wrong tree.
If only there was a way to have more than one location to store frozen foods in a home.
>And none of the expiration dates apply to refrigerated food
They don't. "Use or freeze by".
>That's how long you can leave it outside the fridge.
Which you wouldn't do if you're not using it.
If you are looking for things Costco doesn't carry, it is what it is. If your needs or desires line up with Costco's selection though, then there's no better place in terms of both price and efficiency of procurement.
If you find stuff from Costco is going to waste (namely foodstuffs, almost everything else they carry is non-perishable), just throw them all in the freezer. They will last months if not years.
This is where you get deeper into Wall-E territory. A lot of their "good stuff" is junk food. And a lot of people eat more of it when it's lying around their houses. And really it's only "good stuff" because it's brand name. There are better tasting chocolate bars with less packaging than Hershey's Nuggets.
If you get junk food from Costco, that's because you bought junk food.
But isn't the argument was that Costco carries good stuff?
The "junk" in junk food isn't talking about the quality (good/bad) thereof.
If its going bad before using it, thats on you to manage. There are plenty of ways to avoid food going bad, from storing it properly to planning out what your going to use when.