Pay for vegetables by weight, not package!

I’ve noticed how much old vegetables go waste in our household. I think no one will argue that this is financially wand environmentally beneficial. To reduce the food waste, I basically launched the Operation Frugality.

I stopped buying packaged vegetables (*when I can) and start making a package on my own. For example, when a local grocery store sells spinach $2.99/lb, I'd just grab some of it and put it into another bag. In grocery stores in my area, they use just plastic bags, not the specifically designed package. By doing this, the bill for the bag of spinach becomes like $1.20 instead of $3.00 that pre-packed spinach is charged for. Another example is ginger. I don't usually need a bag of ginger so I'll just take one and bring it to the casher. The bill for the ginger will be like $0.70. Another win.

I know this can be annoying if you have a big family and are a type of person who needs to keep food all the time in your fridge, but in out case, it's being working well so far. Obviously, you can't do that to all of the vegetables. I just wanted to throw this in here and see how people do the same thing. If you need a bag of something, just get it. But if you don't need and have experienced food waste, then why not?