perishables

In the early 1950s, plumber and construction foreman Steve Henson was working in the Alaskan bush, where perishables like fresh herbs and garlic were hard to come by.

Don't buy too many ingredients at once, especially perishables.

Rise struggled to compete with national chains on pricing and then faced additional challenges when a walk-in cooler broke a few months later, making it impossible to keep perishables on the shelves between orders.

Unlike other airlines, he said, Southwest does not stock perishables on board and rarely uses air-conditioned catering trucks.

In households, food is primarily wasted due to spoilage, with the greatest volume lost being perishables, especially fruits and vegetables.