perishables

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.

How would fellow merchants or visiting dignitaries know about these luxe banquets once all those enviable perishables had been consumed?