How not to waste money at the grocery store

The average American family throws out between $1,300 to $2,200 in groceries each year, according to the National Resources Defense Council.

With a growing movement to eat healthier diets full of fresh fruits and vegetables, the flip side is that 25 percent of all wasted food is produce.

Jeanie Ahn of Yahoo! Finance and ABC News’ Becky Worley set out to find the biggest wastes of money in your refrigerator and cupboard. Their goal: to help you save money, save time and maybe save the planet, too.

You know the big culprits of wasted food: For example, we don’t plan our grocery lists out, we make impulse purchases, we take expiration dates too seriously and we overbuy.

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