Inexpensive Tools to Organize Food Storage

Knowing what you have on hand is an important step for creating a successful meal planning system for your family.  When your fridge, freezer and pantry are packed to the gills with food, boxes and ingredients, your grocery dollars can go to waste: either through hidden food spoiling before it’s used or by buying duplicate items because you didn’t know you already had a supply at home.

Even if you’re convinced you are the lucky owner of the world’s tiniest pantry, there are ways to improve your situation.  Of course, the first step should be to reduce your inventory to include only what you actually eat and what you have a plan for.  Next, consider some budget-friendly ways to extend the capacity of the food storage spaces in your kitchen.  These examples also make it easy to see what you have on hand at a glance and without moving things around to see what is under, behind, or on top of them.  

Tiered Shelving takes advantage of deep shelving by raising the items in the back above those items in the front.

Lazy Susans also allow you to easily see what’s in the back of a shelf with just a swift spin of the base.  

 Under-Shelf Baskets slide onto existing shelving and take advantage of empty vertical space.

 Shelf Extenders also take advantage of vertical space.

Over the Door Food Storage Racks free up space on your pantry shelves by relocating food items to the back of a door.

Even Over the Door Organizers with pockets designed for shoes can be used for organizing spices, seasoning packets, snacks and anything else you can think of. 

Are you using any of these organizing tools to organize the food in your kitchen?  Do you have any other inexpensive tips to share?  

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Disclaimer: These links are included solely as examples of the types of products to which I’m referring.  I am not affiliated with any of the retailers in any way.