Overview
- Aldi, partnering with food storage expert Kate Hall, is urging shoppers to peel and slice bananas, freeze the pieces on a lined tray, then store them in a resealable bag to prevent browning and mush.
- The freezer-first step turns overripe fruit into ready portions for banana ice cream, smoothies, sorbets, or chocolate peanut-butter bites.
- Hall says the same tray-and-bag approach works for other produce, with sliced cucumbers able to be frozen for smoothies or used like ice cubes in drinks.
- The advice follows Aldi research that found the average Brit throws away about £387 of food each year and that seven in ten shoppers buy items they expect to bin.
- Aldi’s national sustainability director Luke Emery says the retailer is cutting waste with suppliers and markdowns and now wants more homes to use freezers to keep food out of the bin.