packaging
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Don’t Throw Away Your Mesh Produce Bags
In a perfect world, we’d all eat seasonally available local produce that we’ve purchased directly from farmers (or farmers’ markets). But that’s not an option for everyone (especially since there are entire neighbourhoods that don’t have access to affordable fruits and vegetables).
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The Difference Between ‘Portion Size’ and ‘Serving Size’ (and Why It Matters)
Have you ever been enjoying a sleeve of Oreos when someone decides to chime in with the fact that, actually, a serving size is only three cookies? We hear about “serving sizes,” “portions” and often “portion control” all the time, but what do they actually mean? Is there a meaningful difference, or do they all…
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How to Store Your Christmas Decorations Like a Responsible Grownup
You know what’s the worst? Trying to unpack a string of lights that’s tangled up in a ball at the bottom of a box. Packing up your Christmas decor can be time consuming and you might want to just throw everything into a box, but if you pack things up the right way you can save…
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The Best Way to Wrap Oddly Shaped Gifts, According to TikTok
Every December I suffer flashbacks to my first-ever retail job, wrapping presents at a gift shop. As much as I enjoyed entering autopilot and mechanically wrapping box after box, it was always a fun challenge to tackle an oddly-shaped gift: A loose teddy bear. A stray shovel. An entire island of misfit toys that refuse…