Notes from the fridge.

Short reads on food waste, shared pantries, and how Pantry actually works. Every number we quote comes with the place it came from.

An open fridge shelf with labelled containers of milk, cheese, chicken and leafy greens Start here STORAGE 3 mins read How long does food last in the fridge? The sourced chart How long milk, chicken, mince, eggs, cheese and leftovers last in the fridge, in one chart built from CSIRO and Australian food-safety guidance, sourced row by row. Ben ScottFounder
Two phones on a kitchen bench beside a grocery receipt, one showing a dated pantry list and one with a blank screen PRODUCT 4 mins read Is Pantry on Android? Not at launch, it is iPhone first A phone face down on a kitchen bench next to a folded grocery receipt and a calendar with no date circled PRODUCT 4 mins read When does Pantry launch? Soon, on iPhone, with no fixed date yet A phone photographing a supermarket receipt on a kitchen bench, with a small padlock icon PRODUCT 4 mins read What happens to your receipt photo after Pantry scans it Two identical bottles of milk side by side on a fridge shelf, one nearly full and one half empty HOUSEHOLD 4 mins read How to stop buying food you already have A phone lock screen showing a morning digest of items due this week, propped against a milk carton with its use-by date visible APPS 4 mins read A use-by date reminder app that knows which dates matter Three supermarket receipts of different lengths fanned out on a kitchen bench beside a phone PRODUCT 4 mins read Does Pantry read Coles, Woolworths and Aldi receipts? A phone lock screen showing a morning digest of three items turning this week and their dollar value WASTE 3 mins read How do you track food waste at home? A phone showing a freezer list beside an open chest freezer of labelled bags APPS 3 mins read What should a freezer inventory app track? A laptop with a half-filled fridge inventory spreadsheet next to a phone showing the same list filled from a receipt HOUSEHOLD 3 mins read Does a fridge inventory spreadsheet work? A bowl of cooked prawns on ice on the bottom shelf of a fridge SEASONAL 4 mins read How long do prawns last in the fridge? An opened packet of bacon with three rashers left, folded closed in a fridge drawer STORAGE 4 mins read How long does bacon last in the fridge once opened? A block of cheddar, a wedge of brie and a tub of ricotta side by side on a fridge shelf STORAGE 3 mins read How long does cheese last in the fridge? A glazed leg of ham on a board, partly carved, with slices stacked beside it SEASONAL 3 mins read How long does Christmas ham last in the fridge? A container of sliced roast chicken on a fridge shelf next to a half-carved roast on a board STORAGE 3 mins read How long does cooked chicken last in the fridge? Three days An opened carton of thickened cream on a fridge shelf beside a bowl of whipped cream STORAGE 3 mins read How long does cream last after opening? An open fridge with a phone propped on the door shelf showing a list of items and days remaining APPS 4 mins read How to keep track of food in the fridge Two plan cards side by side on a phone, Free and Pro, propped on a kitchen bench PLANS 3 mins read Is Pantry free, and what does Pro cost? A phone showing a meal suggestion built from items on a scanned receipt, beside the receipt on a bench PRODUCT 4 mins read How does Pantry turn a receipt into dinner? A handwritten shopping list and a supermarket receipt side by side on a kitchen bench, a phone resting on the receipt APPS 3 mins read Shopping list app with expiry dates? Start at the receipt Two glass containers of leftover roast vegetables and rice on a bench beside a frying pan and eggs COOKING 4 mins read What to cook with leftovers before they go off: five dinners A phone lock screen at 5:30pm showing a dinner suggestion notification PRODUCT 3 mins read Why the nudge lands at 5:30pm Several phones on a kitchen table all showing the same pantry list PRODUCT 3 mins read Six phones, one pantry: how the shared household works A phone showing a grocery tracking checklist next to a receipt and pantry items on a kitchen counter APPS 7 mins read Expiry-date tracker apps: what to look for A Christmas table with turkey, ham and pavlova being packed into containers for the fridge SEASONAL 7 mins read Christmas leftovers: what keeps, what doesn't A carton of eggs on a fridge shelf, one egg lifted out STORAGE 3 mins read How long do eggs last in the fridge? A phone showing per-item day counts beside a printed shelf-life table PRODUCT 3 mins read Where Pantry’s expiry dates come from A stack of grocery receipts and a notebook with figures written on it WASTE 3 mins read How much food Australia wastes, by the numbers A phone showing a delivery app next to a full fridge, both visible on a kitchen counter COOKING 3 mins read The Sunday hour that stops Wednesday takeaway Two people looking at a phone together in a kitchen, groceries on the counter HOUSEHOLD 3 mins read One list, one fridge: shared shopping that works A close-up of a grocery product's date label on the packaging STORAGE 3 mins read Best before vs use by in Australia: the date you can ignore Raw chicken thighs on a plate on a kitchen counter, timer icon overlay STORAGE 4 mins read How long does raw chicken last in the fridge? Three days Labelled containers and bags of food stacked neatly in a chest freezer STORAGE 4 mins read How long does frozen food last? Freezer times, explained A wooden fruit bowl on a kitchen counter next to a pantry basket of potatoes and onions STORAGE 3 mins read How to store fruit and vegetables: fridge, bowl or pantry A glass container of leftover cooked food in the fridge, lid beside it STORAGE 3 mins read How long do leftovers last in the fridge? Three days Raw beef mince in a bowl on a kitchen counter beside onion and garlic COOKING 3 mins read Mince that turns tomorrow: five dinners tonight Grocery bags on a hot car seat with sunlight streaming through the window SEASONAL 4 mins read Summer fridge: what spoils faster at 35°C Grocery items arranged with small price tags on a kitchen counter WASTE 4 mins read Where the $2,500 goes, category by category A bowl of fresh spinach leaves next to a slightly wilted bunch on a kitchen counter COOKING 4 mins read Wilting spinach: five dinners before it turns A glass milk bottle on a cream kitchen counter next to a small jug STORAGE 5 mins read How long does milk last after opening? Five to seven days A phone camera photographing a grocery receipt on a kitchen counter APPS 3 mins read Receipt-scanning apps compared, and where Pantry is headed A kitchen bin next to a shopping receipt and a calculator on a bench WASTE 3 mins read The $2,500 Australian households bin every year A phone photographing a receipt, with a barcode scanner crossed out beside it PRODUCT 2 mins read Why Pantry reads receipts, not barcodes A weekly calendar page next to a small pile of receipts and coins on a bench WASTE 3 mins read The $48 a week your fridge is quietly costing you A crumpled supermarket receipt flattened on a bench next to a phone camera PRODUCT 3 mins read How Pantry reads a faded, crumpled grocery receipt A phone showing a pantry inventory app propped against jars on a kitchen shelf APPS 3 mins read The best pantry inventory apps in Australia (2026) A grocery receipt and a wallet on a kitchen bench beside a bag of vegetables WASTE 4 mins read How to save money on groceries without buying less A shared fridge shelf with several separate bags of groceries, loosely organised HOUSEHOLD 3 mins read The sharehouse fridge rule that ends the argument A wrapped chicken breast defrosting on a plate on the bottom fridge shelf STORAGE 3 mins read Defrosting chicken safely: fridge, not bench A fridge thermometer hanging from a middle shelf between milk and vegetables STORAGE 3 mins read What temperature should your fridge be?