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A Whopping $165 Million Worth of Food Is Wasted Each Year By Americans
Want an easy way to shave $2,300 off your annual budget? Stop throwing away so much food.
According to a new study, almost half of the food Americans buy every year winds up in the trash — a 50 percent increase since the 1970s.