Would you waste food rather than money?

[flobadob]

For example say you'd usually open a tin of tuna and use it for your lunch over 2 days. Now say one time you know you will not be able to use the tuna on the 2nd day and will have to dump it. In that scenario would you more than likely just not open the �1 tin of tuna and buy something probably costing �3-4 or would you just waste the rest of the tin?

[Ethel]

Neither.

I would eat the tuna I wanted to eat, and freeze the rest for another day.

[Nannyjillx2]

I'm sure I'd be able to find something else that wouldn't cost �3-4 though.

Or I'd make something and add the tuna to it and freeze it as Ethel as suggested. Can't see any reason to throw it out.

[Pentalpha8]

I was brought up not to waste food .So I wouldn't open the tin of tuna in the first place if I knew I wouldn't eat it all .

[warpig3]

Purely from an aspect of economics - if the food cost less than the money I would otherwise spend then the tuna would be chucked.

That said, I abhor wasting food and would find a way to use it or freeze rather than bin it, this is the best economics of all.