Eco-Conscious Food Storage

Everyone from caterers transporting meals for a banquet to employees carrying their lunches require options to keep food fresh and organized. Options for work and home ensure delivered takeout meals stay piping hot, provide a neat and easy way to save leftovers from a tasty meal and keep stored foods fresh in the fridge or freezer. Serve guests the very best and avoid wasting food with versatile food storage solutions.

Material

If a refrigerator isn’t readily available, you’ll want to choose the right material for food preservation to help food last longer and make storage and transport easier. Packing up large quantities of food for a wedding or other large gathering is quick and easy when loaded into foil pans and trays, and food storage bags such as plastic Ziploc® bags make it easy to see what's inside. If you’re searching for something with more temperature control capabilities than Ziploc bags for your food preservation needs, consider foam storage. Foam construction will help keep foods at just the right temperature, so lunch is hot and delicious when customers sit down to eat. For condiment holders, choose sturdy plastic, metal or wood construction that offers durability and looks great on a counter. Keep everything diners need at hand with napkins, dispensers and cutlery.

Capacity

You'll also want to select the best size for the job. Small containers are ideal for bringing a sandwich or a portion of a casserole to work the next day. Delivering food to a meeting or conference will go quickly with large containers designed to accommodate pounds of food. Small condiment holders are ideal for use in the home kitchen, but office breakrooms crowded with busy coffee drinkers are best served by larger options that keep plenty of necessities at hand.

Convenience

There are a host of versatile options that boost the functionality of food storage items. Freezer bags with space for notation provide space to identify stored contents. Sectioned foam containers keep main dishes and sides with different sauces separate. Wax paper and aluminum foil packaged in boxes with sharp cutting edges make dispensing a snap so proper food storage is equally as simple.