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Eggs keep for months just fine.

When I was single I'd make family portion, eat 1/3, freeze the others. Bread freezes perfectly too. Other than that I shared your frustration of stores - buy a thing for £1, get three of them for £1.30. So choice of hugely overpay or risk waste. Milk prices are especially offensive under half gallon.

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If you keep bread in the fridge, it'll keep for quite awhile & be available to eat (unlike freezing it).

I used to live in a country with giant, mean roaches, so I got in the habit of refrigerating everything. Surprised it's not more common to do so w/ bread.

On my experience, bread spoils faster in the fridge. By the way, scientists still cannot describe chemical reactions in bread staleness. Contrary to popular belief, staleness is not really dryness, it's a complex chemical process.

In the US it's not advised to keep eggs that long, which speaks to a whole other issue.

In the US, eggs are prepared for consumer sales differently. Most notably, the cuticle is removed.

If you sterilize the shells and dip them in mineral oil or cheese wax, they can be kept at room temperature for much longer.

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