A messy fridge can make it harder to find ingredients during cooking, keep track of leftovers, and sort out spoiled foods. Tidying up your fridge is a great step towards a neater kitchen overall.

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Clear out everything in your fridge. Throw away anything that is expired, spoiled, or otherwise inedible. While you're at it, you might want to clean your fridge.
Catagorize your items. Depending on your household, you may have different catagories, but these basic classifications can help you sort your items.
- Fruit
- Veggies
- Meat, poultry and fish
- Eggs and dairy
- Leftovers and prepared food
Label your shelves. You can write out labels on notecards and stick them to the shelves, or write on masking tape and affix the tape to the shelf edges.
Put the food back in an orderly fashion.
Use Post-its or other sticky notes to date the leftovers. You may also want to use this method for other foods.