Plastic snap-on cup lids are inexpensive and permanently shelf stable, but their virtues end about there. Large boxes each holding 1,000 of them take up significant shelf space in already snug ...

Despite best intentions, food waste can be hard to avoid. Vacuum sealers offer a great way to extend food’s shelf life by removing unwanted air before storage, ideally before being stored in a freezer ...

At its core, the purpose of vacuum-sealing is a simple and noble pursuit: Make food last longer. But until I talked to a bunch of experts for this story and tested a number of vacuum sealers myself ...