Fashion is all about following trends and being quick to adopt whenever something new appears on the horizon. Unfortunately, change is constant and trends are replaced in short succession, and that dreaded feeling of uniformity and fitting in leads to the search for the next new thing.

Don’t forget that fashion is driven by the choices of a small number of designers with a vested interest in making money by promoting change and offering only the latest things to make them desirable and hip.

We have all seen those offers where you buy ‘3 for the price of 2’, and oftentimes those are actually quite good offers. However, it pays to check the best-by dates on those items as it’s common practice for shops to shift items that are in danger of having to be thrown away. Just saying: be vigilant.

If we scale this up and consider buying in bulk properly, we run into a completely different set of issues. Assuming that the pallet of 20 tins of mixed veg is going to be in date for an acceptable period of time, and the price is reasonably attractive, have you thought about storage at home?