How to Master Dollar Tree Fridge Organization

I think I for sure get a little bit of home organization envy. Like for real the green eye monster hits me every time I see a beautifully organized refrigerator on Pinterest or YouTube.

If your not totally nuts about home organization than this probably sounds ridiculous to you.

But you have got to admit there is something ASMR like about beautifully organized spaces even if it’s not your taste or style.

When I see someone who has an organized refrigerator it makes me think they have they’ve got there stuff together’.

I just don’t see myself as being one of those people. Seeing as how I find it hard to get motivated to throw out leftover.

Yeah I totally just admitted that. So go ahead and judge me. Hey it’s an extra dirty dish to clean that I can avoid if I just leave it in the fridge for another day.

Please tell me I’m not the only one who thinks like this. I know your with me Momma, it’s ok you don’t have to say it out loud – just nod your head and keep reading.

Don’t get me wrong I love to organize. And if you have been here before you know I’m all about saving money.

So I figured maybe just maybe fridge organization would be worth trying if it reduced our food waste. My only stipulation was that it had to be extremely affordable and require as little of a time commitment as possible.

If it helps keep the fridge clean, it only makes sense to give it a try.

When I started taking inventory of our fridge to begin this organization project I realized our fridge is never really overflowing with food. The only benefit to doing this project is that it would give our items a flat resting place instead of our wire shelves.

Word to the wise, if you purchase a lot of pre-made food, produce, snacks, or meal prep organizing your fridge with storage container is necessary.

Once I took inventory of my fridge I realized we don’t by any of the above. But since I had already done the research I figured I may as well share with you.

In this post, I will explain why organizing your refrigerator is important, how to organize your fridge, and provide an essential Dollar Tree fridge organization shopping list.

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How to Master Dollar Tree Fridge Organization

You are probably wondering why you should organize your fridge. If you don’t enjoy spending hours cleaning than organizing your fridge is a great way to save time and energy.

Organizing your fridge is a simple way to cleaning faster and efficient.

If I clean out the fridge once a month it’s a miracle. By clean out the fridge I mean actually taking the time to disinfect the inside and outside, wipe down the drawers and shelves, and discard anything that is no longer edible.

Keeping your refrigerator organized will help you to reduce food waste, make it easy to inventory your current stockpile, and give your family easy access to snack, prepared lunch, and produce.

Words of Caution from a Stock piler 

I can’t tell you how many times I have thrown away produce because I didn’t realize it was in the fridge. Not to mention how many expiration dates have come and gone without any notice.

Meal planning has helped reduce our food waste. Along with shopping only for what we need and not stockpiling food for our pantry.

Which I always did in the past. Until I food myself throwing away food because it had gone years past the expiration day.

We also make it a point to try to use all the food in our fridge, freezer, and pantry before grocery shopping again. Monthly grocery shopping and meal planning has made this easy to implement.

If you enjoy this post, you may find these kitchen organization blog post helpful when it comes to organizing on a budget.

• 7 Easy Ways to Organize Your Kitchen Pantry With Dollar Tree
• 13 Affordable Hacks to Organize your Kitchen

5 Simple Steps to Organize your Fridge with Dollar Tree

You can organize your refrigerator in just a few simple steps. If you follow this blog post you can organize your fridge in just about an hour. Of course that wouldn’t include your trip to the Dollar Tree or online ordering. You will want to plan ahead this post should help you with doing just that.

1. Decide what items you plan to keep and which ones you plan to throw away. Now that you know what items you want to keep.
2. Make a mental note of the Dollar Tree essentials that would work best for your fridge.  
3. Buy your Dollar Tree organization items.
4. Clean your fridge.
5. Organize it!

Dollar Tree Fridge Organization Essentials

These are the best Dollar Tree fridge organization products. These products will help you maximize your fridge space and keep your food waste down.

Set up a great organization system by grouping together items by product similarity, shape, or frequency of use.

When it comes to storage bin Dollar Tree has so many options from colored baskets to the acrylic look. Whatever you choose you should be able to find a bin that matches your style. I personally love the acrylic look although I have never seen them in my local Dollar Tree.

Plastic Baskets Dollar Tree Fridge Organization

• Basket with Handles
  
• Locker Bins with Handles 
  
• Clear Rectangular Drawer Organizers
  
• Clear Tray
  
• Bowls – these bowls are great for eggs, produce, and cheese

General Organization Dollar Tree Fridge Organization