The reason you shouldn't buy your fruits and vegetables at Costco

(NOTICIAS YA).-While it is true that Costco offers a wide range of high-quality products, there is a section that perhaps you should skip, according to experts.

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Its aisles are lined with hundreds of the most prestigious brands, including its exclusive 'Kirkland Signature' brand.

But before you rush to fill your cart, there's one section at Costco you should avoid unless you own a restaurant or have a huge family to feed, according to website mashed.

This is the section of select fruits and vegetables that the store offers only wholesale. But why shouldn't you buy your fruits and vegetables at Costco? The experts' answer is simple.

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As with everything the store offers, the fruit and vegetable packs are sold in bulk, meaning you'll be carrying a large number of items at once.

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And what's wrong with that? The packages are too large for the average family to eat fresh and ripe, before they expire and have to be thrown away, the source explained.

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Here are some points against buying too many vegetables together, according to 'My Frugal Adventures' founder Charlene Haugsven in an interview with CNBC:

A University of Arizona study on food waste estimates that the average American household throws $590 worth of groceries in the trash a year.

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For her part, the director of Sustainable America at CheatSheet agrees and insists that "You should only buy the amount of food that you and your family can consume."

"Buying a big sack of sweet potatoes instead of a few individual ones may be less expensive per piece, but if you end up throwing away half the sack," she estimated, you end up spending more.