Potatoes stay fresh 'three times longer' without sprouting if kept in one spot Just a couple of weeks, or sometimes just days, after stocking up on shopping, many find their potatoes starting to sprout, shrivel and lose their firmness - particularly when not stored correctly.
Lucia continues: "Storing potatoes in the fridge should be encouraged to prolong the lifespan and prevent Britons wasting over 5.8 million potatoes each year."
Lucia insists: "Potatoes stored in the fridge can last over three times as long compared with storing at room temperature."
To combat this, Lucia Washbrook, sales and marketing director at Branston, Britain's biggest potato supplier, has dished out her top tips for keeping your tatties tip-top.
And it's not just talk; the Waste and Resources Action Programme backs this up, claiming that such storage could slash food waste by 100,000 tonnes annually, reports the Express.
