Build a record you can keep accurate.

Use the inventory for quantities and shopping, the date tracker for package and opened-date context, or the kitchen reset for one immediate meal plan. These are separate tools; records are not synchronized between them.

In the inventory, choose Add food. Enter the ordinary food name, category, actual storage location, quantity, and unit. Copy a date you can identify on the package, or deliberately choose your own review date and select My estimate. Do not guess a printed date that you cannot read.

Hypothetical setup: you find two unopened 400 g tins of chickpeas. Enter “Chickpeas,” quantity 2, unit “400 g tin,” and Pantry. When one tin is used, Mark one used reduces the entry to one tin. If only part of a container remains, use Edit item to record the amount you actually have.

To explore before entering your own records, Load example kitchen inserts five fictional foods and an example shopping list. Delete those examples before using the app as your household record.

Before shopping, compare the list with the physical food. Remove used items, edit changed quantities, and update locations after moving food. Review the Date attention list, including dates already passed, in the context of the product and its storage history.

Add a shopping-list amount that means something at the store: “1 carton” or “enough for two lunches” is more useful than a food name alone. Checked shopping entries remain on the list until you remove them; check the kitchen again before reusing an old list.

In the inventory, select Export data to download a JSON backup containing inventory, shopping, and discard counts. In the date tracker, Export JSON backs up that tracker only. Keep the latest file somewhere you can find outside browser storage.

To move a record, open the same tool on the destination device, select Import, and choose its exported JSON file. Import replaces the current record in that tool, so export the destination copy first if you need to retain it. An inventory backup cannot be imported into the separate expiry tracker.

Checklist CSV and kitchen-reset CSV files are readable exports for a spreadsheet or a printed record; those tools do not import the CSV back. A waste-calculator export preserves its category inputs. Save a new export when your working record changes.

Different browsers, browser profiles, devices, and domains have separate site storage. Private browsing, clearing site data, or a browser storage limit can remove or prevent saved records. If a save error appears, export or print before leaving the page.

If a list appears empty, first check that you are using the original device, browser profile, and flatsedge.com address. Then restore the most recent compatible JSON backup. The site has no account server from which to recover a lost local inventory.

A past date, green status, or completed check does not establish whether a food is safe. For a storage failure or recall, retain the package details and follow the applicable official instructions. The source chooser points to storage, outage, and recall references; the date methodology explains the limits of calendar calculations.