Food storage kits

Abstract

A food storage product dispensing kit for de-bulking food includes a plurality of re-sealable primary bags and a plurality of secondary pouches, wherein the secondary pouches are adapted and configured to be worn and inverted over a user's hand as well as minimize freezer burn of food items therein. An advertising insert may include branding information, de-bulking instructions, food safety information, a product sample, and a coupon. The bags, the pouches, and the advertising insert are unitized in a single package for consumer convenience.

1 . A method of directing and communicating home-storing bulk food to consumers by providing a food storage kit and a set of instructions provided to consumers, the method comprising the steps of:
 a. using a first package, wherein the first package contains at least two re-sealable primary bags;   b. using a plurality of secondary bags from a second package, wherein the secondary bags have an open end and a gauge of the secondary bags is from about 0.0002 inches {0.00051 cm} to about 0.0016 inches {0.00406 cm} such that the secondary bags are clingy to reduce captured air;   c. creating portions of a larger foodstuff in two or more of the secondary bags by placing a consumer's hand inside a secondary bag, grabbing a portion of the larger foodstuff with an outside of the secondary bag, reversing an inside of the secondary bag with the outside of the secondary bag to enclose the portions, and folding the open end of a filled secondary bag to enclose the portion of foodstuff therein;   d. storing the two or more filled secondary bags into at least one primary bag; and   e. providing the set of instructions with the second package communicating and directing the consumer to perform steps a-d.   
     
     
         2 . (canceled) 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the set of instructions directs the consumer to store the at least one filled primary bag in a freezer, wherein the secondary bags are rectangular shaped to reduce captured air and, in turn, reduce freezer burn. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 1  wherein a volume of two of the secondary bags combined is less than a volume of each primary bag. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the gauge of the secondary bags is less than a gauge of the primary bags. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the secondary package is provided with the first package as a portion of the food storage kit. 
     
     
         7 . (canceled) 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the first and second packages are over-wrapped together to provide a unitized product. 
     
     
         9 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 1  further comprising the step of shaping the portions in the secondary bags. 
     
     
         22 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the secondary bags are rectangular shaped and the open end adheres to itself as a closure mechanism to reduce captured air. 
     
     
         23 . The method of  claim 1  wherein the secondary bags are without a closure mechanism. 
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of tightly wrapping the portions within the secondary bags to completely enclose, cling to and protect the portions. 
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of stretching the secondary bags about the portions within the secondary bags to completely enclose, cling to and protect the portions. 
     
     
         26 . The method of  claim 1 , further comprising the step of providing the secondary bags as a perforated roll.