Keep Plastic Food Containers Organized With A Few Affordable Dollar Tree Finds

Whether you pack a lunch for work each day or like to spend your Sundays meal prepping dinner for the week, odds are you've amassed a decent collection of plastic food containers. Even if those containers stack well, storing them in your cupboards and drawers usually leads to a chaotic mess where finding the matching lid feels next to impossible. Luckily, there are all kinds of clever ways to organize your food storage containers with Dollar Tree products. For an easy method that's budget-friendly, all you need are some clear plastic drawer organizers. 

This method works great because you can continue storing your containers in the same cupboard or drawer as before, but now the Dollar Tree organizers will keep everything in place and easily visible. There is a large variety of shapes and sizes for these organizers, so you can get creative with how you use them. The Storage Essentials Clear Acrylic Soda Can Organizer, for example, could work to store jars if you're someone who likes to reuse old glass jars around the house for food storage.

When picking organizers from the Dollar Tree to use, you'll find quite a few options. For example, these Jot Desktop Plastic Clear Organizer Trays come in various sizes, and these Shatter-free Clear Plastic Refrigerator Food Storage Bins have handles so you can easily take them in and out of the cupboard as needed. For smaller food containers or lids, the Essentials Clear Plastic 3-Compartment Storage Trays with Lids would be a good option. Whichever you end up choosing, make sure you know the measurements of your drawer or cupboard first to ensure these organizers will fit.

One tip when using this method is to keep containers and lids separate, as it makes organizing your plastic storage container lids a breeze. Finding the right size lid will be easier this way as well. Another good tip is to group similarly sized items together. If you've already made or are planning to make the switch to glass food storage containers, don't worry, you can still use this organizing hack; you'll just need to practice extra caution to not chip your containers when stacking them into the organizers.