On Wed, 14 Oct 2015 22:19:57 +0000 (UTC), "Yes"
> wrote:

>Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>> Kalmia wrote:
>> > Yes wrote:
>> >> Off topic - Are there any consumer refrigerator manufacturers who
>> make >> refrigerators for use in the home that devote say 60% of the
>> machine to >> freezer space and the remainder to cold space. It
>> seems like the >> ratios for regular refrigerators may be 20% freezer
>> and 80% cold.
>> >
>> > Why do you want so much freezer space? Are you 100 miles from your
>> > food source? I'd rather have more COLD. For me, the freezer is
>> > just a place to lose or forget stuff.
>>
>> For me the solution was simple, I acquired a second refrigerator
>> freezer, for $100 from a used appliance store, granted it's no frills
>> but no one sees it in my basement, twelve years later it's still
>> working fine. For very little money I have lots of both extra fridge
>> and freezer space... also solves the problem of what to do with the
>> produce from my vegetable garden. I like the idea of a second
>> fridge-freezer just in case my main unit stops working, I have a place
>> to move the food.
>>
>> > AND - in case any fridge designers are reading this -- how about a
>> > foot pedal to open the door when we're laden with stuff to put away?
>>
>> That won't solve the problem, you'll still have both arms full, get a
>> cart/small table on wheels... although a properly designed kitchen has
>> counter space adjacent to the fridge.
>
>Not a feasible solution for me. I live in a 1,000 sq. ft. condo with a
>galley style kitchen built in the late 70s. It was laid out quite well
>for then, but attitudes, designs and gadgets have changed drastically
>since then. My budget hasn't. sigh.

All you'd need is a small cart that folds for storage... how many
times do you shop in a week? Most times when I do a large shopping I
place all the bags on the kitchen floor, items for the fridge right
next to... more than half what I buy gets carried down to the
basement. I mostly use those cloth/insulated shopping bags. My only
shopping problem is keeping the cats out of the bags... Barny can claw
open a 20 pound bag of dried in a heart beat. I have to keep dried
cat food in 6 gallon galvanized covered pails, I have several. I'm
positive you don't buy more groceries than I do, I buy more groceries
in critter food than a family of ten.

Maybe you need to move, to a real house.