As energy costs climb and food prices stay high, more households are rethinking how they use their appliances. The ideal temperature settings for your freezer and refrigerator play a crucial role in ...

A reader recently called to ask what the temperature of her refrigerator and freezer should be. Http://www.fsis.usda.gov is a good, readable source of information about food safety. The following is ...

No one wants to waste a refrigerator full of food, but if you keep the temperature too cold you can hike up your utility bill. There's a sweet spot right above freezing that you need to hit, and a ...

According to the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), half of the households in the United Kingdom have their refrigerators set at a higher than the required temperature - at 7 degrees Celsius ...