A permanent marker labels food storage containers with their contents and the date they went on the shelf. Clear dates let you rotate stock first in, first out, so the oldest food gets eaten before it expires.
A permanent marker turns every can, bucket and jar into a dated item you can rotate with confidence. Choose markers that write on anything in your pantry and stay legible for years.
- Quantity: Stock a multipack of four to six so one lives with your food storage and spares wait in a drawer.
- Tip size: Keep fine tips for dates on small cans and chisel tips for large letters on buckets and bins.
- Ink: Pick waterproof, fade-resistant ink that dries fast and holds up in a damp basement or garage.
- Surfaces: Look for ink rated for plastic, metal, glass and mylar bags so one marker handles the whole shelf.
- Storage: Store markers flat with the caps clicked tight, and replace any that start to write faint.
- Food safety: Write on lids, labels and outer packaging, and keep ink off any surface that touches food.
