Used twist ties can quickly accumulate, filling up a junk drawer or creating waste that gets thrown away. Instead, try these clever ways to reuse them.

If you’ve ever noticed that bread bags in the grocery store have different colored twist ties, it turns out there’s a reason — and it has to do with how fresh the bread is. According to ...

The colorful twist ties that keep our bread fresh and protected from store to sandwich actually have a hidden secret. As it turns out, each color means the bread was baked on a particular day of ...

I used to twist and tuck, shoving the end of the bread bag under itself, but no more.

Why do I often find the twist ties on items I purchase at the grocery store twisted counter clockwise? We have all been raised in the environment where clockwise is tighten and counter clockwise ...

Currently, options include twist ties, spring-loaded clips, plastic tabs and zip-lock bags. The first three of those aren’t particularly sturdy, while it’s often difficult to get zip-locks to ...

According to the website Tasting Table, there’s a reason the twist ties on bread loaves at the grocery store come in different colors: They indicate which day of the week the bread was baked on ...

When you buy a loaf of bread at the store the color twist tie isn’t arbitrary — it actually means something. The colors designate which day the bread was baked on.

If you've ever noticed that bread bags have different colored twist ties, it turns out there's a reason -- and it has to do with how fresh the bread is.