Yeah, it's a total pain. We almost didn't notice those soup things, and were quite perplexed on wth to do, since we were making soup and needed leek, but that would have been like a month's worth of it to buy 5 huge stalks! hahahaha. You'd think that they'd realize Hey, not everyone is a family of 5! and make like, at least half-portions of things, or something. That's actually why we started using mostly frozen veggies for cooking, too. We use fresh onions, garlic, and mushrooms, but broccoli, peas, green beans, bell peppers (aka paprika in much of the world), etc, we buy frozen, so we only use as much as we want/need, and don't have to worry about it going bad, or using the same thing day after day! But certain stuff you just can't get/don't want frozen. =P