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• n  food that will decay rapidly if not refrigerated
• a  liable to perish; subject to destruction or death or decay
  this minute and perishable planet
  perishable foods such as butter and fruit

• So perishable food must be eaten immediately, or it will go to waste.
• An is sore that he was treated like a perishable commodity rather than as a person.
• But his mind changed when a golfing buddy complained that he couldn't ship perishable foods, to which Numero jokingly replied that he should put a refrigerator in his truck.

• spoilable

• imperishable

News & Articles

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• Emmett cherries take a hard hit
  Cherry orchardists know that with a perishable crops like cherries, there are great yield years and there are total losses. Late frosts and freezes have hurt most Emmett cherry crop growers. Some orchards were hit with 100 percent loss this year, while a few still have some cherries or will in the upcoming week.
  June 12, 2013 - Messenger Index
• AmazonFresh Makes L.A. Debut
  SEATTLE — Amazon.com here confirmed Monday it has expanded AmazonFresh, its online perishable-grocery delivery program, to certain ZIP codes in Los Angeles — its first expansion outside its home market. read more
  June 10, 2013 - Supermarket News
• Save Mart Supermarkets’ Q1 Perishable Grocery Donation Top One Million Pounds
  Save Mart Supermarkets today announced perishable grocery donations from the chain’s 226 stores topped one million pounds in the first quarter of this year . The f
  June 5, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance