I don't agree. Case in point: a friend of mine grew up without a fridge in her household and it's a massive pain, because now you have to shop daily and frozen goods are of course out of the picture entirely.

All that additional time spent going back and forth and standing in line adds up.

My personal experience is that replacing the fridge from one that keeps four days worth of groceries to one that can hold a week's was a massive improvement in quality of life.

For one it gives you a buffer should the shops be closed or out of the goods you currently require.

And, mind you, I've always lived less than 600m from a supermarket with fresh produce etc.