Spill containing refrigerator shelf assembly

A shelf assembly comprising:

• a shelf panel having a top surface for supporting articles, opposite left and right side edges, and opposite front and rear edges;
• and
• a hydrophobic surface applied in a spill containment pattern on the top surface of the shelf panel adjacent to at least one of the left side, right side, front, and rear edges such that the spill containment pattern defines at least a portion of a boundary of a central portion of the top surface of the shelf panel,
• wherein the spill containment pattern comprises:
• an outer edge containment strip disposed adjacent to at least one of the left side, right side, front, and rear edges of the shelf panel,
• an inner edge containment strip spaced inward from the outer edge containment strip and disposed between the central portion of the top surface of the shelf panel and the outer edge containment strip, and
• a non-hydrophobic spill catch area disposed between the inner edge containment strip and the outer edge containment strip.