Container system and method of use

A method for using a container system for retaining and storing containers, said method comprising the following steps:

• Step A:
• obtain said container system, wherein said container system comprises
• a plurality of containers, each container having an opening and an interior volume, with each container having associated with it a removable lid that is capable of completely covering the opening of said container,
• a frame, said frame defining a plurality of apertures, each said aperture being configured to receive within it at least one of the plurality of containers, such that all of the plurality of containers may be placed into the apertures of the frame, one container per aperture, and
• a retention means suitably adapted to maintain the positional relationship of a container to the frame when said container is placed into an aperture of the frame, said retention means having three or more support structures, said support structures extending downward from the bottom surface of the frame in a substantially perpendicular orientation to the frame, with each of the support structures having a length such that when placed onto a surface said support structures maintain the frame in a substantially horizontal orientation to the surface;
• wherein the frame is oriented substantially horizontally, having a top surface and a bottom surface, and each of the plurality of containers is oriented such that its opening is oriented upward, whereby when a container is placed into an aperture of the frame an upper portion of the container is located above the top surface of the frame and a lower portion of the container is located below the bottom surface of the frame;
• Step B:
• place food items into one or more of the plurality of containers;
• Step C:
• for each container into which food items were placed in Step B, place said container's associated lid onto said container, completely covering the opening of said container;
• Step D:
• for each container into which food items were placed in Step B and onto which its associated lid was placed in Step C, place said container into one of the plurality of apertures of the frame;
• and
• Step E:
• place said container system into a refrigerator.