Buying in bulk, stocking up

[moo6]

Is anyone doing this right now with all the crazy stuff going on with every-things prices shooting up? I have a friend from years ago that anything something freaks her out shes off at the cheapy stores stocking up on anything she can get her hands on to fill the pantry with.

[purplefdu]

We've been stocking our pantry slowly but less because of the economic state of the nation than to help lower our grocery bill in general. Its amazing how little you can pay if you can wait for things to go on sale at an actual discount and not just what the store advertises as a sales price.

For instance we bought fruit rollups at 10/$20-$10 coupon on ten and 1.20/2 coupons. Cost me $4 for each set of ten or .40 a box. Normally 2.99 shelf price or 2/$5 on sale, maybe 2/$4 if you're lucky. We have thirty boxes in the pantry in a rubbermaid tub for safe keeping. I won't have to spend $2 a box and I can wait for the next good deal before buying more.

We are buying into staples such as rice, flour, pasta, etc a bit as well but we have limited space. If we had a nice large house with a basement or good sized spare room I'd have it stocked like the backside of walmart, lol.

[Stubblecat]

I would suggest to any hoarders to only stock up on things that have a very long shelf life.

Jumping into my Wayback Machine... During the mid-70s, there was a beef crisis, where the costs of the meat started to go through the roof.
The result was that a lot of Americans started buying beef in bulk.

Sadly, a lot of that beef ended up in landfills as people were buying large quantities of unfamiliar cuts of meat that they didn't know how to cook properly. At the same time, a lot of the beef became freezer-burnt from improper freezer storage, and also got tossed.

[Ricky]

I have stocked up on rice, but that's it. I have two large fridge drawers not being used, and have (at the moment) 12lb of rice in there. We use one 3lb bag approximately every six months, so that is currently just there as an emergency measure in case things get really out of hand. I still have the second drawer to fill too, and will do so at a rate of one bag of rice per shopping trip.

I've stocked up on beans, and other shelf stables like corned beef. We only ever used to keep in 2 tins of beans at any one time, and probably have 12 now, from a shopping trip to the next city cheapy store. Anything else that can be stocked up safely, that has several years shelf life, I am doing. I even put in a new set of five shelves in the pantry to accommodate all this.

However I should add that we did this before hand too, not just now. My pay situation has always been a little unpredictable, and I worried that a tight month would leave us short. So I make sure always to be able to eat out of the pantry and freezer for at least six weeks for the full family, so that we can weather a short problem or two.

[CopyCat]

Well, I don't have a thing to worry about, because I alway keep a freezer
full of deer meat... And I keep gallons and gallons of non-perishables...

[aperio]

I like your non perishables cc, i think i'll take shelter at your place.

I have never stocked up on food supplies in the capacity that I think was meant from teh original post... the only time I've done so was during prior to a hurricane - but that's just a couple weeks worth of water and canned goods.

[moo6]

Right now I have the small spaces to cram things into as well, and Im stocking on things that have the long shelf life. Some people think Im crazy but when their stuff runs out, I beat I know who will be knocking on my door.

[Chris]

I've bought in bulk for some time as I found it much cheaper in the long run. I buy an entire pork loin and either cut my own chops or have them cut them. I have one of the machines that you can use to suck the air out of the bags so the food freezes better. Non-perishables are the same way I buy a case of things or large containers of spice mixes instead of packets.

For me it is the way to go.

Chris

[layla]

Um, no. I live in a small apartment, and we have no pantry closet, just cupboards. So no, we aren't stocking up on anything. I guess I really don't see it as that big an issue. I mean, yeah, prices are up, but we're just making do.

[Tyrfingr]

Originally Posted by CopyCat

Well, I don't have a thing to worry about, because I alway keep a freezer
full of deer meat... And I keep gallons and gallons of non-perishables...

Definately the place to hole up in when the zombie days are upon us