![]() Cheese ( Did you know you can freeze cheese?).Meat (in the freezer, unless you buy cans of shelf stable meat).Condiments – salad dressing, ketchup, mustard.Canned tomato products – diced tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato paste, spaghetti sauce.Canned soups – creamed soups as well as regular soups. ![]() These are ten items that anyone can stockpile. Do you have $5 a week to spend on stockpiling those items? Want to set aside more? Great, but know that even a small amount will make a big difference. To start building a stockpile, I encourage you to think about what you use in your family. This is possible to do by stacking sales and coupons. That is my policy for when I find products on sale for a really great price. I don’t buy more food than I can use before it expires. Here’s a free printable of seasonal sale cycles, if you want to know what to buy and when. When stockpiling food items, my goal is to buy enough to get me through 6 months, depending on the seasonal sale cycles. ![]() If there are no expiration dates (like on paper products and powdered laundry detergent), I will stock up as much as I have space for and can afford in my budget. There are certain items that I try to always have on hand. Having a stockpile allows me to purchase items at their lowest possible prices when I plan ahead. If you want to find the best deals to build your stockpile on a budget, read Crystal’s ebook and watch the savings stack up! Seriously, I could have written this book! It is that similar to what I do. ![]() How did I learn to do this? For me, it is second habit but if you want to know all my tips and secrets you need to check out Crystal Paine’s Grocery Ebook! It is the best grocery guide around (and a cheap one too!) that describes my process exactly. This is the rock-bottom price list I use as my guide so I know when to stockpile the best deals. That’s a great savings and all I had to do was plan ahead a bit. By doing so, on this product alone, I saved at least $16.80. I bought a case to last me through the year. During Thanksgiving, by combining sales and coupons, I was able to get cans for $0.40 or less. Normally, this product (which I use for delicious poppy seed chicken) costs $1.09. Let me give you an example of what is in my stockpile and how I build it. November is a great time to stock up on canned goods like cream of chicken soup. That is how you build a stockpile your family will really use on a budget. Make a list of the things you use regularly and watch for good deals to add those items to your stockpile. You can store a stockpile wherever you have space. Someday, I’d like to get some simple can rotation systems like these but for now, I just stack things in rows and rotate the items myself. My stockpile is in my small kitchen pantry as well as on a couple shelves in the basement. A stockpile is built over time and customized to fit the needs of your family so it will save you money. A stockpile should be full of items you will use – before they expire.Ī stockpile should be built with money inside your budget. What is a stockpile?Ī stockpile is simply shopping ahead for items you use when these items are at their rock bottom prices. You can read more in my disclosure policy.
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