crabtree122202's Stockpile Pictures

[ELLE-TN]

new pics?

[cody82414]

Sorry everyone! I haven't checked in this thread in awhile. Oops!

We have been couponing/ stockpiling for 6 years now. The first year we started was really great. We only had one child so we could afford to increase our grocery budget to accomidate buying a year in advance. There aren't any items that we will ever buy less than 20 of. (most are 30-40 actually) So every week we would buy what we needed anyway plus what we estimated to us in the next 12 months. These were ofcourse only what was on sale. There were many months that we spent waiting on that perfect sale/coupon deal so we had to go without and find other meals to make in the mean time. Within one year we had all the items we wanted to stockpile and we just replaced them annually.

It has been the same for 6 years now. But ofcourse there is 5 of us now so we buy more than we had before. Companies like Quaker and Kraft put the same items on sale more than once a year so we'll have another chance to replace them if needed. This is the most important key to stockpiling. You will never make it until the next sale if you only buy what you immediately need. Then you have to be disciplined enough to go without or you splurge and pay full price!

During the weeks that nothing was on sale, we just made sure we kept puting that extra $20 week aside for when the deals came.

As for our long term storage- we don't have any pictures of those items up yet, but I will work on it. This list is what our family would need to survive solely on food storage for 12-15 months. We have more than half these items and the rest is planned for this year.

We have planned to store:
600 lbs. Wheat (Hard Red/White)
100 lbs. Flour (unbleached white)
100 lbs. Corn Meal
150 lbs. Oats (Quick)
200 lbs. Rice (White)
150 lbs. Pasta
25 lbs. Cream of Wheat (Farina cereal)
100 lbs. Potato Flakes
15 lbs. Shortening
8 gal. Oil
25 lbs. Peanut Butter
10 qts. Salad Dressing
60 lbs. Honey
200 lbs. Sugar
25 lbs. Brown/powdered Sugar
10 lbs. Molasses
70 pts. Syrups/Jams/Butters
25 lbs. Fruit Drink Mix
200 lbs. Dry Milk
30 cans Evaporated Milk
50 lbs. Whey (some flavored)
150 lbs. Beans- dry
20 lbs. Split Peas
20 lbs. Lentils
20 lbs. Dry Soup Mix
5 lbs. Baking Powder
5 lbs. Baking Soda
3 lbs. Yeast
25 lbs. Salt
5 gal. Vinegar
300 gal. Water
20 gal. Bleach

Most of these items are in 4 or 5 gallon air-tight buckets. When stored properly many of these items have an indefinite shelf life.

Everyone, keep their pics coming! We ALL need inspiration!!!

Denise~

Question.
How do/did you figure this list of necessities for the 12-15 months?
Do you have literature that spells out what each family member would take in, for example?

[Lindseyjarenjayden]

I googled LDS food supply and there was a list of what to buy which month. I was wondering to. It is a smart idea for everyone to have extra food. My family moved this month so I had no time to really shop and you would have never known because we ate of my stockpile. One less thing I had to worry about.

[brenda1313]

New pic request <G>

[House_Of_Six]

This a store that you dont have to go to but in your own home. Amazing! I hope that someday I can learn the ropes as much as you to have this kind of organization and stockpile.

[shopaddiction666]

I am so confused on why LDS cannot have pepsi ?

[clamre]

I am so confused on why LDS cannot have pepsi ?

My guess is that Pepsi has caffeine, which is a stimulate, which is a no-no.

[darkenmind1326]

very amazing!! def kudos to you and ur fam:)

[KmmCo]

Impressive! My pantry is pretty messy - even though I try to put like items (such as canned veggies) on the same shelf. I find myself digging a lot for that box of hamburger helper that I threw back there behind the mac and cheese somewhere! I guess I should take a day to clean up and organize a bit. I really could probably only live out of my pantry for a couple of months, but it is still handy not to have to run to the store for every little thing - especially on a nasty snowy day like today!!
I don't use coupons as much as I should and am hoping to learn a lot from all you guys here. I was pretty impressed though when DH came up with a bunch of Stove Top stuffing coupons at Thanksgiving and came home with a couple of cases for practically no money. Sometimes he is pretty usefull!!!

[loladooder99]

Photos have been deleted. Ah!