how much laundry detergent to stockpile? with HE washer?

[coupondink]

Here is what I suggest for you.

(and btw, you can use this technique for anything you use regularly!!)

I keep a list of items we use regularly (laundry detergent, fabric softener, toothpaste, toilet paper, paper towels, etc etc etc). When I replaced one, I jot down the date. This keeps track of usage. After a few months, you will see a trend. Then you will need how many you need for a year, monthly, etc.

When starting a stockpile, try to find the best price you can for what you need for the next 3 months. Buy enough for 4 months. Then, over the next 3 months, scour and search for even better, and when you see a jackpot deal, go all in.

When items are free and super deals, and have no expiration, or long expiration dates....get as many as humanly possible.

So...keep track of how often you use your detergent. I use a certain size bottle every month, roughly, so I try to keep a 6 month supply. When I found a deal at Shoprite a few years back for .50 a bottle, I bought cases and cases of the stuff. :-)

Scrub and repeat for everything you use. HTH

[coupondink]

like anything else you stockpile, I recommend:
buy enough on sale to get you to the next mega super stockpiling sale.
When the price is unbeatable, stockpile as much as you possibly can.

I once had coupons and used them at a sale at Shoprite many years ago for detergent. They came out to .25 a bottle. I bought cases and cases of it. I just finished the last bottle this week. :-)

I now have an HE washer. I planned ahead and bought HE detergent a year ago, when I found a great deal and got them for .50 (or $1) a bottle (alas no more .25 bottles here). They have been sitting in my garage for a year, waiting for the new machine I was saving up to buy.

Detergent does not go bad. Stockpile to your hearts content.

I try to have a year supply on hand without panicking. The last thing you want to do is run out and have to run to the store and pay $5 a bottle.

If you are not sure how much is a years supply..track your usage. Get a notebook. Figure out how long a bottle lasts you. Keep track for a while, and you will see a trend. Do this for every single item you use regularly in your household. I keep a chart in a notebook. It helps you plan ahead to get you to the next stockpile moment.

[saversavory]

Well its been about 3/4 of a year since i posted this, right?? I have since stockpiled purex softener,and i have purchased some kore purex detergent on sale again. However there are more coupons coming out today and rest assured ill try to match them with a sale.


Unfortunately im not good at keeping up with laundry at all, so regular usage isnt a spectacular idea for me personally. With my washer i fill to the max no matter what unless im washing something that will suds up on me. Im guesstimating that ive purchased maybe another 15-20 bottles of detergent and my stockpile is at 37 bottles of detergent plus a few cheapster all i picked up. Im happy with it. We use more than other families it seems. My guesstimate is that we will end up using 50-60 50 oz bottles per year..

However im coming up on my last bag of tide stain release and it makes me sad!!

[metalmama1]

Get a notebook. Figure out how long a bottle lasts you. Keep track for a while, and you will see a trend. Do this for every single item you use regularly in your household. I keep a chart in a notebook.

dude!! this is an awesome idea!!!

i'm hyper!! i start a notebook fulla critical important stuff, then i lose it, even tho i'm a grown up lol!!), then i start another one & i lose it (even tho i'm a grown up lol!) & i start another one.... then i find the 1st or 2nd one (even tho i'm a grown up & don't live in a trashed pig sty hovel lol!! just sux!!!)

so what i do, is i write the freakin date on then cap of the deterg bottle when i opened it & used it the first time (way back wen wags had sharpies on sale for $.29, limit 5, i bought FIVE!!! & i love those things & lose them CONSTANTLY!!! but always i can find one, even if i have 3 lost at one time!!!!)

& wooo!!! comes in crazy handy!! cuz i may be so hyper i cant find a notebook or a sharpie, but i know it takes us 3 weeks to use up a bottle of shampoo, and etc!!

i'm an idiot with my ability to 'find stuff i need' like notebooks & markers, but not so good at forgetting numbers, dates, etc sometimes :D

mebbe that'll help someone, who knows :D