Comments on: Stocking Up on Your Family’s Favorites Made Easy http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/ Mon, 20 May 2013 04:54:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Rebecca http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-12097 Rebecca Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:34:34 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-12097 I like the idea of getting 10 comfort meals. After reading Wow, unlike many of the comments I am not as good at things, but here is what we do. We know we like spaghetti, mac&cheese, and rice. Those are staples. We also have several varieties of dried grains and a dozen or so 2 liter bottles of water. When there are sales on canned vegetables and food, we get a pile. Its sorted by expiration date and put on the shelf. That way we know, this is godo til 2010, 2009, or eat it fast. I will have to try the making a meal list thing and seeing just how much we have, and what else we would need to make 90 meals. Also we have purchased some canned juice (oj) so if we are also out of water or electricity we can have juice, and conserve the water for milk, and cooking. Besides sometimes juice just hits the spot. <abbr><em>Rebecca´s last blog post..<a href="http://thedcookshouse.blogspot.com/2008/12/photos.html" rel="nofollow">Photos!</a></abbr></em> I like the idea of getting 10 comfort meals. After reading Wow, unlike many of the comments I am not as good at things, but here is what we do. We know we like spaghetti, mac&cheese, and rice. Those are staples. We also have several varieties of dried grains and a dozen or so 2 liter bottles of water. When there are sales on canned vegetables and food, we get a pile. Its sorted by expiration date and put on the shelf. That way we know, this is godo til 2010, 2009, or eat it fast. I will have to try the making a meal list thing and seeing just how much we have, and what else we would need to make 90 meals. Also we have purchased some canned juice (oj) so if we are also out of water or electricity we can have juice, and conserve the water for milk, and cooking. Besides sometimes juice just hits the spot.

Rebecca´s last blog post..Photos!

]]> By: Hopefulone http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11973 Hopefulone Thu, 11 Dec 2008 14:45:59 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11973 I just did a post on why to do a food storage a few days ago <a href="http://allthingsfrugal4-u.blogspot.com/2008/12/food-storage.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> . It links to a few good recourses on longer food storage with great photos of an organized way to store it, why we should etc. Plus I had a couple of great comments that link to more. One lady who commented said that they brought their groceries home and as they put them away asked what they could go without for the week. They'd tuck it away and then if they did without it good. If they didn't it was just hidden. By shopping just the loss leaders and stocking up on them I find we are able to keep a pretty good supply of the basics around here, we normally have about a 6 month supply of food. I don't even consider that enough should my husband get laid off and actually like to aim for a year supply. When star kist tuna went on sale last year for .25 a can we bought 100 of em. When Skippy goes on sale for .99 and I can get .50 coupons I buy cases at a time. If I have less then 50 jars of ragu I feel a little worried. Why? If we actually have to ever live off of our supply I want spaghetti at least once a week! Lol I think the secret is trying to stock up on one thing in a big way when I can. And keep buying it! Even if I have 24 jars of PB and it goes on sale again I get more. Because I have a supply I wouldn't necessarily have to keep buying as much either just 2-5 here and there to replace what I've used. Sometimes I can pass up deals because we might not have the $ or I want to spend it on something else. I'd much rather have a stash then ever meet the day when I'd pay full price-ever again-on anything! Lol Each week there's usually a fabulous deal somewhere. I recently ad matched 10 count GV brand boxes of the instant flavored oatmeals for $1 a piece at Walmart. I NEVER buy this but for that price it's a nice treat and I grabbed 20 boxes over the week after deciding the first 10 weren't enough. I figured that's enough to get us through the winter now. Hope these ideas help. We've lived off of one income for 17 years now. In that time we added 7 kids!! Two times they came by twos! We still managed. Staying out of debt is huge as well, so don't go into debt to get storage. Have a budget, spend what ya earn, save what ya can, and be grateful for it all:) Build a storage one can/box at a time.... Just some of my thoughts. LOVE YOUR BLOG as always;) <abbr><em>Hopefulone´s last blog post..<a href="http://allthingsfrugal4-u.blogspot.com/2008/12/want-to-win-500-from-home-depot.html" rel="nofollow">Want to Win $500 from Home Depot?</a></abbr></em> I just did a post on why to do a food storage a few days ago here . It links to a few good recourses on longer food storage with great photos of an organized way to store it, why we should etc. Plus I had a couple of great comments that link to more.

One lady who commented said that they brought their groceries home and as they put them away asked what they could go without for the week. They'd tuck it away and then if they did without it good. If they didn't it was just hidden.

By shopping just the loss leaders and stocking up on them I find we are able to keep a pretty good supply of the basics around here, we normally have about a 6 month supply of food. I don't even consider that enough should my husband get laid off and actually like to aim for a year supply. When star kist tuna went on sale last year for .25 a can we bought 100 of em. When Skippy goes on sale for .99 and I can get .50 coupons I buy cases at a time. If I have less then 50 jars of ragu I feel a little worried. Why? If we actually have to ever live off of our supply I want spaghetti at least once a week! Lol

I think the secret is trying to stock up on one thing in a big way when I can. And keep buying it! Even if I have 24 jars of PB and it goes on sale again I get more. Because I have a supply I wouldn't necessarily have to keep buying as much either just 2-5 here and there to replace what I've used. Sometimes I can pass up deals because we might not have the $ or I want to spend it on something else.

I'd much rather have a stash then ever meet the day when I'd pay full price-ever again-on anything! Lol

Each week there's usually a fabulous deal somewhere. I recently ad matched 10 count GV brand boxes of the instant flavored oatmeals for $1 a piece at Walmart. I NEVER buy this but for that price it's a nice treat and I grabbed 20 boxes over the week after deciding the first 10 weren't enough. I figured that's enough to get us through the winter now.

Hope these ideas help. We've lived off of one income for 17 years now. In that time we added 7 kids!! Two times they came by twos! We still managed. Staying out of debt is huge as well, so don't go into debt to get storage. Have a budget, spend what ya earn, save what ya can, and be grateful for it all:)

Build a storage one can/box at a time....

Just some of my thoughts.
LOVE YOUR BLOG as always;)

Hopefulone´s last blog post..Want to Win $500 from Home Depot?

]]> By: Sonia http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11901 Sonia Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:30:12 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11901 Great information! I've only been doing the serious couponing, CVS and working on my stockpile for about 2 months. Very timely info for me! I get pegged often to make meals for families in our church, this is also handy information to use for ensuring I have things on hand for those instances. love this site! thanks, Sonia Great information! I've only been doing the serious couponing, CVS and working on my stockpile for about 2 months. Very timely info for me! I get pegged often to make meals for families in our church, this is also handy information to use for ensuring I have things on hand for those instances.
love this site!
thanks,
Sonia

]]> By: mildred lane http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11899 mildred lane Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:18:12 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11899 I just found your site and am enjoying. I do my stock piling by buying on sale w/ store card,mfg coupon and Sunday 's paper coupons. On Sunday I study the sales items and loss leaders and make my list by stores. Some weeks I don't find any good sales but I have stocked pile and don't worry. Good sales that I have found on sale are-BigLot -I found mixec fruit cans of 17.5 oz for $.50, no limit and I bought all they had.(Some lady before me had gotten all the cranberry sauce which was 3/$1) Food City had green beans,shellies,corn, peas, mixed vegs,french green beans, 3/$1,limit of 6, 12 eggs ,limit of 4 doz, for $4 BUT you could get 6 more and say you had a double order or take the first 6 to the car and come back in for the second order or the next day. SavALot had Jiff peanut butter on sale for $.89/jar. I got 6.Should have gotten more. Watch CVS for cereal -using our extra bucks. I got 6 boxes this way that were already on sale. RiteAid had winter cold meds on sale $144 and free after rebate. I got $92 of meds and rebates. My 10 yr old son has a Kangroo savings account that we put rebate checks in and use for his Christmas and birthday presents. I just found your site and am enjoying. I do my stock piling by buying on sale w/ store card,mfg coupon and Sunday 's paper coupons. On Sunday I study the sales items and loss leaders and make my list by stores. Some weeks I don't find any good sales but I have stocked pile and don't worry.
Good sales that I have found on sale are-BigLot -I found mixec fruit cans of 17.5 oz for $.50, no limit and I bought all they had.(Some lady before
me had gotten all the cranberry sauce which was 3/$1)
Food City had green beans,shellies,corn, peas, mixed vegs,french green beans, 3/$1,limit of 6, 12 eggs ,limit of 4 doz, for $4 BUT you could get 6 more and say you had a double order or take the first 6 to the car and come back in for the second order or the next day.
SavALot had Jiff peanut butter on sale for $.89/jar. I got 6.Should have gotten more.
Watch CVS for cereal -using our extra bucks. I got 6 boxes this way that were already on sale.
RiteAid had winter cold meds on sale $144 and free after rebate. I got $92 of meds and rebates. My 10 yr old son has a Kangroo savings account that we put rebate checks in and use for his Christmas and birthday presents.

]]> By: Vanessa http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11894 Vanessa Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:16:40 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11894 I love this post! I've been wanting to do this exact thing but kept pushing it off because I had no idea how to even begin. Thanks for sharing it! I love this post! I've been wanting to do this exact thing but kept pushing it off because I had no idea how to even begin. Thanks for sharing it!

]]> By: Kim http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11893 Kim Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:16:10 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11893 Thanks so much for this information! I was at a loss on how to figure out how much of anything I would need to purchase to have a stockpile of food that I would actually use. Very practical & easy to follow! Thanks so much for this information! I was at a loss on how to figure out how much of anything I would need to purchase to have a stockpile of food that I would actually use. Very practical & easy to follow!

]]> By: Stefanie http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11886 Stefanie Wed, 10 Dec 2008 15:04:29 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11886 I do the "Once a Month Cooking" method. This has enabled me to create a large stockpile of meals, and they are already prepared. Whenever I find a great deal on ground beef or chicken, like those packages about to expire and marked down at least half of original price, I buy what I can afford at that time. Then I go home and cook it all at once. You can use the cooked meat to prepare "comfort foods" like lasagna, meatloaf, casseroles or just bag up the cooked meat into 2 cup portions. These are perfect to pull out and use in any recipe. Check out more info HERE: http://dealsquealer.blogspot.com/2008/11/once-month-cooking.html <abbr><em>Stefanie´s last blog post..<a href="http://dealsquealer.blogspot.com/2008/12/tasty-tuesday-cookie-exchange.html" rel="nofollow">Tasty Tuesday: Cookie Exchange</a></abbr></em> I do the "Once a Month Cooking" method. This has enabled me to create a large stockpile of meals, and they are already prepared. Whenever I find a great deal on ground beef or chicken, like those packages about to expire and marked down at least half of original price, I buy what I can afford at that time. Then I go home and cook it all at once. You can use the cooked meat to prepare "comfort foods" like lasagna, meatloaf, casseroles or just bag up the cooked meat into 2 cup portions. These are perfect to pull out and use in any recipe. Check out more info HERE: http://dealsquealer.blogspot.com/2008/11/once-month-cooking.html

Stefanie´s last blog post..Tasty Tuesday: Cookie Exchange

]]> By: Mel http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11881 Mel Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:46:51 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11881 Excellent information. I try to do this, but I never put a number on it before. I tend to buy when the sales are on and stock up that way. But this would be another strategy to follow. Thank you! <abbr><em>Mel´s last blog post..<a href="http://mommystimeout-mel.blogspot.com/2008/12/whats-cookin-cheddar-sliced-baked.html" rel="nofollow">What's Cookin' - Cheddar Sliced Baked Potatoes</a></abbr></em> Excellent information. I try to do this, but I never put a number on it before. I tend to buy when the sales are on and stock up that way. But this would be another strategy to follow. Thank you!

Mel´s last blog post..What's Cookin' - Cheddar Sliced Baked Potatoes

]]> By: Sunshine http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11880 Sunshine Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:33:31 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11880 Great tip! Are you the Erin I met at Walgreens this morning? Thanks! Great tip! Are you the Erin I met at Walgreens this morning? Thanks!

]]> By: Hadias http://dealseekingmom.com/stocking-up-on-your-familys-favorites-made-easy/comment-page-1/#comment-11873 Hadias Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:26:02 +0000 http://www.dealseekingmom.com/?p=2630#comment-11873 This is the exact same way that I got started. Very good post and easy to follow. <abbr><em>Hadias´s last blog post..<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/proverbswife/~3/479673734/on-line-shopping.html" rel="nofollow">On-line Shopping</a></abbr></em> This is the exact same way that I got started. Very good post and easy to follow.

Hadias´s last blog post..On-line Shopping

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