How To Start Building Your Food Storage On The Cheap

 



(Excuse the halo above the canned goods. Photography is obviously no my super power!)

 



Food storage......a year's supply......a little something for a rainy day. We all know that it is important to have some basic food and household supplies stocked up for "just in case".  It is always a good idea to be prepared, but where to start? It is more than daunting to picture cases of wheat, powdered milk, flour, sugar, oil, canned fruit and vegetables stacked four high in your mind's eye. Even more so, to get that mental plan out of your head and into your basement storage room, or wherever else you can squirrel away a few items. It's enough to set a person into panic mode! Never fear! Rome wasn't built in a day......and food storage doesn't have to be, either.

Starting a stockpile is as simple as adding a few extra items to your grocery list each week. Starting small doesn't make such a huge dent in your budget. To start you should:

• Make a list of grocery items that you use on a regular basis. What  will your family eat happily? In times of stress nobody wants to experience the drama that will inevitably ensue when you serve something deemed less the palatable by the troops.
• Make a list of personal and household items you use daily. In the event that employment is lost non food items are not included in state assisted food programs. How many of each item will you need to tide you over for a few months or a year?
• Decide how much of your weekly grocery budget you can to set aside for food storage items? Even five or ten dollars worth of items will build up quickly.
• Watch for the items on your list to go on sale and then stock up. Toothpaste, soap, laundry detergent, etc. will always go on sale every three to four weeks. Take advantage and buy one or two extra.

If trying to figure this out in your head is still making you a little nervous, or you are the kind of person that likes to have things written out. The ladies at Classy Clutter have devised a great cheat sheet. They have broken down what to purchase week by week to get your food storage off to a great start. Most of the items on the list can be purchased for around $5.00. Click HERE to print out the weekly list. To make it even easier I will remind you each week on my FACEBOOK page what the must buy items are.