My Frugal Stockpiling Sessionby Mary Ann Romans | More from this Blogger 26 Aug 2007 07:40 AM Yesterday was grocery shopping day. Yes, I know that Saturdays can be tough, but as I was mentioning on one of the forums, when I go shopping, I need help. So, my husband comes along, and we make it a family affair. I do all of the price research and coupon cutting before we go, so that we are all set. Once we get there, and it is just a matter of zipping through the store or stores quickly and efficiently. My stockpile in the past few months has been looking pretty anemic. This is because we purged a lot of it in the months before we moved, so we wouldn't have to move all of that food with us. You can read about our adventures in pantry cooking here: Pantry Challenge: Making My Own Boxed Bake Pantry Challenge: Enchilada Helper Pantry Challenge: Using Allrecipes.com Pantry Challenge: How Have I "Bean?" Pantry Challenge: Campbell's to The Rescue! Pantry Challenge: What You Can Do with A Box of Potatoes Pantry Challenge: Falling Off of the Wagon So, now we have to build that stockpile back up, so that it is nice and fat. A healthy stockpile allows us to only buy the grocery items when they are at deep discounts, reducing our overall grocery bill by 30 percent or more. (When I am really on my game, I can save up to 60 percent.) Food is pretty expensive where we live, but judge for yourself on how I did. So, here is what we added to our stockpile yesterday. We did buy other groceries, too, but I am just listing the stockpile here.
Do you have a stockpile? Please share your tips with me. Mary Ann Romans also writes for the Computing Blog here at Families.com where she shares everything from the latest news on technology to cool downloads and fun websites. Related Articles: 8 Practical Stockpiling Tips: Save Money! Adventures of the Stockpiling Queen (1) Adventures of the Stockpiling Queen (2) Learn more about Mary Ann Romans  Mary Ann Romans is a freelance writer, wife and mother of three children. She lives in Pennsylvania with her husband, the kids and a 16-pound cat. Relevantfrugal tags User Comments  Julie Gentry (5915) 26 Aug 2007 04:15 PMI try to buy a year's worth when I find a good sale. Eventually I'd like to have several years' worth of food, but for now, a year is manageable. Thanks for all your tips!  Mary Ann Romans (26886) 26 Aug 2007 05:28 PMThat is amazing, Julie! I haven't tried stockpiling a year's worth, yet. I will definitely be checking the Deals Blog, though, good grocery deals.  Tristi Pinkston (10839) 26 Aug 2007 11:56 PMWow -- your husband goes with you. And is helpful. I'm in awe. :) We are trying to work up to a year's supply too -- it's wonderful how handy that gets. We've had periods of unemployment catch us off guard and having a large stockpile really helped us out. Mary Ann Romans (26886) 27 Aug 2007 06:46 AMYes, Tristi, he is a gem :) It is always great to be able to go to your pantry or freezer and know that you can make a meal. Community Tags cooking, frugal, Food, pantry, stockpiling Discuss this article
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