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Building up a Food Stockpile
From an old file, prices have changed, but it is still doable at the same schedule.
One Year's Supply of Food storage for 2 people on $5 a week
Set aside $5 a week to buy the specific items each week. You will have a kitty set aside that you put the $5 in and you can't touch it for any reason but to buy the food storage item for that week. Put in the remaining change back into the kitty. Some things in the beginning are going to be cheap and then later will be more expensive. In order to pay for the expensive stuff later you need to keep the leftover money in the kitty. Weeks 38 and 44 you will have "off" to replenish the kitty. By the end of the 52 weeks, you should have: 700lbs of wheat, 240 lbs sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10 lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 45 cans of tomato soup, 30 cans mushroom soup, 15 cans tuna fish, 10 macaroni and cheese dinners, 500 aspirin, and 730 multiple vitamins They suggest adding 6 lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening and this should be enough to sustain 2 people for a year. For every 2 people you have in your family add $5 more and double or triple the amount of whatever you are buying that week. Or, on the other hand, instead of taking one year to complete, spend $10 per week, and accomplish it in 6 months, or $20 per week, and accomplish it in 3. Rotate the foods out, in the order they were bought after accumulating them. First bought equals first eaten.
One Year's Supply of Food storage for 2 people on $5 a week
Set aside $5 a week to buy the specific items each week. You will have a kitty set aside that you put the $5 in and you can't touch it for any reason but to buy the food storage item for that week. Put in the remaining change back into the kitty. Some things in the beginning are going to be cheap and then later will be more expensive. In order to pay for the expensive stuff later you need to keep the leftover money in the kitty. Weeks 38 and 44 you will have "off" to replenish the kitty. By the end of the 52 weeks, you should have: 700lbs of wheat, 240 lbs sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10 lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 45 cans of tomato soup, 30 cans mushroom soup, 15 cans tuna fish, 10 macaroni and cheese dinners, 500 aspirin, and 730 multiple vitamins They suggest adding 6 lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening and this should be enough to sustain 2 people for a year. For every 2 people you have in your family add $5 more and double or triple the amount of whatever you are buying that week. Or, on the other hand, instead of taking one year to complete, spend $10 per week, and accomplish it in 6 months, or $20 per week, and accomplish it in 3. Rotate the foods out, in the order they were bought after accumulating them. First bought equals first eaten.
| Week 1: 2 cans tuna fish, 2 boxes salt | Week 2: 5 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese 4 cans tomato soup | Week 3: 3 cans mushroom soup, 1 2.5 lb peanut butter | Week 4: one bottle 365 count multi-vitamins |
| Week 5: 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk | Week 6: 1 bottle aspirin (500 tablets) | Week 7: 1 100 lb container wheat | Week 8: 1 5 lb powdered milk |
| Week 9: 1 5 lb honey | Week 10: 4 cans tuna, 4 boxes macaroni and cheese | Week 11: 1 10 lb sugar, 1 box salt | Week 12: 4 cans mushroom soup |
| Week 13: 1 bottle 365 count multi-vitamins | Week 14: 1 100 lb wheat | Week 15: 1 box macaroni and cheese | Week 16: 1 5 lb honey |
| Week 17: 2 cans tuna, 4 can tomato soup | Week 18: 1 10 lbs sugar | Week 19: 1 100 lbs of wheat | Week 20: 2 10lbs of sugar |
| Week 21: 1 10lb powdered milk | Week 22: 1 can mushroom soup, 1 10 lb sugar | Week 23: 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lbs sugar | Week 24: 1 10 lbs sugar |
| Week 25: 2 cans tuna, 2 cans mushroom soup | Week 26: 1 100 lb wheat | Week 27: 3 10 lbs sugar | Week 28: 1 10 lb sugar |
| Week 29: 1 10 lb powdered milk | Week 30: 2 10 lb sugar | Week 31: 1 can tuna, 3 cans mushroom soup | Week 32: 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup |
| Week 33: 1 100 lb wheat | Week 34: 2 cans tuna, 1 box salt | Week 35: 1 10 lb powdered milk | Week 36: 2 10 lb sugar |
| Week 37: 4 cans tomato soup, 2 boxes salt | Week 38: Stash $5 in the kitty | Week 39: 1 100 lb wheat | Week 40: 1 10 lb powdered milk |
| Week 41: 3 10 lb sugar | Week 42: 2 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb sugar | Week 43: 2 cans tomato soup, 2 cans mushroom soup | Week 44: Stash $5 in the kitty |
| Week 45: 1 10 lb powdered milk | Week 46: 4 cans tomato soup, 4 cans mushroom soup | Week 47: 1 10 lb powdered milk | Week 48: 4 cans mushroom soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk |
| Week 49: 7 cans of tomato soup | Week 50: 7 cans of mushroom soup | Week 51: 2 10 lbs sugar, 1 box salt | |
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| White76Knight | Best Usage (page: 1 2) | 27 | Feb 22 2012, 4:06 PM EST by White76Knight | ||
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Thread started: Aug 15 2010, 1:49 PM EDT
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Okay, lets say you buy all this stuff, and the SHTF right after week 52. You've got a years food stockpiled so you should be good to go... except for one thing: How the heck do you use all this stuff?
Okay, the canned food and the Mac & Cheese are obvious, but what do I do with 700lbs of wheat, 240 lbs sugar, 40 lbs of powdered milk, 13 lbs of salt, 10 lbs of honey, 5 lbs of peanut butter, 6 lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening? I suppose the wheat is for making bread, but 700 lbs of it? That seems like a lot of bread, which, for me at least, doesn't fill the belly very well all by itself. Is there something else I'm supposed to be doing with all this wheat? What am I overlooking here? I'm not mocking the idea. In fact, quite the opposite. I think this is a great plan, and I'd like to get started on a stockpile of my own. But before I spend good money on raw foodstuffs that I wouldn't have the first clue how to use, I'd like to know how to get the best value out of these things once I have them. |
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| WoodlandGhillie | I like it! | 12 | Jul 3 2010, 2:28 PM EDT by Davi920sp | ||
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Thread started: Nov 26 2009, 10:34 PM EST
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Now, how can I get money like that being a teen?
Love the plan, I will work on it once I get more money :P |
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| theW0LF | Bulk??? | 6 | Sep 4 2009, 9:44 PM EDT by theW0LF | ||
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Thread started: Sep 3 2009, 8:24 PM EDT
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Would money be saved by buying the required foods in bulk??? Instead of spending five dollars a week for a year couldnt you just save up 260 dollars and spend it on larger quantities of the same things and save money to buy more???
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