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Nifty Thrifty:  Stockpiling  |
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
 Posted - Jun 14 2009 : 7:33:55 PM
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Do you stockpile, especially using coupon deals such as those mentioned on moneysavingmom's site?
I stockpile a little bit, but I have been reading up on a full cup dot com's site. Some of the stockpiles shown on there are hoarding if you ask my opinion.
I think if you can, you should donate those items to those in need.
I was just curious. I don't want to start a huge debate or anything.
How much of your stockpile do you find yourself using versus donating?
I think some of the items you can find "cheap" or free, is stuff I wouldn't buy anyways.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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City Chick
True Blue Farmgirl
1402 Posts
Deb
Chattanooga
TN
USA
1402 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 03:56:19 AM
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I guess you could call what I do stockpiling - I shop for 3 months at a tome. I don't do what they do at moneysavingmom's site or fullcup's - I just took a look-see at some of those pictures. I would have to say it does look like hoarding. Why would 1 person need 92 bottles of salad dressing, 33 bottles of bbq sauce - etc. I know it was a great deal. I would love to walk into my food pantry and hand over 82 bottles or so of that! Wouldn't that be incredible?!
I guess I'm not doing such a great job at couponing. I buy 2 or 3 extra when I find a good deal and leave it at that. We just don't have the extra money for things like that. Plus I'd be afraid it would go bad. And I agree with what you said: quote:
I think some of the items you can find "cheap" or free, is stuff I wouldn't buy anyways.
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 12:36:42 PM
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I just think some of those women have some type of mental issue. I can understand picking up a few extra, or the limit. But a lot of them seem to be proud of the fact that they clear out their local store.
It doesn't leave any for the rest of us that are legit.
It is easy to get caught up in it, but like you said, do you really need 80 something bottles of salad dressing?
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
4810 Posts
Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
4810 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 12:42:20 PM
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I don't use that stuff anyway. I make my own dressings and marinades, and I don't need a coupon to do that (mustard, vinegar, mayo, herbs, olive oil--c'mon, use your noggins!). In fact, we don't eat very much "prepared" food at all, so coupons usually don't do me much good unless there rockin', like the one in last weeks paper for Ball canning jars :)
If I had a larger family, I might do Sams or Costco, but I don't. I can see some families buying dairy products like in larger quantities like deli sized bricks of cheese and gallons of milk (to freeze) but that's just not in me. I know you can freeze milk. I know it, but I don't. And I can't bring myself to. Call me stupid or whatever, but I'd just rather buy it.
I get too sick of food to stockpile anything--that's why, when the end of the world comes and I head down into my bunker, there won't be a thing in there! Just kidding, I don't have a bunker, either :)
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 1:59:09 PM
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I stock pile with a few extras of everything, just in case I get laid off. A grim reality in the industry I work in, and we've had a lay off six times in the past year and a half.
I don't want to starve to death or be dirty. LOL
So I have about six months supply of health/beauty items. However on food, I might have a month or so. Mostly due to storage reasons, or I'd bump that up to around three months.
If I do get extra, or bonus/freebies/cheapies, I donate it. But I don't clear out the store or hoard it like a miser either.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
Edited by - kissmekate on Jun 15 2009 2:00:46 PM |
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1badmamawolf
True Blue Farmgirl
2199 Posts
Teresa
"Bent Fence Farms"
Ca
USA
2199 Posts |
Posted - Jun 15 2009 : 4:09:07 PM
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The problem with hoarding and sometimes stockpiling is most everything has an experation date on it, and if you don't rotate and use stuff up, you have a good chance on getting sick at the worst, or just plain ucky food. I onlt go to town and shop about every 2-21/2 months, I grow and raise 95% of our food. I have to get staples and sundrys, clothing and things like that. I "can" ALOT every year, fruits, veggys and meat and fish, lots of dehydrating, smoking also.But you have to have lots and lots of storage, and it has to be proper storage, cool and dark and dry. I have 2 root cellars, 4 walk in-coolers, and 6 commercial freezers, on 4 commercial the frigs. Thank God for wind and solar power. I also donate several hundred pounds of "canned" goods, along with meat to a food bank every year.
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 06:25:40 AM
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We have always kept some food storage. We have many times live so far out in the boonies it's just not feasable to run to the store when you are out of something. Combine that with the fact that my hubbie has worked construction most of his life, and in construction, it's either feast or famine so you have to be prepared for the tight times. Also my hubbie comes from an LDS family and food storage is like second nature to him.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
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Contrary Wife
True Blue Farmgirl
2164 Posts
Teresa Sue
Tekoa
WA
USA
2164 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 06:26:59 AM
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Oh, I very, very rarely use coupons because they are usually for products that I do not use because I cook, bake, can, etc myself.
Teresa Sue
Farmgirl Sister #316
Planting Zone 4
"Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly." The Dalai Lama |
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ranchmama
True Blue Farmgirl
360 Posts
Elise
Rosebud
MT
USA
360 Posts |
Posted - Jun 16 2009 : 06:49:37 AM
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Well, let me tell you that I don't know how many times I've walked into my friends closet and just turned green with envy from the stacks of TP and paper towels she had! lol
Stockpiling does seem a little over the top for me. I know I bought bottles of BBQ sauce and salad dressing and canned goods last year for branding planning on using them, then didn't. Thought I would go ahead and use them this year but all of the bottles had expired. I've also noticed that when I buy just regular everyday things that are on sale, the exp. date is usually very near by. I shop at smaller chain stores and the inventory may have all ready been sitting on their shelves for awhile. They won't keep very long on my shelves.. so stockpiling wouldn't do me very good.
My store has case sales a few time a year. I shop thoses for the canned goods. Tomato, chicken noodle soup creamed soups and veggies. I buy enough for a year and that's enough. The store does the same with pastas and frozen foods but you can only store frozen veggies for so long.
It just seems to me someone's idea of spreading hystaria through people who are all ready off kilter. JMO
I mean stocking up on a good sale or for a few months is all fine and good, but you don't need to have 20 boxes of cereal or piles of pasta just because a website says it saves money...
Elise
Every Child Deserves Our Love &
A Bear of Their Own
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vintagediva1
True Blue Farmgirl
1251 Posts
Michele
Brighton
Michigan
USA
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Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 09:00:17 AM
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I occasionally buy large amounts if the price is terrific but it doesn't go to waste because one or another of my grown kids is always broke so I gift stuff to them.
They really appreciate it.
Also, lots of canning and freezing. There is nothing better than having one of my son's 20 something friends call to tell me how much they love my peach jam and if I have an extra jar or two, send it their way.
Michele
www.2vintagedivas.etsy.com
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SpiritedRose
Farmgirl in Training
22 Posts
Michelle
Chestertown
MD
USA
22 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 09:03:08 AM
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I buy a lot if something's on sale and then I freeze or store it. That way, each time I shop, I stock on on sale items but also only on things I need. Works well for a house of two people. I never like to "run-out" of something. :)
Cheesemaker with a supportive husband,
Registered Jersey breeder, AKC Akita breeder, and friend of two favorite cats!
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1930sgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Joyce
Alberta
Canada
233 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 11:04:00 AM
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I don't call it stockpiling, but I guess it really is. We call it our Food Storage.
We have 3 months of what will would usually eat, except that nothing is fresh or frozen. So this means everything is dried, canned, or otherwise preserved. On a daily basis, we use fresh foods and add in some of our foods storage items on a regular basis, so we can rotate them. If there were an emergency, unemployment, etc., we would switch to all food storage items.
Besides food, we have toilet paper, grooming products, cleaning supplies and pretty much anything else we might need for at least a 6 month period.
We don't consider our storage to be hoarding. We look at it more like preparedness. Kind of a form of insurance.
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Edited by - 1930sgirl on Jun 18 2009 11:04:35 AM |
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brightmeadow
True Blue Farmgirl
2045 Posts
Brenda
Lucas
Ohio
USA
2045 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 4:44:23 PM
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Well it has been shown time and time again that the most economical way to keep inventory (of anything, not just food) is to buy only what you need for the next foreseeable period of use, balancing out the cost of transportation. Inventory is subject to spoilage and breakage and costs you money and time to store (refrigerate, freeze, move around, count, repair, keep from rusting, trip over) and the money you spend on buying things to sit in your cabinet could be in the bank earning interest, or financing some new tools or training (or land) that could add to your earning potential. Especially if you have to buy it on credit, you then are also paying INTEREST on the stuff that is sitting around costing you.
But in order to maximize your savings you have to PLAN AHEAD and know what you will need, and then stick to the plan.
In manufacturing this is called "lean manufacturing"
All that being said, I don't want to bring up my yarn or fabric stashes...
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 7:28:57 PM
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We keep a 3 to 6 months (more of some things) food storage. We rotate and use things constantly, and replace as needed. I am NOT great about stocking up on grooming and paper items...but the food storage things we are good about. Like Joyce, we feel it is preparedness and part of our life.
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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Tammyb
True Blue Farmgirl
511 Posts
Tammy
Bluffton
Ohio
USA
511 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 8:29:12 PM
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I'm not sure what we do is considered stock piling. But we do keep a well stocked pantry/ freezer. I buy on sale when I can and stock up but I rarely throw things out. I would love to say I could eat our of my stash for a few months but I'm not sure we could. I do think having a good stocked pantry / freezer is important but I think we each need to consider what is right for our family. I admire woman who have this down. I hope to get there one day.
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peapicker
True Blue Farmgirl
716 Posts
texas
USA
716 Posts |
Posted - Jun 18 2009 : 8:39:32 PM
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| We stock up most of the time. Since we live in the country it makes sense to limit the trips to town. I try to go once a week to get perishable items and once a month to Costco. Our pantry is usually well stocked and the freezer is full most of the time. We really need another freezer because our present one is kind of small and we need to leave room for a couple of bags of ice most of the time. I have a small dehydrater and like to use it. I doubt if we could make it three months on our supply though. We do have chickens, so the eggs never run out. Hmm... stockpiling? How long would one need to survive on the food they have on hand for it to be considered stockpiling? |
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
4439 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 01:52:24 AM
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My friend and I stockpile using coupons. I mostly get paper items and food items that I know I will use. She has a huge stockpile and will be having a sale in August to sell most of it. There are ladies that make $1000 and up in a weekend selling off their surplus of stuff. I just don't have the time right now but may do it in the future.
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1930sgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
233 Posts
Joyce
Alberta
Canada
233 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 08:50:36 AM
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What an interesting idea! We don't get many coupons in Canada and most of them are for foods or other products we don't use. In her book "Shop, Save and Share" Ellie Kay suggests this sort of idea, except she sort of tithes the items. She gives away a huge surplus of items to needy families. I think, I will try doing this too. We regularly give to the local Food Bank, but I like the idea of an even more regular contribution. It's just a matter of a little time and organization for me.
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therusticcottage
True Blue Farmgirl
4439 Posts
Kay
Vancouver
WA
USA
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Jun 19 2009 : 3:44:33 PM
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Now that is an awesome idea Kay!! I give regularly to our food bank, scouting for food, and the mail carriers food drive, but I hadn't thought about going ahead and getting those nearly free items with coupons that I normally wouldn't get and giving them to the food bank..hmm
Jenny in Utah
Proud Farmgirl sister #24
Inside me there is a skinny woman crying to get out...but I can usually shut her up with cookies
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kissmekate
True Blue Farmgirl
890 Posts
Kate
Delano
Minnesota
890 Posts |
Posted - Jun 20 2009 : 12:25:07 AM
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That is what I do Aunt Jenny. I try to keep it semi-nutritious.
I only get a few things, and don't try to clear the store out.
I also only get items that are almost free, or free.
I figure it is a win-win situation.
Don't miss out on a blessing, just because it isn't packaged the way you expected. ~MaryJo Copeland |
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