What items do you or should you stockpile for your family?

[Sari]

What items do you consume a lot?

[Sari]

Right now for us we need to stockpile:
Iams dog food
Purina One cat food
cat litter
BJ's brand rawhide chews for dogs
jasmine rice
canned mushrooms
canned green beans
ground beef
canned pears and peaches
various pastas
either Bounty or Walmart brand paper towels
Hefty brand black garbage bags
Glad brand white garbage bags
Advantage flea medicine for cats and dogs
Oil of Olay extra moisturizing body wash
a certain brand (can't remember which) of pink disposable razors
generic brands of Benedryl, Immodium, Sudafed
Kleenex Cottonelle toilet paper
parmesan cheese
Newman's Own spaghetti sauce
coconut milk
low-sodium chicken broth
lime juice
tropical punch flavor of Kool-Aide
Kashi TLC chewy granola bars
Arm & Hammer laundry detergent
Ivory dish detergent
distilled white vinegar
soy sauce

Those are all I can think of, off the top of my head. Gosh that's a lot. I don't have nearly enough stocked of these things!

[sunshine]

Flour
Sugar
cooking oil
shortening
salt
pasta
spaghetti sauce
cheese sauce
rice
eggs (dehydrated ones for emergencies)
powdered milk
Immodium
Tylenol
Ben-Gay
candles

[i.m.cheap]

I tend to stockpile what I can get free, or purchase at loss leader prices. If it is something I rarely find a good deal on, I don't stockpile it. Does that make any sense?

Some things in my stockpile now:

Toothpaste
Razors and shave cream
Deodorant
Shampoo
Toilet Paper
Paper towels
Hair Color
Feminine Hygeine products
Bath Soap and Body Wash
Air fresheners
Cleaning wipes

Baking mixes, brownie, cake, muffin, Bisquick, pancake mixes
Baking chocolate, semi-sweet (I got ten 8 oz. packages of this FREE with coupons)
Cereal (10-12 boxes)
Oatmeal
Canned and pouch tuna
Peanut butter
Jam and preserves
Raisins (FREE)
Coffee
Salad dressing
Mayo
Ketchup, mustard, BBQ sauce, hot sauce, soy sauce (all FREE)
Canned beans, refried beans, and chili
Pasta and pasta sauce
Rice mixes and instant potatoes

That is not everything, but my hands are numb (carpal tunnel) and it is time to go to bed.

[suzysaver]

toilet paper
tampons
bar soap
razors
shaving cream
hand sanitizer
toothpaste
deodrant
shampoo
conditioner


egg noodles
macaroni noodles
spaghetti noodles
white rice
pinto beans
corn meal
flour
sugar
brown sugar
cream of mushroom soup
canned diced tomatoes
tomato sauce
spaghetti sauce
olives
canned mushrooms
microwave popcorn
quick oats

plastic wrap
sandwich bags
tin foil
window cleaner
cleanser
ammonia
bleach

These are the things we use the most of, there might be a few others..all I kind think of. We have been cleaning out our stockpile over the last month and I'm running out of a lot of things (can't wait to start over).

[iida]

Sari, It´s not what you asked, but I just want to tell you that Sari is the most popular girls name in my age group (I´m 40) in Finland.
iida

[bumplett]

I tend to agree with i.m.cheap ~ I stock pile items that I get for free or close to free -

~ female personal hyg. products
~ shampoo
~ body wash / soap
~ toothpaste

~ pasta
~ rice
~ sauces
~ muffin mix / baking mix (my boys love muffins)


and if I'm going to be completely honest ~~ the number one ingredient in this home is ~~ Mt. Dew

[Shellshome]

I stock pile lots of different things but right off the top of my head I can think of these things
Cat/dog food,treats, cat liter
Noodles
Soups
Mac and cheese
juice
sugar
flour
cookie mixes
bisquick
biscuit mixes
muffin mixes
boxed potatoes
fish
chicken tender and patties
ice cream
chicken
meat (we get a quarter of beef a year)
toothbrushes
toothpaste
shampoo
conditioner
body wash
tylenol
cold meds
allergey meds
cake mixes and frosting
brownie mixes
warm delights (I love these)
cereal
razors and shaving cream
toliet paper
paper towels
chilli fixings now that it is getting colder
baked beans
Ketchup
salad dressings
pickles
taco mixes and seasonings
deotartant
hairspray
fish food
peanut butter
brown sugar
oatmeal
instant oatmel
snacks
confectioner sugar
veggies
fruit
pudding mixes
frozen pizzas
crackers
bread (I have 3 loaves in the freezer right now)
Airfreshners
Detergent
Cleaning things
Downy
Bounce fabric sheets
Ham slices
bacon
sausage

I want to get some hot chocolate that is something I don't have yet

Ok that was a lot but that is basically what I have right now. We are going to go this whole next month without buying anything but the basics milk, oj, potaotes things like that but we don't want to have to do any stocking up so I was excited when I saw Meijers had canned veggies and fruit on sale, ice cream and a few other things and I had q's and Target has pepsi on sale. So we will be pretty well stocked for the month and hope to be able to keep it that way.

[AmyMCGS]

I tend to stockpile what I can get free, or purchase at loss leader prices. If it is something I rarely find a good deal on, I don't stockpile it.

Some things in my stockpile now:

Toothpaste
Razors and shave cream
Deodorant
Shampoo
Toilet Paper
Paper towels
Hair Color
Feminine Hygeine products
Bath Soap and Body Wash
Air fresheners
Cleaning wipes

Cereal
Oatmeal

Salad dressing

refried beans
Pasta and pasta sauce
Rice mixes and instant potatoes

Figured I'd just let Deb say it for me -- we have very similar stockpiles.

I also have a lot of canned veggies, frozen veggies, and I buy meat in bulk and freeze it.

[i.m.cheap]

Yes, I didn't even get to my freezer stockpile! Right now there are lots of FREE Eggo waffles, Cheap Digiorno pizzas, ground turkey, FREE Mrs. Smith's pie slices, and Minute Maid OJ concentrate. I am a little low on frozen veggies right now, but if a deal comes along soon, I am ready to stock up!

[Shellshome]

I forgot a few things
Frozen veggies
Frozen pepper from our garden this year
Foil
Freezer and storage bags
Trash bags black and white ones
Chips
Toaster strudels
Waffles
syrup
water
Magic erasers
Butter noodles
tuna
can chicken for shredded chicken
can chicken for chicken and noodles
cat liter bags for cats
Dishwashing liquid cascade, electroalsol
Dish detergent
Kleenexes
Soap bar and hand soap

Ok I think that might be all. But dh and I have decided that we need to eat some of this stuff before we buy more of it we have enough that could proably get us thru more then just one month off but we are going to try it and see how far it gets us.

We figure we will have to buy milk, oj, beer (that is dh's thing)potatoes and a few other little things here and there but nothing major.

[Sari]

Sari, It´s not what you asked, but I just want to tell you that Sari is the most popular girls name in my age group (I´m 40) in Finland.
iida

That's so neat! Thanks for sharing. Mine is just a nickname.

[my4littlebuffaloes]

I try to have a few months worth of food in the house at all times, right now we are low, we just moved and we will be moving again next month, then I will really hit the stockpiling hard. Here are some things we use a ton of on a regular basis.


Pasta
tomato sauce
ramen noodles
tuna
canned veggies
all toiletries, usually gotten free

oj
cereal
all baking products

[FrugalWitch]

I don't think I could list my entire hoard, so I'll just list what I need to add to the stockpile:
**** Non People-Food Items****
Toilet paper (down to my last 12 double rolls)
Paper towels
Cat Food
Cat Litter
Dawn dish detergent

****People Food****
Flour
Frozen Greens
Mushrooms
Onions
Potatoes

Thankfully we're doing good on everything else.

[kathirynne]

We just moved (well, in January) to a bigger house, so now I really have room to stockpile!

So far I have the following:

non-food
loo roll
toothpaste
soap
lip balm
laundry detergent
basic sewing/mending supplies


food
soy milk
potatoes
rice
pasta
sugar
flour (but I still need more)
tomato products (diced, stewed, sauce)
cornmeal
honey
beans (dried and tinned)
yeast
canola oil