Tip of the Week: Stocking Up on Food Storage*

How’s everyone doing with their food storage these days?  If you’re like me, you get all psyched up after a great lesson or class, go home and take inventory . . . then gradually lose sight of the project . . . again.  I think the best way to make food storage an ongoing success is to watch for  unusually low prices on things your family uses on a regular basis—then buy a year’s worth—one product at a time.  For example, last week Maceys advertised Wesson’s Vegetable Oil for $2.79 for a 48 oz bottle.  That’s a great price for a name brand, and since I only have a few bottles on hand, I decided to buy a couple more, even though it was plain vegetable oil instead of canola oil, which I prefer.  When I got to the baking aisle I saw that not only was Wesson’s Vegetable   $2.79, but they were including Wesson Canola Oil as well—at a savings of over $3.00 per bottle!  Now that’s a stock up price.  So instead of buying two bottles, I bought four—and with what I already had at home, I now have a year’s supply of oil.

*Originally distributed April 2014