How long could you last without going food shopping?

tessie_bear

we have a fair bit of food in the freezer and the cupboards but id struggle with milk as we havent got any uht in...i dont think i could do the pack ups for long in their current format...id eat strange combos but the kids would moan

affordmylife

just got paid this month and have paid out most of my wages in debt so judging by whats left what i have in the cupboards will need to last until next payday!!! its going to be tight.

xx

Sequeena

I could last a few more days as we've been living out of our store cupboard/fridge/freezer for the past 2 weeks or so

Thankfully it is payday tomorrow.

ETA: Right now there's only the 2 of us to feed.

elainemn

Apart from milk, fruit & veg & bread we could probably go for 6 months. Menus would be limited, but because of DD have stocks of tea, coffee, sugar, OJ, apple juice, dilute juice, pasta, beans, spag hoops, beef, pork, pringles, cheese, pasta sauces, various sauces, rice, pancake mix, jelly, biscuits, tomatoes, cereals, beer, wine, icecreams, pies, pot noodles & custard. Am sure could survive on £20 per week for at least next 6 months. Also have stocks of all household stuff & toileteies.

SailorSam

Several months at least, the only thing i need to go out for is milk, and fruit and veg but during the the summer even a lot of veg is outside the back door.

suzybloo

we would last about 8 - 12weeks, but would need to buy eggs, milk, bread and fruit/vegetables. I dont keep a lot of biscuits/crisps etc so they would run down quickly, but wouldnt be a necessity as I have plenty of baking ingredients.
I have enough cleaning products/toiletries/toilet rolls to last us about 9 months.
We go on holiday in 6 weeks so I am going to make a point of using up the stores, and put the grocery money in the holiday pot.

Claire_Bear

We're one of those households that would probably last less than a week Our cupboards have stuff in but it's basically flour, packets of 2p angel delight desserts (with no milk in to make them with! :eek:) and sauce mixes. What we'd survive on would be plain pasta and rice, a couple of tins of beans and instant mash with gravy. In our old house we had tons of good meals in the freezer and lots of frozen meat and veg etc, plus quite a good store cupboard but since we moved it is pretty shameful I can quite understand how people end up in the situation where they have nothing to feed a family or themselves with if all of their money suddenly goes walkabout. You've got me panicking now in case it happens to me and I have to post a 'how to feed me and my boyfriend for a week on 50p' thread :eek::rotfl:

TheBoyandMe

I'm actually trying to run down my freezer and use up the tins because every mother I just buy the same food which we eat and then I replace them. I don't ever use up my stock.

quintwins

i think i could survive for 2-3 months i would need milk and fruit tho, however i'm planning to start running things down ad cleaning my freezer out xxx

tori.k

Fresh a week, dried & frozen 3-4 months. but i would struggle with DS3 once the fresh had been used up he can be a nightmare with food.