Buying in bulk / stockpiling ....is it really worth it?

YoungBean

Thank you mandy_moo_1

oliveoyl

Mine is pasta, rice, lentils, couscous, dried beans, cereal, oats, flour, sugar and a few tins of things I use a lot of... chopped toms, sweetcorn, fish, pineapple, peas.

angchris

i bulk buy but its nothing specific,i shop monthly online and occasionally drop into the local shops so i buy just for the months meals as oh is paid monthly....however... if i stumble across a bargain (something that i know i will use) i buy it all or buy so that i know i will use it up just before the use by date.
my theory is that its pointless tieing up your money bulk buying full priced stuff that you can buy at any time at full price its far better to store heavily discounted foods when you can find them.
for example my oh loves sugar puffs and kellogs cornflakes and both were on offer bogof this month so i have bought enough to last him probably till the end of next year, the initial investment is high but as oh wont eat anything else my investment will get eaten and its obviously far better to buy it bogof than full price. now if it wasn`t on offer i would have bought just enough to keep him ticking over the month so as not to tie my money up.
i use this site to find my bulk buy bargains its fantastic!!http://www.madaboutbargains.co.uk/offers/Off_Your_Trolley.htm

Angelraesunshine

pasta, rice, tuna, chicken, mince beef, cheese, tinned toms, noodles (amoy),

sammy_kaye18

I tend to stock up on the following in the cupboards

pasta (shaped or spaghetti)
rice
oats
self raising flour
plain flour
bread flour
yeast
beans
sweetcorn

and the fridge freezer i dont tend to keep stock in jsut stuff form my normal shop

Pink.

Hi youngbean,

There's an earlier thread on the pros and cons of bulk buying with some suggestions of what is worth buying so I've added your thread to it to keep all the replies together.

These threads may help too:

Bulk buying bread flour?

buying baking goods in bulk

Bulk buying meat?

buying baking goods in bulk

Pink

OrkneyStar

Where we live there is limited choice in shops so when we go away we tend to hit the supermarket and stock up on non-perishables, toiletries etc from Asda mainly and also Tesco and Sainsbury's too. I often buy stuff in Boots when it is BOGOF, toothpaste, showergel etc and also when extra points. We have three big plastic tubs in the bathroom, one full of toothpaste, shaving stuff etc, one full of shampoo/shower stuff and one full of baby stuff. Still using baby wash/shampoo that I bought before he was born and got extra Boots points.
We have a Tesco opening soon here.....anyone suggest any long running deals/offers that are too good to miss ? What is their value/basic range like ?
Ok, thanks in advance.

purpleivy

angchris wrote: »

i bulk buy but its nothing specific,i shop monthly online and occasionally drop into the local shops so i buy just for the months meals as oh is paid monthly....however... if i stumble across a bargain (something that i know i will use) i buy it all or buy so that i know i will use it up just before the use by date.

This is something to bear in mind... dh has been contracting for a couple of years now and paid weekly, now he's going back to 'staff' he's going to be paid monthly, will have to watch this carefully, as he's getting less as well,

Sarahsaver

The huge bags of pasta from tesco and Asda have more than doubled in price in less than a year so i wish i had bought more of those.
Trouble is you see that most of what I buy is never on BOGOF, or special offer except the occasional breakfast cereal, or ben and jerry's ice cream LOL;) BOGOFS are great if you buy a lot of processed food, but another thread somewhere else brought up the issue that basic staple ingredients are rarely on offer.
I think a previous post is right if you have debts pay those off first rather than bulk buy. maybe meat is cheaper in larger amounts, or bought 'direct'. We got a box of various game (birds) for xmas and it was SO much cheaper than buying separately.
I think with flour and cereal items i would be worried about infestations rather than stuff going off!
i live in a city round the corner from a shop which sells sacks of onions, couscous, rice and so on. No need to stock up, whereas my relatives living in rural areas i think would need to stockpile a bit for reasons other than finance.

moanymoany

Penny-Pincher!! wrote: »

All our Nescafe, Tetleys, posh loo rolls, kitchen rolls, Flash (large 5ltr Ocean), Persil washing liquid (2 x 100 wash £10.00), Lenor (5ltr concentrate) and sometimes their anti bac handwash (4 x 500ml for £2). Probably go to Makros once every 6-8 weeks-generally when they have some excellent offers on and stock up on the items that will be used. These items are normally branded and will only compromise on the loo rolls and kitchen rolls as long as there good quality, which they always are!

I do tend to stock up on cheaper items, but are very disciplined too not use just coz there there IYKWIM.

Aldi's is once every 4-6 weeks and get all tinned items from there and are fabulous quality. I buy their baked beans, kidney beans, sweetocrn, tinned mushy peas, tuna, chopped and plum tomatoes, spagetti, dried rice, posh hams, cheeses, pasta and mushroom sauce, oil, butter, milk, soya milk, yogurts etc.

Shampoo & conditioner is bought in 5ltr bottles from an online company and is Trevor Sorbie costing about £12 for 10ltrs (1 of each) and lasts about a year. The small bottles in Boots are £2-£3 each so save a fortune here. Imperial leather is used here and is bought on BOGOF.

Spend probably over the year about £30-£35 a week on everything!

PP
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Pennypincher, have you ever made your own mushy peas? It is very easy. The big bags of dried peas are cheap and mushy peas freeze well.

They only need soaking for a short time - or overnight - whatever fits in with you. The cooking time is only about half an hour and they are so delish. They work out at a fraction of the cost of even the cheapest tin. They also make the best soup with chopped bacon or ham or even hot dog sausages.

When they are cold I put them in freezer bags. By then stacking them in an old orange juice tetra pack they freeze in nice blocks.