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

lizzywig

OP I love your stockpile this has inspired me hugely. I normally have one or two shampoos etc in reserve but nothing to that extreme. I do have a floor to ceiling kitchen cupboard which is full of tins, pulses, condiments, baking goods etc and probably enough to live off for around 3 months.

hilstep2000

Sainsbury have Typhoo tbags at £2.49 instead of £5.99 for 240's at the moment.

Uniscots97

I have a stock of Sainsbury's value teabags, soap, and other toiletries but I'm trying to work my way through them.

BitterAndTwisted

I don't really stockpile per se because I don't have the discretionary spends to have a decent one and have no working freezer for when I spot a really good bargain on perishables.

What I do is have a really clear idea of what the current prices are for things I buy regularly. Some organised home-makers keep a price-book but mine is in my head. So when useful items are spotted I buy as much as my fortnightly budget will allow.

At the moment I don't have anything like Grey Queen's tinned tomato stockpile under the bed but I do have half a dozen tins or so.

As prices are increasing at a rate of knots right now it's often not a very difficult equation to balance "buy now, that's bloody cheap!' versus whether the cash spent on a stock-pile could be better than the interest gained on having the cash in savings. But peace of mind when there's food in the cupboards which could keep a person going for a month as an absolute minimum, even if it's just dry goods means a lot to me in case the sh8t hits the fan.

[Deleted User]

I am at present trying to work my stock of foodstuff down a bit and by doing this I am saving on my January shopping bills So far this month I have only spent just over £15 on fresh food milk ,bread,veggies etc.The surplus from my £100.00 budget for January will go into my holiday fund at the end of the month I probably have at least two-three months food in my house as it is .

BitterAndTwisted

hilstep2000 wrote: »

Sainsbury have Typhoo tbags at £2.49 instead of £5.99 for 240's at the moment.

I saw that offer in Sansbugs yesterday. A penny a tea-bag is a decent price and that's all I'm prepared to spend in my mind.

My local pound-shop has 100 Typhoos on special offer, so if you can find those you could save yourself a whopping nine pence.

I'm about to envestigate Sains Red Label teabags which are much cheaper and highly recommended but they were out of stock yesterday. The Asd@ Smart Price ones were a hot beverage but not actual tea as I know it. I'd only use those again if I was truly desperate but the waste of money on an unfortunate purchase was only pennies and I did finish them, so they weren't completely unacceptable.

Uniscots97

I do stock up on freebies (moisturiser, toothpaste etc) as this stuff is great for going on holiday, as an emergency (if you've run out) or as extra little gifts.

bearcub

When we moved 6 years ago, there was already a freezer here, but we've since bought another, and also inherited Mum iL's. We don't deliberately stockpile, but we grow a lot of fruit and veg, considering how small a garden we have. We've also started keeping a lookout for worthwhile bargains ie things we'd usually use, and that can be toiletries and or food. I usually have multiple numbers of deodorant and shower gel, and we have frozen bargain buy packs of chicken and sausages (after splitting into useable amounts for the two of us). Last year, my favourite face cream and handcream was 'improved' and the company increased the price by 50% so, before they started selling the new product, I bought a small stockpile of the 'old' stuff. Should do me for the next year!

tiff

These are proper stockpile pics lol, just wish I had the space

http://www.hotcouponworld.com/forums/stockpile-pictures/186919-flashs-stockpile-pictures.html

Out,_Vile_Jelly

May I ask exactly what you're stockpiling for? I can see the sense in having extra supplies of bog roll, bottled water, matches and some packets/tins etc in case of bad weather/power cuts, or the security of having say a month's worth of basics if you lose your job, but I'm not quite sure of the point of hoarding 20 bottles of shampoo.