Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

January20

Popperwell wrote: »

That's worth knowing, thanks...I have seen what I assume is someone running a restuarant take a trolley of milk out of a supermarket in te past so you are probably right, savings are not much better and if you have to buy in bulk what you buy has to be something you need a lot and being single for me it would be false economy.

I used to have a Costco membership a few years ago, with a friend. You have to pay a fee and then you really have to buy a lot and often to see some savings, and as said previously the prices are not so low. Also, I found the range of products wasn't great.

Also, when I said earlier about having some money in the house, I didn't mean have thousands stashed under the mattress lol, I meant enough to buy food or whatever in case of no access to a bank account. I hadn't thought of it in terms of being on benefits, but I do see your point.

In any case, I don't mind anybody being political as long as they are "intelligently" political ie they don't just spit out the latest tabloid headlines (like so many posters on DT sadly).

chirpychick

kittie wrote: »

There is storecupboard and there is investment cupbpoard, almost the same but very different. The savvy will know what I mean

whats an investment cupboard?

Saver0811 wrote: »

No-ones mentioned dried milk yet, AFAIK.

We buy this regularly, hubby has it in his tea definitely worth having some in (says the storecupboard virgin :rotfl:)

Amaretti_2

I decided to cut out processed foods and start cooking everything from scratch. Over the past few months I've bought 11 cookery books, cooking equipment I didn't have and built up a store cupboard by following Jamie Oliver's list, I then went through all the recipes in the books and now have every ingredient I could possibly need. All I have to do now is buy fresh ingredients each week. Also have a stockpile of cleaning products, kitchen/loo rolls, toiletries, first aid box, water, cat food and litter.

I have spent a small fortune but as others have said, the future is uncertain and with prices rising daily due to inflation I am saving money in the long run by stocking up. I am also a NatWest customer so have had no access to my account this week but because of my stockpile I feel secure. I'm sorry for those that haven't been able to buy food because of NatWest this week but I hope they learn a valuable lesson - stock up. Even if it's only pasta and tinned tomatoes. Stock up.

Popperwell

Great post Amaretti,
These days the chances of anyone having a surpless of money is slim:(and yes as you say I don't mind a discussion on politics if people respect other views and they are thought out and not the usual knee jerk reaction or attacking others which tends to happen.

I'd forgotten about Jamie Oliver's list...I still cook a lot from scratch or manage to mix things. The best of both worlds.

See you've reminded me that I have a first aid box too, hopefully it won't be needed but I have plasters, wipes, safety pins, painkilles, cough bottles, derolyte(sp?)antiseptic spray. A spray to seal a cut, stop bleeding. Even if don't use what I have and need to replace things occasionally I'd rather have them in just in case.

Amaretti_2

Popperwell wrote: »

See you've reminded me that I have a first aid box too, hopefully it won't be needed but I have plasters, wipes, safety pins, painkilles, cough bottles, derolyte(sp?)antiseptic spray. A spray to seal a cut, stop bleeding. Even if don't use what I have and need to replace things occasionally I'd rather have them in just in case.

Poundland is great for all the above, spend a tenner and you'll have a first aid box, that's what I did.

I_wanna_live_for_free

We have the food we're eating - in the kitchen cupboards.
We have the "next one" of everything under the stairs. And 3 large boxes [large=very large] of the "bulk storage".

We take advantage of cheap offers, asda's recent grocery price reductions and any relevant glitches to ensure we have food and supplies to last us, I estimate we could go 4 weeks without food/grocery shopping.

grandma247

I have enjoyed reading through this thread.

I have been buying food on offer and preserving food for a good few years now. I rarely pay full price for anything. We eat better and I know we could go quite a while without buying much at all if we needed the money for bills.

My worry has been dh's retirement in five years time. His private pension will be worthless and who knows what the state pension will be like.

If we keep going the way we have been we will manage and I am going to add a few things that may be difficult to afford once he retires such as new bedding and towels.

A word of caution about bleach if you store it. It breaks down inside 12 months and becomes very watery and weak. I have a pack of bleach tablets from the pound shop for emergency use. They keep for a long time and they dissolve in water.

freezspirit

Been reading this thread and wondering, do you stock extra of the normal brands you usually get or supermarket own valve brands or the emergency supply being luxury brands?

Popperwell

I have a lot of value goods but I check the information about the product against the more expensive own brands and well known brands and but if there is a genuine bargain on the brands that are known as MSE says buy it.

The disadvantage in my town is that we don't have a pound shop and anything like an Aldi and travelling by bus/taxi wipes out any savings made. There is an Aldi being built on my town but it may not be trading for at least a year.

floss2

TBH (Floss risks comments from all) we don't have a store cupboard apart from the freezer, the wine rack and several bottles of tonic water. We do have at least 4 months bills & housekeeping money saved in case of illness / redundancy and live on a main road within a mile of our town, with several supermarkets within 1.5 miles walk of our home so cannot ever foresee not being able to get to a shop to buy food. Even when the winters have been excessively bad, living on the Lancashire coast has its advantages as we rarely get the worst snow & freezing conditions. Rain however, we can do very wele (but we live on top of a hill so will survive a flood!)

The way we shop is by buying replacements when we use the last or have 1 serving left of whatever it is. Light bulbs, milk and breakfast cereals are the only things bought in twos. We have a small kitchen that is fitted as well as possible and don't have a lot of storage space -yes, we have a small cupboard under the stairs but it houses the iron & ironing board, Dyson, mop & bucket, squash, wine, cleaning stuff, candles, my jams chutneys & preserves and the fuse box.

Apart from anything else, I would rather not spend £xxx on creating a store cupboard when we can throw money at our mortgage shortfall when our (very) under-performing endowment pays out next year and pay off the balance rather than borrow it.

We both work in areas which will not collapse readily (regulatory and local government essential services) so unless every single creditor of UKplc decides to call in their loans, I cannot foresee a Greece situation in the UK. Apart from anything else, the fact that we are NOT in the Euro is a very strong mitigating factor that the same could not easily happen here - and despite recent showbiz tax revelations, the majority of British tax-payers actually pay their taxes into the UK pot, as against the Greeks who for years have not been quite so good at doing so, and when their crunch came, they had nothing in their storecupboard or emergency fund, unlike everyone on this thread!