Who doesn't have a stock cupboard

Gothicfairy

joedenise wrote: »

Have you thought about looking on freecycle or freegle (whichever it is in your area) or the local Facebook page for a fridge freezer?

Denise

Hi Denise, sad as it sounds I don't like facebook and refuse to use it but I do check both freecycle and freegle and have joined all in my rough area.
Things like fridge freezers seem to go almost as soon as they are put up and it takes me a while to get collection sorted as I am transport less at the moment.
I have checked gumtree as well but I guess the cheap ones have gone as I never seem to get a reply.

Oh and I put a wanted ad on both freegle / freecycle and check the notice boards in any shops I come across.

Ta for the reply though

prepareathome

Sainsburys basics dried milk was dearer than Tesco one last time I bought it a few months ago, so as I was in Tecos yesterday - a very rare occurance I picked up a box of their dried milk, noticed their Long like milk is the same price though 49p.

My store cupboard stash has over grown the one book case I had cleared for it so got to give myself a kick and clear another one - although books never seem to get given away just end up in piles on the floor, also need to list everything i have so I don't keep buying the same things, although I do rotate, keep so much in the kitchen cupboards and when run out replace from bookcase stores and all new stores taken straight up to study as I did find if I took them in the kitchen I would put them away in there so that does not happen now, I sort out bags upstairs and everything that should go in kitchen, like fresh or freezer stuff is then taken there ( ok for me to do this as its hubby that does the lifting and carrying of bags up and downstairs not me:rotfl::rotfl:

At one point oh a good few years ago I did have about 3 - 4 months stock in and boy was I glad of it when hubby suddenly was off work sick for 8 months as his firm only pay SSP which at that time was £65pw so we had to apply for benefits which took months to come through and my supplies carefully eeked out and supplemented with fresh food ensured we never went without the whole time but I have never quite got back up to that level since as he went back to less hours and less pay so trying my hardest to save where I can to build up again, as there has already been redundancies last November and rumours of place actually closing - local newspapers, no one really can afford to buy them any more and as its part of a National group they are tending to stop printing local papers to try and save their National newspapers, so already when he started there were 15 local papers being published now its down to just 5.

So to me having a good stock cupboard makes perfect sense would rather have my money in food that sitting in the bank. So poor books might be made homeless but I don't think they will come to much harm.

Oh yes Tescos have spreadable butter for £2 for 500g, er Lurpak I think it was, if anyone wants some and it says it can be frozen, I have bought some but it has to live in fridge at moment as no room in freezer and to much trouble to go downstairs and check the make sorry.

maryleerk06

I don't have one but this might be due to the fact we live in a busy part of London and we take the fact that everything is accessible to us for granted.

Probably should do this though. Last year the kids were home from school for almost a week because of the snow and between them sliding all over the place outside and walking to the nearest supermarket (too dangerous to drive) to stock up on extras, needless to say....a bit of a mare!

Any

I have quite big cupboard, but even if I did do everything from scratch (so cans of soup discounted), I would still have cupboard as I cannot see point in buying A can of chopped toms, A can of beans for chilli con carne, A pack of spaghetti...
I do one quick fresh food shop a week and once in a while stock up cupboard, cannot really be bothered either going shopping all the time or keep remembering what have I used last of.
Though I also do 2 things that cupboards are needed for - shop at Costco occassionaly where everything is in bulk AND bulk buy on offers.

I also set up my OH's student son on cupboarding.. I send him off to Uni with cans - soup, tomatoes, beans, corned beef, spags, rice, anything that lasts more then couple of days in fridge (cheese, bacon) and he is always well fed, even when he is snowed under with work or/and skinned..

I do have to say that we tought him how to cook with those things too though.. spag carbonara, bolognese, chilli con carne etc, corned beef hash, cheeky cheating rissotto (rissotto with normal rice and anything that is left over in the fridge instead of proper italian rissotto with special rice)... that means he can always think of use for those things.

He did make me smile the other day... as his housemates decided that take away is too expensive, he told them to go and get the meat and he will cook for all of them and that way they pay and save, and he gets his meal free:-))

I just wish I had bigger freezer now too, but no space for one:-(

Popperwell

I was about to buy some batteries for the old torch I have in the house and thought I wonder if there is something better so I found in Tesco's a wind up model for under £5 with three LED lights and one minute of winding up gives 10 minutes of light.

Well, batteries drain if something isn't used and need replacing so it will pay for itself in time and LED will be brighter. So its another thing for my store room or to be used anytime...

I was going to buy the 500g spreadable Lurpak butter at £2 but had a 50p voucher off 500g of clover and it was reduced by a £1 so I bought that this time so I was only 50p out of pocket(Clover was £2.50)

Butterfly_Brain

Went into Asda and saw the price of a 454g box of bisto has gone to £2 :eek: I will get some more in 99p stores and the date of the last ones I bought from there was August 2014, so that is another thing that I wont be buying from Asda any more.
But I did pick up 4 x 3kg bags of Allinsons bread flour @£2 each and 4 x100g tubs of Allinsons yeast @95p
I also got 4 of eachof bags of both plain and SR Mcdougalls flour for £1 a bag. I do use the 52p flour normally but the McD is on offer so I thought why not?

keza

i have today got some bits in for a stock cupboard as DH's job is under threat and i want to be prepared for the worst!

Got 5 x 30p pasta
3 x 24p spaghetti
2 x 40p rice
5 x 31p tinned tomatoes
3 x 29p passata
4 x 49p UHT milk
5 x 6p custard (nom nom)

also got plenty of loo roll, cleaner, tuna, juices, soap, washing powder and conditioner in stock from recent trip to c0$tco

Nottoobadyet

I think of myself as quite OS but the truth is that I really, really dont have a store cupboard in my life! I did when I lived in the UK, but where I live now fresh fruit and veg are painfully cheap and tinned goods are exceptionally dear. I do plan meals, but buy veg on the roadside as needed since nothing seems to last very long. I have a few things for baking (flour, sugar, baking soda) but not enough that I'd be able to live off it for any length of time.

That said, there isnt much chance of being snowed in here!

prepareathome

Pops I have wind up lanterns dotted around the house - technically they are sold for the garden but are nice and bright and great for an emergency indoors so every room has one plus my wind up torches, radio, solar powered torches and radio and ordinary battery torches as I loathe sitting in dull light so want it as bright as possible especially during power cuts

Popperwell

keza wrote: »

i have today got some bits in for a stock cupboard as DH's job is under threat and i want to be prepared for the worst!

Got 5 x 30p pasta
3 x 24p spaghetti
2 x 40p rice
5 x 31p tinned tomatoes
3 x 29p passata
4 x 49p UHT milk
5 x 6p custard (nom nom)

also got plenty of loo roll, cleaner, tuna, juices, soap, washing powder and conditioner in stock from recent trip to c0$tco

Keza, this is what it's all about...
Wishing you well, have a hug...That's a pretty good shop.

It's only two ply but in the everyday range Tesco's are doing 6 toilet rolls extra long(240 sheets per roll)for £1.96 but keep watching Wilkinsons I have seen 4 Regina 3 ply for a similar price and being stronger it probably goes further and feels nicerThey are doing 18 rolls for £6.15...we don't have Costco aound here anyhow.