Are you a food hoarder?

Gillyx

Treat food does my head in with my OH. I do one big shop a fortnight, and then tops up during the week for bread/milk/fruit & veg only. He'l eat his way through 24 packets of crisps, biscuits etc in 3 or 4 days and then there is nothing left for the next 10 days. Annoys me because I'll go to have a biscuit with my tea and there are none left.

Chaos_Monkey

I also stock up when things are on offer, and usually hide the extra goodies but there are always treats in the 'snack drawer' which are seen as fair game. My hiding place is the baking cupboard, although it doesn't help when I'm the one on a munchie mission! I've also noticed the tinned tomatoes don't need hiding LOL

Catti

I'm a big fan of approvedfood.com - shortdated or out of date products that are still absolutely fine - a cheep way to stock up on treats if you have somewhere to hide them. Got 250 bags of Special K mini breaks for £11.99, and (don't ask....) 200 sachets of mint sauce for 1p! It's the twiglets I need to hide.......

Pee

I particularly hoard stuff like baked beans and tinned tomatoes, and could easy have 12 tins of baked beans. Also cheese I always buy on offer, but never more than two packets at a time as you are right, OH rises to the challenge of eating it that week. (Freezing it is an excellent idea, although we very rarely have any hang around long enough to get mouldy, it could be used a little more economically.) I am not good with hoarded treats, I would usually eat them. OH doesn't often feel like chocolate. I use dates on food as a guide anyway.

cutestkids

I do this and with cheese I grate it as soon as I buy it and freeze in food bags that way it can be used from frozen in sauces, toasties etc and it stops everyone from having a chunk of cheese everytime they open the fridge.

FatVonD

I keep an empty cat food carton (the 44 pouches size) underneath the one currently in use on the windowsill for hiding treats.

squeakysue

Yes my cupboards are well stocked and have recently started using approved foods for snacks and lunchbox goodies and drinks. If I have any goodies that I need to hide from OH or DS I hide them in the salad drawer

flippin36

Beans, tomatoes, oil, rice, I get as much as I can when they are cheap and store them in the utility room cupboards. Washing detergent, nappies and wipes, shampoo and conditioner, loo rolls are also stockpiled. Not allowed to stockpile dog food anymore because she is getting old with health problems .

thegirlintheattic

Yes and no. If there is a good deal on something we regularly use I stock up.

sassyblue

Yes l am a hoarder but only for tinned tomatoes, beans, sweet corn, pasta and rice, etc. You can always make a rice or pasta dish out of the cupboard and that's what we tend to have towards the end of the week with any veg still lying about before shopping again.

In fact hubby reckons my best meals are when lm using up stuff to empty cupboards, fridge or freezer