We have a large walk in pantry plus a large freezer. Things are getting somewhat low now because this is most of what we used during the winter. Living with a disability and in an area with heavy snowfalls, etc. The only common sense thing to do is stock up as much as possiblebefore winter. If an opportunity to go shopping presents itself, I'll restock items, but we live out of what is in the pantry or what my son picks up on his grocery trips at times.
Most of those use by dates can be very much extended except for fresh items which you shouldn't stock up on anyhow unless you can eat them quick. Although, when I found green and red peppers on a great sale, I stocked up and went home and chopped them up and threw them in a freezer bag and then into the freezer and have been using them all winter. Same with onions when you don't need a whole one, chop it up and freeze it until you need them. No blanching or anything needed.
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