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Thought I'd use this thread to post a list I found yesterday while online looking at the state of the growing squeeze w/grocery prices...

I'll go look for the author as I didn't grab it at the time I grabbed the list. This is for those who think building a one year storage program is a wise idea. Of course if you don't have a grain mill you're not going to want to be buying wheat. So, replace it with something your family will eat, but understand that the wheat was taking a big portion of the need for adequate nutrition on it's shoulders.

I'm not sure of when this list was created so I'm unsure as to whether inflation has gotten to it or not, but it's a nice little place to start.

This is a five dollar a week pantry stockup plan. I'll also add that if you are trying to get a year supply together then obviously you'll want to set this food aside away from your normal usage. Then, after you get a year's together you'll want to watch the dates and use it by the package dates and then REPLACE what you use up. I'd date these as I bought them.

"Food storage for $5 a week

Set aside $5 a week to buy the specific items each week. You will have
a kitty set aside that you put the $5 in and you can't touch it for
any reason but to buy the food storage item for that week. Put in the
remaining change back into the kitty. Some things in the beginning are
going to be cheap and then later will be more expensive. In order to
pay for the expensive stuff later you need to keep the leftover money
in the kitty. Weeks 38 and 44 you will have "off" to replenish the
kitty.

Week 1: 2 cans tuna fish, 2 boxes salt
Week 2: 5 boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
4 cans tomato soup
Week 3: 3 cans mushroom soup,
1 2.5 lb peanut butter
Week 4: one bottle 365 count multi-vitamins


Week 5: 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 6: 1 bottle aspirin (500 tablets)
Week 7: 1 100 lb container wheat
Week 8: 1 5 lb powdered milk

Week 9: 1 5 lb honey
Week 10: 4 cans tuna, 4 boxes macaroni and cheese
Week 11: 1 10 lb sugar, 1 box salt
Week 12: 4 cans mushroom soup

Week 13: 1 bottle 365 count multi-vitamins
Week 14: 1 100 lb wheat
Week 15: 1 box macaroni and cheese
Week 16: 1 5 lb honey

Week 17: 2 cans tuna, 4 can tomato soup
Week 18: 1 10 lbs sugar
Week 19: 1 100 lbs of wheat
Week 20: 2 10lbs of sugar

Week 21: 1 10lb powdered milk
Week 22: 1 can mushroom soup, 1 10 lb sugar
Week 23: 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lbs sugar
Week 24: 1 10 lbs sugar

Week 25: 2 cans tuna, 2 cans mushroom soup
Week 26: 1 100 lb wheat
Week 27: 3 10 lbs sugar
Week 28: 1 10 lb sugar

Week 29: 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 30: 2 10 lb sugar
Week 31: 1 can tuna, 3 cans mushroom soup
Week 32: 1 can tuna, 4 cans tomato soup

Week 33: 1 100 lb wheat
Week 34: 2 cans tuna, 1 box salt
Week 35: 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 36: 2 10 lb sugar

Week 37: 4 cans tomato soup, 2 boxes salt
Week 38: Stash $5 in the kitty
Week 39: 1 100 lb wheat
Week 40: 1 10 lb powdered milk

Week 41: 3 10 lb sugar
Week 42: 2 cans tomato soup, 1 10 lb sugar
Week 43: 2 cans tomato soup, 2 cans mushroom soup
Week 44: Stash $5 in the kitty

Week 45: 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 46: 4 cans tomato soup, 4 cans mushroom soup
Week 47: 1 10 lb powdered milk
Week 48: 4 cans mushroom soup, 1 10 lb powdered milk

Week 49: 7 cans of tomato soup
Week 50: 7 cans of mushroom soup
Week 51: 2 10 lbs sugar, 1 box salt

By the end of the 52 weeks, you should have:

700lbs of wheat,
240 lbs sugar,
40 lbs of powdered milk,
13 lbs of salt,
10 lbs of honey,
5 lbs of peanut butter,
45 cans of tomato soup,
32 cans mushroom soup,
15 cans tuna fish,
10 macaroni and cheese dinners,
500 aspirin, and
730 multiple vitamins
They suggest adding 6lbs of dried yeast and 6 lbs of shortening and
this should be enough to sustain 2 people for a year. For every 2
people you have in your family add $5 more and double or triple the
amount of whatever you are buying that week.

source:
The Outlands - Homestead Pantry

I, for one, am continuing to stock up!