[mom-from-missouri]

I rotate my canned goods, and I write the date on the flats of foods I can myself.
Meat I buy is dated and I keep an eye on that, and meat we process our self (which we have currently run out of--but we are due to butcher in a month) is also dated.
My canned goods are easy--I have a pantry corner in my basement with shelves we made from cement blocks and boards. The majority of our food stays there. Upstairs, in the kitchen pantry, I keep just a few cans of each item, and restock from the basement. When we are out of say, corn, I go to the basement, and bring up about 3-4 cans of corn, which should be on the shelf with the things to expire first in the front and top. My shelves are deep, so when I go to aldi's, I can buy and store a case of each veggie/fruit on the shelves at a time. I have my shelves labled, so at a glance I can see where to put things away at, and what I need to get more of. I do have one spot on one shelf for "items to use quick" ie, those going out of date.