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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

dembotoz

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23. Please be aware of Costco sticker shock

Reply to Hortensis (Reply #22)

Fri Jul 13, 2018, 08:20 AM

Jul 2018

U grab a deal here, a deal there, fill up the cart and ur bill is larger than a house payment.
I have a Costco just down the street.. more of my neighborhood grocery that just happens to have food samples.
Sit in the food court with your buck fifty hotdog and soda and watch folks with a full cart scratch there heads as they stare at the receipt.
Don't get me wrong...I LOVE Costco
Just be careful... sometimes u just can not afford to save that much money

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A basic 30 day emergency food and water stock list for 1 person [View all] Kaleva Jun 2018 OP

Thanks for posting Sherman A1 Jun 2018 #1

Toss in a couple of very large containers of nuts. shraby Jun 2018 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Anon-C Jun 2018 #3

I am that rare breed - a Liberal Prepper Runningdawg Jun 2018 #4

I was following the KISS principle when making out the list Kaleva Jun 2018 #10

A lot of that stuff doesn't store for long, it is not a good list. braddy Jun 2018 #5

Cold cereal, peanut butter and crisp bread have a shelf life of up to a year Kaleva Jun 2018 #6

Exactly, they are items that can go stale in your pantry and sometimes do before we eat them, braddy Jun 2018 #7

You are going beyond what I'm talking about here. Kaleva Jun 2018 #8

To me a thirty day backup supply of food means food beyond the normal stuff already braddy Jun 2018 #9

What I listed doesn't require refrigeration or cooking Kaleva Jun 2018 #11

None of my foods need cooking either, and they don't go bad in a few months, I just don't see braddy Jun 2018 #12

I don't have an issue with breads, cereals, crackers or pretzels going stale Kaleva Jun 2018 #13

Rice can go rancid rather quickly. I keep mine in the frig. northoftheborder Jun 2018 #16

White rice lasts for years, even decades, I just finished 2lbs of 10 year old rice. Brown rice braddy Jun 2018 #17

White rice for us also. It loses nutrients, but I stored Hortensis Jul 2018 #19

one of the wonderful things about costco is i can get a better quality rice in a bigger bad dembotoz Jul 2018 #21

I'll have to add that to the list. The nearest Costco Hortensis Jul 2018 #22

Please be aware of Costco sticker shock dembotoz Jul 2018 #23

Lol. I believe it because we do have a Sam's Club Hortensis Jul 2018 #24

Would have to modify.. pretzels won't make it thru an NFL weekend dembotoz Jun 2018 #14

Will reply once more and leave it that Runningdawg Jun 2018 #15

agreed if you can not stomach it now you will not enjoy it later dembotoz Jun 2018 #18

If 30-day prepping was normal, our nation would be Hortensis Jul 2018 #20