Preparedness - Week 2
The Church published the pamphlet All Is Safely Gathered In: Family Home Storage, outlining guides for home preparedness that give Church members a simplified, four-step approach to building their home storage. The 1st step is; Gradually build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet until it is sufficient for three months. The following may help with this first step and as you look at your longterm goal of a years supply of the same. Watching grocery adds and sales are always helpful when trying to stretch a budget.
Preparedness week 2
Saving money through grocery sale cycles:
January
- Post Christmas: Look for regular baking items packaged in Holiday packaging
- Super Bowl: Cheese, Sandwich items, Condiments, Crackers, Snack foods...
- National Oatmeal Month: Most Quaker brand items will be on sale
- Winter Health: Cold Medicines and Vitamins
- Seasonal Items: Canned soups & Chili, Household Cleaners
February
- National Canned Food Month: Canned Fruit & Veggies, Pie Fillings, meats...
- American Heart Month: Aspirin, Cholesterol Meds, Low Cholesterol foods
- Chinese New Year: Soy & oriental sauces, Ramen, stir fry veggies, water chestnuts...
- National Hot Breakfast Month: Malt O Meal, Oatmeal, Waffles, Syrup, frozen potatoes
- Valentines: Chocolate, Hershey’s,
- Other: Dog Foods, Push on store brands
March
- Frozen Food Month: All frozen foods
- Seasonal Items: Household Cleaners; Gardening supplies
- National Peanut Month: Peanut Butter, Peanuts
- St Patrick’s Day: Potatoes, Corned Beef
- Easter / Passover (sometimes not until April): Eggs, Ham, Horseradish, Spices, Sugar, Chocolate Chips, Coconut, Butter, Baking mixes, Marshmallows
April
- Easter / Passover " "
- Daylight Savings: Batteries, Smoke / Carbon Monoxide detectors, Light Bulbs
- Earth Day: Organic Foods, Energy Saver items, Eco-friendly items, Natural Cleaners
- Post Easter: food items
- Other: Olive Oil, Popsicles (they change inventory), Kelloggs Cereal, ConAgra Products
May
- Memorial Day (Most will be on sale again in late June / Early July): Charcoal, Grilling Meats, Salad Dressing, picnic and camping foods and items, and Juice Drinks
- Allergy Meds: Alavert, Zyrtec, Claritin etc (and generics)
- Paper Products: Plates, Utensils, Insect Repellant, Sunscreen
- Cinco De Mayo: Salsa & sauces, tortillas, Taco seasonings...
- Other: General Mills Cereal
June Full priced summer items early this month wait until next month
- National Dairy Month: Eggs, cheese, Milk, Cream, butter, cream cheese, yogurt... (all dairy products can be frozen)
- Father’s Day & July 4th (end of June): BBQ items & meat
- National Headache Month: Aspirin, Sinus meds, Other Painkillers
July
- More 4th of July BBQ Sales
August
- Back to School (may continue into September through Labor Day): Lunch meat, Bread, Cold Cereal, Granola bars, fruit snacks and school supplies
- Clorox Cleanup: Sanitizing wipes, hand sanitizers
- Seasonal Clearances: Insect Repellant, Sunscreen, charcoal
September
- Diabetes Products: Bayer Glucose Meters, Glucerna Cereal
- Tomato Products: Canned tomatoes, sauce, paste, juice, spaghetti sauce, soup
- Other: Honey, Oral care, condensed soups
October
- Daylight Savings: Batteries, Smoke / Carbon Monoxide detectors, Light Bulbs
- Other: National seafood month
November
- Post Halloween: Candy and regular food items packaged in Holiday packaging clearance
- Peanut Butter Month: Peanuts, Peanut Butter
- Holiday Baking Sales: Nuts, Chocolate Chips, Evaporated Milk, Sweetened Condensed Milk, Coconut, Cake Mixes
- Thanksgiving Items: Turkey, Canned Pumpkin, soup, broth, Stovetop Stuffing, Boxed Potatoes, Gravy Mixes, Frozen Pies, Cranberry Sauce, Jello, Marshmallows
December
- Post Thanksgiving sale
- Christmas: Gravy Mixes, Frozen Pies, Egg Nog, Deli items, Instant Potatoes, Cranberry Sauce, Jello, Marshmallows, Sour Cream Dips, Crackers, Chips, Soda, Ham, Turkey
- Baking: Flour, Sugar, Butter, Cream, Chocolate Chips, Cake Mix, Brownie Mix, Muffin Mix, Breads, Pie Crust, Marshmallow, Whipped cream
