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Where do you find the best bargains on bulk? I live in a very small town. We have no Costco here.
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Is there an MFA or feed store near by? 50 pound sacks of soft wheat run me under $9 and 100 pound sacks of oats usually runs me around $14. The bin run stuff will have a little chaff, (plant stems, cow peas,etc.), in it but not much. The field corn usually has little taste to it though. Prices can vary from place to place and not all of them will have a large stock at any given time. Make sure not to buy the seed, just the feed. Some seed is coated, feed isn't.
Soft wheat doesn't make great bread but it does make great biscuits and hardtack. The oats are whole and you will have to get a little oat roller to use them. Though if you make oatmeal instead of rolled oats I suppose you can use a simple grinder instead.
As I said field corn has very little taste to it but animals don't care if it's bland or not. It's been said that no matter what kind of corn you buy now at least part of it will contain some GMO product. If GMO products concern you in any way I suggest you grow your own corn. Even that will not be a guarantee since corn pollen can travel for miles on the wind and some of your corn can get contaminated by local farms growing GMO corn.
As has already been suggested look for sales. Our local Save A Lot runs specials all the time. We got 60 cans of tomato sauce at three for a buck recently. Watch getting can goods with a heavy tomato base though as these will often go bad on you much quicker than most other canned foods. The acids in the tomatoes will eat through the cans eventually. We are dehydrating ours so we don't have to worry about it.
When it comes to long term food storage the three main items to have are a dehydrator, a pressure canner, and a vacuum sealer. If you are going to store your own grains then you can add a mill/grinder to that list. Keep in mind that a mill can grind but a grinder can't mill. The cheap grinders you see online won't give you fine flour. For that you need a mill with stones. There are a few bottom of the barrel mills out there but they break easily and usually rely on gears and steel teeth. We went though three or four of those before buying a good one. The cheap ones are good in an emergency but you can't depend on them for every day use like we need them for.
Is there an MFA or feed store near by? 50 pound sacks of soft wheat run me under $9 and 100 pound sacks of oats usually runs me around $14. The bin run stuff will have a little chaff, (plant stems, cow peas,etc.), in it but not much. The field corn usually has little taste to it though. Prices can vary from place to place and not all of them will have a large stock at any given time. Make sure not to buy the seed, just the feed. Some seed is coated, feed isn't.
Soft wheat doesn't make great bread but it does make great biscuits and hardtack. The oats are whole and you will have to get a little oat roller to use them. Though if you make oatmeal instead of rolled oats I suppose you can use a simple grinder instead.
As I said field corn has very little taste to it but animals don't care if it's bland or not. It's been said that no matter what kind of corn you buy now at least part of it will contain some GMO product. If GMO products concern you in any way I suggest you grow your own corn. Even that will not be a guarantee since corn pollen can travel for miles on the wind and some of your corn can get contaminated by local farms growing GMO corn.
As has already been suggested look for sales. Our local Save A Lot runs specials all the time. We got 60 cans of tomato sauce at three for a buck recently. Watch getting can goods with a heavy tomato base though as these will often go bad on you much quicker than most other canned foods. The acids in the tomatoes will eat through the cans eventually. We are dehydrating ours so we don't have to worry about it.
When it comes to long term food storage the three main items to have are a dehydrator, a pressure canner, and a vacuum sealer. If you are going to store your own grains then you can add a mill/grinder to that list. Keep in mind that a mill can grind but a grinder can't mill. The cheap grinders you see online won't give you fine flour. For that you need a mill with stones. There are a few bottom of the barrel mills out there but they break easily and usually rely on gears and steel teeth. We went though three or four of those before buying a good one. The cheap ones are good in an emergency but you can't depend on them for every day use like we need them for.
Where do you shop for you food that offers the best overall pricing and value? This question is for California?
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Just curious if anyone has had success like "extreme couponing" in Northern california, I shop at Costco and a Super Walmart currently.
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With gas still at around 3.80 a gallon I shop local at Grocery Outlet or Dollar Store.
By the time I drive 30 miles one way to the next Walmart I spent already too much on gas and I don't like Walmart... somehow I always buy more than I need to and their employees are always so depressing. (Must not be a good place to work for).
Costco means I would have to buy in bulk and I don't have the space for this much stuff.
Once or twice a month we go to Denajos Farmers market in Roseville and buy produce there. Nothing beats their prices when it comes to fresh vegetables and fruit.
I try and stay local... mainly because I know this supports the people that work in my community because running to the Walmarts of this world means your neighbor faces unemployment.
forgot the coupon part... The only place it actually works at is CVS - Sign up for their card at their store and watch the sunday paper for manufacturer coupons. The CVS insert in the paper will point out which manufacturer coupon goes with an item and they usually put it on sale on top of it.
The whole double coupon stuff does not work in this part of the State... All of the coupons have limits and the retailers jack up their price for items that have a coupon in the paper. You are better off looking at their sales insert and picking out the real deals then run like mad on Sunday to get to the stores before the shelves are empty for that item.
With gas still at around 3.80 a gallon I shop local at Grocery Outlet or Dollar Store.
By the time I drive 30 miles one way to the next Walmart I spent already too much on gas and I don't like Walmart... somehow I always buy more than I need to and their employees are always so depressing. (Must not be a good place to work for).
Costco means I would have to buy in bulk and I don't have the space for this much stuff.
Once or twice a month we go to Denajos Farmers market in Roseville and buy produce there. Nothing beats their prices when it comes to fresh vegetables and fruit.
I try and stay local... mainly because I know this supports the people that work in my community because running to the Walmarts of this world means your neighbor faces unemployment.
forgot the coupon part... The only place it actually works at is CVS - Sign up for their card at their store and watch the sunday paper for manufacturer coupons. The CVS insert in the paper will point out which manufacturer coupon goes with an item and they usually put it on sale on top of it.
The whole double coupon stuff does not work in this part of the State... All of the coupons have limits and the retailers jack up their price for items that have a coupon in the paper. You are better off looking at their sales insert and picking out the real deals then run like mad on Sunday to get to the stores before the shelves are empty for that item.
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