We have a years worth of basics like rice, wheat, beans, and other grains (barley, oats and oat groats, etc). We also have a bunch of canned food that we use somewhat and replenish somewhat regularly to go along with it, and a few cases of that last forever canned cheese and butter and a small amount of the long term storage canned meat. I would like to get more cheese and butter, more noodles, more meat, etc to go along with the basics. And things like honey, sugar, oil, etc we have some of but need to do better.
I was raised eating wheat and my wife eating rice and we do use it regularly in our normal diet so our systems won't be shocked if we have to switch over to our stored food.
I need to do better on water as well.
A years worth of wheat, beans, rice, etc is not that expensive. Adding in all the extra canned stuff is what makes it expensive.
Try for a years worth of beans, rice, wheat, and other grains (this is not that expensive) and then add in a month at a time of canned stuff, long term stuff, etc. When you are at the store, buy on the case lot sales, and buy a few extra cans or whatever each time you go shopping. It adds up and you also end up with stuff you normally eat and so can easily rotate through.
(doing this in my head, a years worth of wheat is about $100 plus or minus, per person, plus some rice and beans so a family of 4 is less than $1000 easily on the basic grains and beans etc)
Most of the time when we go to Costco, we buy a "case" (6/8/10 pack of whatever) for the food storage too, of a soup, chili, veggies, or whatever. Do it slowly and eventually you have a years worth
Chad
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