Monthly Food Storage Purchasing Calendar
January
January 2 - 8
1 case canned fruit
2 #10 cans instant potatoes
January 9 - 15
3 #10 cans dry milk
January 16 - 22
3 #10 cans dry milk
January 23 - 28
9 pounds yeast
January 28 - February 5
Anything you have missed from above
February
February 1-7
Water Storage Containers-buy either 55 gallon drums, 5 gallon water containers (available at all emergency preparedness stores and some super markets) and spigot, or start to save water in pop bottles and plastic juice containers. Also purchase 100 lbs. hard white wheat and three plastic storage buckets with tight fitting lids. Check out the local mills in your area for best prices.
Feb. 8-14
25 lbs of sugar or 20 lbs of honey
5 lbs salt per person
bucket opener
Feb. 15-21
4 #10 cans shortening or 4 - 48 oz bottles oil
2 #10 cans of dry instant milk
Feb. 22-28
2 case canned beans (like refried pinto, black, kidney, white, pink etc.) or 25 lbs dry beans (preferable) and bucket to store them in.
Also one #50 bag dried corn or popcorn (about 10.00 from a mill or food storage company) and a bucket to store it in. (Can be ground into cornmeal as well as for popcorn.)
(All grains and beans can be put into #10 cans if you have access to a cannery. If not, the buckets work well.)
March
(please note that many of these items are repeats because we want to be SURE you have enough of the essentials!)
March 1-6
Enough water containers for 14 gallons per person in the family. (This was mentioned last month-but we want to be sure you have this, water is your most important item!) If you didn't get enough containers last month, you can get them this month.
White Rice, at least 15 pounds per person in the family and if possible buckets to store it in. (Brown Rice goes rancid faster.)
March 7-13
2 jars mayonnaise
1 gallon oil
2 tubs shortening
March 14-20
25 pounds sugar
1- 25 pound bag of legumes (pinto, lentils, white, pink etc.)
March 21-27
Salt 5 more lbs
2 bottles of bleach
1 #10 can or 1 box of dry milk.
March 28-31
Check your list for the last 8 weeks and purchase any items you fell short on. These items are essential ones and you will need to be sure you have enough.
April
April 1-10
100 pounds wheat
10 lbs. brown sugar
April 11-17
2 #10 size cans dried fruit
or 1 case canned fruit
1 pound yeast
April 18-24
1 case tuna or salmon
2 #10 cans milk
3 lbs sprouting seeds -available in the Osmond Network Store
1 80 oz can Rumsford baking powder
April 25-30
2 large jars peanut butter or
1 #10 can peanut butter powder (last longer)
2 cans dried whole egg (keep in a cool dry place)
May
May 2-8
2 to 3 bottles of multi-vitamins
2 #10 cans of rolled oats
(if #10 cans are not available in your area, buy the largest packages available in your local store, and also purchase a small bucket to store it in.)
May 9-15
100 lbs. of wheat
3 buckets
May 16-22
#10 can margarine powder - or shortening if marg. powder is unavailable
2 #10 cans rolled oats
(or equivalent, and a storage bucket)
May 23-29
4 #10 cans instant potatoes
1 bottle black pepper
June
June 1-5
2 cans dry milk, 2 boxes of Rennet (used for making cottage cheese and other dairy products from dry milk.)
1 bottle lemon juice, 1 bottle vinegar. (also used in making dairy products from dry milk
June 6-12
100 lbs wheat
25 lbs. white flour
June 13-19
Baking soda (try to buy in bulk in places like Sam's Club or Cosco) Buy about 10 lbs.
25 lbs. or legumes (choose those you are willing to eat. Remember you can sprout legumes and almost quadruple the nutritional value of them.
Buy one large box Knox or other gelatin to be used in place of eggs in baking. Recipes to follow.
June 20-26
Tomato products (try to buy them by the case in normal size cans. Spaghetti sauce, tomato sauce, and whole and chopped tomatoes. Buy a combination of flavored and not flavored tomatoes. Buy paste if you can get a good deal on it. It is less expensive to add water to paste to make sauce than it is just to buy sauce sometimes. Buy three cases if possible.)
June 27-30
Be on the look out for garden seeds that are NON- Hybrid. That way you can use the seeds from the plants you grow to grow a garden the next season. A good price for them is about $18-20 per can with about 10
varieties per can.
July
July 4 - 10
200# wheat
(buckets to store it in if needed)
[keep filling pop bottles, Gallon syrup containers, etc. with water - basically no cost to this)
July 11 - 17
20 lbs. Peanut butter
[keep filling those water containers]
July 18 - 24
4 #10 cans shortening
2 # 10 cans dry milk
[keep filling water containers - make this a habit - when you empty something worthy of water storage, wash it and fill it right away]
July 25 - 31
6 #10 cans dry milk
[more water!]
August
August 1 - 7
25# rice
25# sugar
1 # 10 can instant potatoes
5 lbs. salt
August 8 - 14
1 case tuna or salmon or other meat
2 # 10 cans dry milk
August 15-21
2 #10 cans dry milk
2 cans shortening
1 #10 can instant potatoes
August 22 - 28
Note* In late August and early September, many stores have sales on canned fruits and vegetables. Ask your local store when these sales will be, and switch the weeks of this
calendar as needed.
2 cases fruit
5 lbs. salt
August 29 - September 4
2 cases canned fruit
1 case misc. vegetables (green beans, peas, carrots, etc.)
September
September 5 - 11
2 cases canned fruit
1 case misc. vegetables
September 12 - 18
2 cases canned fruit
2 cans shortening
September 19 - 25
2 cases fruit
1 case vegetables
September 26 - October 2
2 cans shortening
25# rice
buckets to store rice if it did not come in #10 cans
October
October 3 - 9
100 lbs. wheat and 3 buckets
October 10-16
1 case tuna or other meat
October 17-23
25 lbs. Sugar
2 large cans fruit juice powder
October 24-30
3 #10 cans dry milk
October 31-November 6
9 #10 cans potato flakes
November
November 7-13
4 large jars peanut butter
November 14-20
1 case canned fruit
15 pounds rice
November 21-27
7 #10 cans shortening
November 28 - December 4
50 pounds rice and buckets to store
December
December 5 - 11
100 lbs. wheat and 3 buckets
December 12-18
1 large can fruit juice powder
3 large jars peanut butter
December 19 - 25
3 #10 cans dry milk
December 26 - January 1
50 pounds of rice, oats, or barley
buckets to store
If you cannot find some of these items locally,
be sure to check our list of ADDRESSES of several businesses who sell these items.
It is vital to get WATER - STORAGE . If you don't have water, you will not be able to use many of the foods you have that are
dehydrated or require water to cook. Many times in natural disasters, the electricity goes down and you will not be able to access your water. Sometimes the water is contaminated from flooding and cross-contamination from sewage. You will need water, at very least, you will need 3 days worth.