Let's see your stash lists

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May help those new to prepping, or give ideas to those who are already doing so.

Mine for 2 adults, breakfast, lunches, dinners and snacks - aiming for 4-6 weeks. Currently sorted for dinners for about 6 weeks, and about 3 weeks for breakfast and lunches:

2 boxes crackers

1 jar peanut butter
1 jar jam

2 chilli sauce
1 garlic sauce
1 BBQ sauce
2 onion chutney

5 soups
11 tinned curries
2 tins chicken in white sauce
1 tin bolognese
2 tins macaroni
2 tins meat free bolognese
1 tin chilli
1 tin meatballs
1 tin hot dogs
5 pasta n sauce sachets
1 tin pulled pork
6 tins beans
2 tins beans & sausages

20 cous cous & tuna pots

4 fajita seasoning
1 tandoori powder
3 chilli seasoning
4 pasta sauces
4 stir fry sauces
1 garam masala

11 tins chopped tomatoes
2 x 500g red lentils
4 tins light coconut milk
2 tins peas and carrots
1 tin chickpeas
8 cartons passata
2 tins beansprouts
4 tins new potatoes
2 tins ratatouille
5 tins sweetcorn
3 tins green lentils
3 tins kidney beans

20 x micro rice pouches
2 sachets cous cous
2 x 500g pasta
2 x 500g sugar
6 x straight to wok rice noodles

Cereal bars
long dated cake bars
crisps
poppadoms
prawn crackers
Bread mixes

Frozen salmon fillets
Frozen fish in sauce
Frozen chicken
Frozen veg sausages
Frozen meat free mince
Frozen chopped onion
Frozen chopped garlic
Frozen sliced onion
Frozen sliced peppers
Frozen butternut squash
Frozen sweet potato
Frozen spinach
Frozen sliced mushrooms
Frozen fresh mash potato

A few packs of nice french butter are in the freezer too
Will also be freezing some grated cheese and greek yoghurt.

30L water
Long life milk

A lot of dishwasher tabs and clothes washing liquid.
Matches
toilet roll
multivits
ibuprofen
paracetamol
sanpro
deoderant
shampoo
shower gel
toothpaste
new toothbrushes

We are pretty stocked up on first aid stuff but need to check cal poly and cough stuff. DH is heavily involved in scouts and has all manner of survival first aid kits etc!! We have lots of stuff like dental emergency kits, bandages and plaster, sterlised iv kit, various creams, etc etc
Need to stock up on toiletries. Will need to wait until pay day but will do a homebargains run to stock up on things like that plus hay and pellets for the pigs
Need to pick up some more batteries although we have some rechargeables so should be ok for essential battery use.

We have loads of books/board/games/toys/games consoles so if the shit really hits the fan and we need to hunker down for a couple of weeks we won’t go crazy with boredom!!

I might see if I can find a cheap freezer second hand so I can fill it with yellow sticker meats and bread products as well as some frozen fruit and veg.
I will get some cheap longlife juice as well plus porridge (and some syrup so can make flapjacks) I’ve got a well stocked baking cupboard plus always have a large tub of stock in the fridge so will be able to rustle up some cakes and biscuits etc
I think as long as the supermarkets don’t suddenly empty on the day before pay day when I do a big shop and fill the fridge/replenish cereals etc then we will be ok for a few weeks.

I’m genuinely interested in this, a couple of friends are preppers but are people seriously expecting supply problems requiring £900-worth of groceries and supplies?!

no of course not. Head over to the Prepper topic for some sensible budget friendly advice. If you want to.

I'm the one who has spent £900 and I thought I was being economical! I've mainly bought when stuff was on offer, so rarely paid full price for much of the tinned stuff, apart from basics like tomatoes which are never on offer round here. Nearly £400 of it is on cats, because you can't really explain to them why they have to tighten their belts, and again mostly bought when on offer.

I've not gone for budget brands because I'd rather stock up on stuff we like, so most of it is what we use anyway. As a PP said, it's buying early rather than extra.

I'm just grateful I have the savings to be able to do this and if there are no supply issues then I'll be able to re-save the money from my very cheap shopping bills, and donate some stuff to the foodbank. But if there are any shortages, l know that at least my children won't go short. It's money well spent in my view.

When people post their list are they including what's in their normal food cupboards as well or counting just the stuff stashed away separate?

@flameycakes www.businessinsider.com/no-deal-brexit-percentage-british-food-imported-shortages-2019-1?r=UK&IR=T

80% of food is imported

@regular show. My stash is seperate. Apart from herbs and spices as I have plenty in my kitchen cupboards already. Everything else is either on shelves or plastic boxes in garage. Things like flour are vacuum packed with moisture absorbers to try and protect from damp.

@Regular my stash is also separate. Mainly artfully hidden in an unused bookshelf, cupboard, bottom of wardrobe, storage crate etc.

I do, however, have a testing shelf in the cupboard for items I think might be useful for Brexit but I want to try before stockpiling - powdered milk passed the test with flying colours, for instance, while a risotto pot failed miserably.

@StuntEgg , I said "of course not" because I didn't want to put people off with a big one off sum. Naturally, if you buy extra and slowly build up your stash it can amount to a big number when totted up in isolation. But it is a more manageable endeavour. I always stress that people should do what they can afford in a manner that they can afford. There is no magic target number.

@avacadosbeforemortgages thank you interesting read x

I live in Ireland but I’m so into reading your threads I feel like stockpiling too!

Glad to have found this thread. It has given me some ideas on where to start. Thank you

Not sure of quantities, but adding a few items every shop. It's all stuff we'll eat anyway so can enjoy some trimmed shopping lists for a while if all goes well. But I think I will probably permanently keep in at least a couple of weeks food from now on.
For two adults and some small children (primary age and under).

Breakfasts
Own brand branflakes
Cheerios
Evaporated milk
Coffee
(will probably add porridge oats, tinned berries, honey later)

Lunches
Flour & yeast (for breadmaker or by hand if really needed to)
Ghee (good long-life replacement for butter!)
Peanut butter
Nutella
Plain tortilla chips & salsa (to get something veggie-ish into the kids)
Tinned fruit
Tinned tuna & sweetcorn

Dinners
Spaghetti
Baked beans
Tomato puree
Oil
Various seasonings (maggi, chilli, garlic salt)
Corned beef
Sardines
Big bags of rice on sale
Various meat/sauce tins (eg. chicken casserole)
Tinned veggie soups
Tinned rice pudding

Snacks
Chocolate
Own brand biscuits
Peanuts
Bulk protein powder (used by me for low-carbing anyway)

I've tried to include lots of food that wouldn't necessarily need to be cooked (rice, pasta, and bread obviously would need to be), and mostly high calories for the space it takes up.

I am in Ireland and I am stocking an extra weeks food and sundries I am concerned it will have a knock on effect here too.

Can you freeze blocks of butter and cheese?

I actually just gasped out loud at people spending £900 on this. Are you anxious in other areas or life or feel like you don’t have control over things? I wonder if this is something you’re doing to help you feel a sense of control. You do know that you really don’t need to hoard three months of food, don’t you?

Tippexy , it's already been explained lots and lots of times that you don't need to spend £900. And that you don't need to save 3 months of food. But frankly how someone else spends their money is none of your business.

£900 isn't really that much if you've bought half a year's worth of laundry tablets, toilet rolls, cleaning equipment and so on for a big family, as well as food.

Assuming that it's all stuff that gets used anyway, that's how much it would cost throughout the year - maybe more with repeat car journeys and price changes.

Can you freeze blocks of butter and cheese
Yes no problem at all. The cheese can go a little crumbly when you try to slice it but that's all.

I actually just gasped out loud at people spending £900 on this. Are you anxious in other areas or life or feel like you don’t have control over things? I wonder if this is something you’re doing to help you feel a sense of control. You do know that you really don’t need to hoard three months of food, don’t you?

No, I'm more than pragmatic than anxious type thanks for asking, and I've never prepped for anything in my life before. I'm actually fucking furious that a No Deal Brexit is looking most likely, especially as my country didn't even vote to leave (Scotland). I've seen how the English have treated other members of this "precious union" in the past when food shortages happened. If food supplies are limited or rotting in the trucks as predicted, how far north do you think they will get?

So don't preach to me about what I spend or how long I need to stock up for. If anyone goes short, I'm making damn sure it won't be my family.

gasping our loud is very dramatic and insinuating someone has anxiety issues is insulting.

As I said, I’m in Ireland but I’ve had a huge unexpected outgoing this week that has left me very much struggling on the food front so I will definitely be taking tips from these threads and stocking up when I have the money to do so.
I’ve learned quite a lot from this thread and in hindsight I’ll never get my cupboards go so bare again!

@Tippexy - glad you have volunteered to be responsible for keeping my family fed. No wait ... that's my job and I will do it however I think best. Gasping out loud should come after considering how we got to this mess.

If you grate cheese before you use it it can be used in smaller amounts straight from the freezer for sauces, omelettes, cheese on toast, etc.

Before you freeze it!