New to prepping. Add to my list please!

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I've been buying a few extra items each week to stash for second wave / Brexit / any other apocalypse scenario. So far I have

Tinned fruit
Tinned veg
Pasta
Noodles
Tinned soup
Tinned potatoes
Soap
Pasta sauce jars
Jam
Peanut butter
Rice
Tinned spaghetti hoops
Cheese, butter, milk and meat in freezer
Cat food
Calpol and kids' nurofen
Adult paracetamol

Need to get
Loo roll
Laundry detergent
Washing up liquid
Dishwasher tablets
Batteries
Toothpaste
Flour (can this be frozen or did I dream it?!)

I've also nearly finished birthday and Christmas shopping!

Tinned or dried beans/chickpeas etc for protein. Fabric conditioner. Hand wash/sanitiser.
I always have a really good supply of any products/toiletries I really love/would prefer not to live without.

Added, thank you!

I really noticed in April that the lowest price point (value range) tinned items sold out fastest and some were still unavailable weeks later. Eg spaghetti, tinned tomatoes etc. The more expensive lines are double the price at least.

Tampax?
Cereal?
Frozen bread?

Car supplies? De-icer, etc. Make sure tyres etc are ok.

Candles, plasters, cotton handkerchiefs…..

Potted herbs....

Actually I've also got shoes and wellies for the DCs in the next size up, pyjamas and dressing gowns and clothes.

Will grab some socks and underwear in next size up.

@Howmanysleeosnow good ideas thanks.

@KayEngel I hadn't thought of those. It's anything consumable really isn't it?

Thermometer
First aid dental kit
Meds for digestive problems
Burn shield/burn gel
Supply of new "entertainment stuff" (crafts, board games,...)
Batteries, torch
Jump starter, if you have a car
Fresh herbs, salad greens, etc. if you have space for them
Very Lazy Garlic/Ginger/Chillies
Hankies
Travel bidet - can cut down toilet paper use
Period Products
Condoms, contraception
Shampoo, Conditioner, Facial Creams,...
Comfort food
Sewing supplies

If you have regular problems with thrush/BV/cystitis, it is possible to get some of the meds prescribed for future use.

I find freezing grated cheese and making my own pizza dough (+ passata/tomato paste/whatever I have around as pizza sauce) works out better in terms of how I use space. Napolina also make pre-made pizza bases that can be kept in the pantry and last a while.

If baking, find some good recipes that work with oil instead of butter (oil is easier to store)

Some cards for birthdays, weddings, funerals, christmas,... + stamps

If you have them, anything your pets may need. Pet stuff won't be top of the priority list in an emergency (or Brexit), so better to have more than less.

In the "nice to have but not really necessary gadget corner", I have found the sodastream and breakmaker really helpful. Plus, nothing tastes quite as good as freshly made bread with (tinned) soup. I also caved and got a table-top dishwasher. We don't really have space for a dishwasher but with three meals prepared at home, I simply couldn't keep up with the dishes anymore.

Definitely card for family birthdays and stamps I got caught out with this!
I got 25kg flour from shipton mills and froze in freezer bags
Yeast if you bake bread
Chocolate chips.. these were hard to get for kids baking.
Some treats maybe it's easy to forget when buying essentials!
Eggs, you can crack , whisk and freeze. Perfect once defrosted.
Any vitamins you might take, you can stock up on
Breakfast cereals

Tea
coffee
sugar
some powdered milk is handy to have unless you have a lot of freezer space, but if you do have freezer space i found having extra meals made and ready to go was the best as i dont have to think do i have say coconut milk to make a curry it was made already, frozen pasrty was really handy too as didbnt use yup eggs when making pies etc
cereals
oats -if your family eat porrige, or to make items like flapjacks then add some dried fruits like sultanas, or apricots and honey to your list.
tinned tuna is popular in my household.
I found my extra stash of items like tinfoil, baking parchment, lightbulbs, batteries , maple syrup, very useful

Sign up to a milk man - That was my massive fail! Weirdly not being able to get fresh milk was something that made me really anxious that first month when we couldn’t get anything.

Treats - a nice bubble bath, chocolate, gin, whatever your go to cheer up is. It does make a difference.

I have to say my bread maker was a godsend! I am rubbish at making bread normally and it really was good. I had bought a load of bread mix in Jan when I saw this mess coming.

Other bits and bobs -

Well stocked first aid kit.
Kids paracetamol
Extra Blankets (I get cheap ones from Wilco or EBay)
Hot water bottles
Vitamins
Tissues for colds
Frozen fruits for adding to porridge or making smoothies
Maple Syrup
Food safe plastic buckets (I get mine from Amazon) then you can cheaply bulk buy flour and sugar and store it.

Toiletries and any medicines you think you will need along with plasters, lipbalm, vicks, sudocrem. Also think about binbags, foil, washing powder, cleaning products and cloths. Yes you can freeze flour it helps to keep it safe from bugs.

Maybe get your car serviced before the Winter, and buy everything you might need for Christmas (presents, wrapping, cards, food).

LazyDaisy10 I ordered 1kg choc chips from Amazon, they had plenty.

Also Jif lemon, sugar, choc spread, biscoff, peanut butter, dried fruit if you, like us, like to make pancakes for breakfast.

We still have quite a bit of pasta but will be getting some more of that, tinned tomatoes you can do loads with and the Cajun type seasonings.
Frozen veg I find better than tinned so will be stocking up again with roast potatoes and chips.

To be honest we do a lot more freezer bits than tinned

Basically any of the essentials you would expect in a holiday cottage, plus food for 2 to 3 months.

I'll just add, if you're buying anything you don't usually, try it before you buy a lot. I made this mistake with some tinned meatballs - they aren't very nice! Luckily only got 3 tins.

Tea bags, coffee, olive oil, candles, bread mix, cake mix, squash or juice, bottled water, baking powder, bicarb of soda (great for cleaning and deoderising), deoderant and other toiletries, tin foil, food wrap, baking parchment.

Are you on a low income?

If you're not, how about leaving some of the basic value ranges for those who are and who can't afford to bulk buy.

I have very little room to have a stash but have bought candles, matches, torches/lanterns, heated throws. We live in Scotland.
Food wise, tea and coffee, long life milk, sugar, flour, pasta, lentils, rice, tinned toms, pasta sauce. Now slicing and freezing surpluses of peppers, corgettes, spinach, rhubarb etc.
Other stuff is toothpaste, paracetamol, lemsip, w up liquid, soap, sanitiser, hand wash. Not much but might help out

Remember that Brexit will be mixed with CV this Winter, so make sure that you stash things that will be harder to access after 31/12. Things such as Olive Oil, pasta, rice, and indeed anything from Europe.

are you on a low income? If you're not, how about leaving some of the basic value ranges for those who are and who can't afford to bulk buy.

I'm on a low income personally but our household income is reasonably good. I will only be buying 1 or 2 tins each week from budget ranges, not everything in the shop. So plenty left for others. That's the point of prepping isn't it? So when the shit hits the fan I won't be panic buying and leaving shelves bare.

Tin foil. Freezer bags. baking parchment.

Your in Scotland you said do you use solid fuel? If so stock up wood, coal, peat chimney swept, carbon monitors checked matches, extra hot water bottles fermals, maybe a couple solar lamps, lots of treats which ever you prefer I was surprised how much extra we used, power banks if kids need to study from home again and power goes plus battery powered radio, you can freeze flour, cheese. I'd get extra dried fruits nuts and as soon as Xmas food bits start usually around September I'd pick few bits up each week