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By: Associate Money

Associate Money — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:40:47 +0000

I have a second hand freezer at home and I love to stock up my food during weekly purchases. It may be a huge one-time shopping expenses but I save more in the long run.

It is important to buy only those items which we really need, not because they are cheap. And, not to forget, consuming the perishables first.

By: Fine-Tuned Finances

Fine-Tuned Finances — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:11:08 +0000

I can’t bring myself to stock up on food. I spend about $40.00 in groceries for my self at WalMart or HyVee each week, and that seems to do more than enough for me. I always end up wasting stuff if I buy more than that.

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By: frugalscholar

frugalscholar — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 22:17:57 +0000

A generator costs around $600. I got one well after Hurricane Katrina. Those who had them before Katrina were like royalty, inviting the neighbors in for brief moments of cool air!

After the storm, we were the recipients of a lot of great food from freezers–people gave us tuna, steak, etc. We cooked what we could eat on a little camp stove.

For me, a freezer wouldn’t be a saver: I can’t even seem to get through the stuff in my fridge freezer.

By: funnyaboutmoney1

funnyaboutmoney1 — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:58:40 +0000

Hm. I like the idea of putting the frozen veggies in with the cut-up chicken. You should blog about that: it’s one of those ideas that’s so obvious it’s genius.

LOL! Seven years of turkey? Ick.

We have a Big Lots just across the freeway, over in Gangland Central. I’ll check it out.

I always cut up meat into serving-sized pieces before freezing it. It’s the only way to deal with Costco’s lifetime supplies. Even ground chuck I plan to feed to the dog (and myself, along the way) is divvied into patties that would serve just fine for a human dinner.

Probably it would be wise to have a generator to keep a freezer going, if you can afford it. I wonder how much one costs? And wouldn’t a solar-powered generator be ideal?

Around here, we don’t often have natural disasters, although when the monsoon-that-was-not (ohhh hevvins no!)-a tornado came through, parts of downtown Phoenix were without power for days.

By: Chance

Chance — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:44:29 +0000

I *love* my freezer and highly recommend a chest freezer. The cost of running one is very low per month, and by buying on sale, you can stash away alot of food.

Here’s the trick though, rotation. Only buy food you normally eat, break it down into portions you normally use, take a sharpie and date it, then rotate it. If you buy a pound of burger to use, take the previous pound out of your freezer and use that, replacing it with the new pound. It will become a habit in no time.

The guy who had seven years of turkey in his freezer had too much Old Food in his freezer. The freezer can really help with the portions — I routinely cut up chicken into stirfry slices and package it in a big ziplock with frozen veggies so it is meal in a bag. I make 5 of them at a time as a hedge against going out to eat cause I am too tired to cook (not frugal). Check out once a month cooking sites also, people have systems for freezer use. Have fun!

By: frugalscholar

frugalscholar — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 18:29:07 +0000

I am a stocker-up of food, but do not have a freezer. Perhaps that’s because I have a colleague, who, post-Katrina, donated 7 years of turkeys to the food bank! They were gratefully received and used, but still . . .I think you could have the same savings with canned items, which do not need special equipment.

Most of my stocking up is thanks to Big Lots, which gets some wonderful canned goods, many organic or “gourmet.”