A year's storable food for $688

A year's worth of emergency supplies

I assume that you have your act together enough to shop around a bit and know how to find good prices.

• peanuts/other nuts, 48 oz $8
• raisins, golden 1 lb $4
• raisins, dark 1 lb $3
• dried apples, 3 lbs $5
• "American" dried bananas, 4 lbs $5
• Thai dried bananas, 1 lb $3
• dried figs, one "round" $3
• dry sausages, asstd, 4 lbs $16
• beef jerky, 12 1.5 oz bags $12
• bottled lemon juice, 2 bottles $6
• bottled lime juice $3
• tea, asstd, 2 lbs $30
• multivitamins, 3 jars $39
• tunafish, 20 cans $13
• sardines, 6 cans $9
• other meat, 10 1 portion cans $16
• soups, 10 asstd cans $17
• "cream of" soups, 5 cans $3
• potatoes, sliced, 10 12 oz cans $6
• beets, 6 12 oz cans $4
• carrots 6 12 oz cans $6
• beans, 48 asstd cans $30
• sauerkraut, 2 64 oz jars $9
• other veggies, asstd, 20 12 oz cans $25
• dried shitake mushrooms $8
• canned mushrooms, 4  6 oz cans $2
• peanut butter, 5 jars $20
• dried beans,10 16 oz bags, asstd $16
• dried lentils, 10 lbs $5
• dried oatmeal, 5 lbs $10
• brown rice, 30 lbs $45
• jasmine rice, 50 lbs $20
• wheat pasta, asstd, 50 lbs $60
• rice pasta, asstd, 10 lbs $15
• flour, wheat, white, 50 lbs $20
• flour, wheat, unprocessed, 10 lbs $10
• cornmeal, 50 lbs $20
• flour, rice, 3 lbs $6
• yeast, asstd $10
• molasses, 16 oz $3
• sugar, white 5 lbs $5
• powdered gelatin, 1 lb $3
• low salt boullion, 5 jars $5
• spices, asstd $30
• hot sauce,Tabasco or equiv., 2 bottles $5
• fish sauce, 1 16 oz bottle $2
• ajvar, mild, 16 oz jar $3
• ajvar, spicy 16 oz jar $3
• spaghetti sauce, 30 26 oz cans $25
• hard candies, 3 types,  16 oz each $3
• energy bars, 4 $9
• chocolate, 10 bars, asstd $7
• "gatorade"-style drink powder, for 128 oz $5
• babaganoush 12 oz $3
• hummus 12 oz $3
• milk powder, 16 oz $3
• condensed milk, 12 6 oz cans $10
• cooking oil, 32 oz $4
• white vinegar, 64 oz $2
• apple cider vinegar, 32 oz $3
• soda, name brand, 12 pack, asstd $4
• soda, generic brand, 24 pack, asstd $6

 

Comments

[Craig A. Glesner]

Well, not so sure even in a year I would some of that stuff. Still beats more burned zombie victim. :p

Nice list, saved it of course.

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Breaking this down, I'm seeing way too much grain-based stuff (0.7 pounds, dry weight) and barely enough everything else (in a day you'll get about 1/3 cup of legumes and less than a portion of some meat, fish or nuts, plus about a mouthful apiece of a fruit and a veggie).

Grain (258 pounds (0.7 pounds per day), $206)
• dried oatmeal, 5 lbs $10
• brown rice, 30 lbs $45
• jasmine rice, 50 lbs $20
• wheat pasta, asstd, 50 lbs $60
• rice pasta, asstd, 10 lbs $15
• flour, wheat, white, 50 lbs $20
• flour, wheat, unprocessed, 10 lbs $10
• cornmeal, 50 lbs $20
• flour, rice, 3 lbs $6

Proteins ($145 — each week you get about 1 oz nuts, 1 oz dry sausage, 1/3 oz. dried beef, 2/5 can tuna, 1/3 can sardine or other meat, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 6 oz. dried legumes, 1 can beans)
• peanuts/other nuts, 48 oz $8
• dry sausages, asstd, 4 lbs $16
• beef jerky, 12 1.5 oz bags $12
• tunafish, 20 cans $13
• sardines, 6 cans $9
• other meat, 10 1 portion cans $16
• peanut butter, 5 jars $20
• dried beans,10 16 oz bags, asstd $16
• dried lentils, 10 lbs $5
• beans, 48 asstd cans $30

Vegetables ($85 — approximately one can of spaghetti sauce every other week and one can of some other veggie once a week)
• potatoes, sliced, 10 12 oz cans $6
• beets, 6 12 oz cans $4
• carrots 6 12 oz cans $6
• sauerkraut, 2 64 oz jars $9
• other veggies, asstd, 20 12 oz cans $25
• dried shitake mushrooms $8
• canned mushrooms, 4  6 oz cans $2
• spaghetti sauce, 30 26 oz cans $25

Fruits ($23, 1 pound per month)
• raisins, golden 1 lb $4
• raisins, dark 1 lb $3
• dried apples, 3 lbs $5
• "American" dried bananas, 4 lbs $5
• Thai dried bananas, 1 lb $3
• dried figs, one "round" $3

Other ($44, for special occasions only)
• soups, 10 asstd cans $17
• "cream of" soups, 5 cans $3
• hard candies, 3 types,  16 oz each $3
• energy bars, 4 $9
• chocolate, 10 bars, asstd $7
• "gatorade"-style drink powder, for 128 oz $5

Cook's supplies ($185)
• bottled lemon juice, 2 bottles $6
• bottled lime juice $3
• tea, asstd, 2 lbs $30
• multivitamins, 3 jars $39
• yeast, asstd $10
• molasses, 16 oz $3
• sugar, white 5 lbs $5
• powdered gelatin, 1 lb $3
• low salt boullion, 5 jars $5
• spices, asstd $30
• hot sauce,Tabasco or equiv., 2 bottles $5
• fish sauce, 1 16 oz bottle $2
• ajvar, mild, 16 oz jar $3
• ajvar, spicy 16 oz jar $3
• babaganoush 12 oz $3
• hummus 12 oz $3
• milk powder, 16 oz $3
• condensed milk, 12 6 oz cans $10
• cooking oil, 32 oz $4
• white vinegar, 64 oz $2
• apple cider vinegar, 32 oz $3
• soda, name brand, 12 pack, asstd $4
• soda, generic brand, 24 pack, asstd $6

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And 100 gallons of bottled water per person per year. To supplement any water-procuring and water-purifying equipment you have.