Fall and winter preps

[Irving]

Thanks for update. The Costco on 92nd and Sheridan was limiting to 1 per person of chicken. I was about to buy breasts and wings though.

[tactical_2012]

King Soopers has 2lbs packs of Strawberries on sale for 2 for $3. Just picked up 40lbs for a little over $30!

[TheGrey]

King Soopers has 2lbs packs of Strawberries on sale for 2 for $3. Just picked up 40lbs for a little over $30!

Great to know! Thanks.

Right now, Sam's Club has the 9+ lb pork loins at $1.58/lb, which is far less than the $3.38/lb they were asking for at the beginning of June (when they actually had them). I've heard rumor that this is still from the previously-frozen stock on hand. They had very little bone-in chicken (save for the 2-packs of roasters they normally carry for $.92/lb) and they had a bunch of chicken breasts that were discounted slightly because they were getting close to the sell-by date, at $1.72/lb.

They had a sale on the #4.5/lb packs of ground beef (90/10) going for under $3.00/lb.

Just FYI, and it may be something you really don't want to think about- if this fall is handled anything like this last lockdown, you'll want to pick up "girl's stuff" if you live with any ladies that are having monthlies or are close to the age/weight for their monthly cycle to begin. I understand items such as tampons and pads were difficult to come by. Be sure you find out what their preferred brand/sizes are. Don't just buy generic unless they request it!

[cmailliard]

Just dropped $400 at Amazon last night on hygiene items. Lots of TP available still . Just trying to even avoid stores as much as possible in the next several months.

[hollohas]

To expand on what Grey said above, diapers too if you have littles. Diapers were sold out everywhere as well last go around.

And I don't know if anyone mentioned it already, but dog food. My Chewy orders were delayed by weeks for a couple months in a row. They are back to shipping on time, but it'd be a good idea to have an extra bag or two just in case there are delays again. Can't have fido eating your precious human food if the grocery is going to run low again.

Edit: I caught up, looks like it's been covered!

[TheGrey]

To expand on what Grey said above, diapers too if you have littles. Diapers were sold out everywhere as well last go around.

And I don't know if anyone mentioned it already, but dog food. My Chewy orders were delayed by weeks for a couple months in a row. They are back to shipping on time, but it'd be a good idea to have an extra bag or two just in case there are delays again. Can't have fido eating your precious human food if the grocery is going to run low again.

Edit: I caught up, looks like it's been covered!

Cats, too! I was annoyed with Chewy- seriously, we've been customers forever and I finally canceled my Autoshipment after five weeks of being overdue for the food and cat litter.

[Hummer]

The stores are now back to normal stock levels on most things, especially foods, TP and other paper goods. Still, 70% and 91% isopropyl alcohol is scarce, and hydrogen peroxide is trickling in. No simple ammonia product at all. We use a good amount of all those so I keep looking and buy when I can. Sam's hasn't had it's good, low cost carpet cleaner since February. I like clean carpets. Any sanitary and cleaning supplies are important. We keep stocking up as we can and shop almost exclusively in Grand Junction where the Covid risk is lower.

We're keeping up on vehicle maintenance so we don't have to deal with it later. We have extra wheels and new tires mounted if imports get cut off. Store fuel if you can safely do so. I'm having our propane tanks topped up now while prices are low, including the spare tanks. Just filled the 300 gal. diesel tank but need to move and fill the 300 gal. gasoline tank.

If you have income now is the time to build preps. Supplies that will sustain you over several months and more. We're still in the early stage of the pandemic and things could get more serious by October-November. I expect a war like situation if not a hot war coming. Protect yourself, your family and friends.

[TheGrey]

Good points all, Hummer! Our nearby Kings is still out of pasta on most days- not that I buy a lot of pasta, but I've got it on hand in case our young neighbors with children run low of things. Certain varieties of canned beans are also limited, oddly, and I haven't seen much of certain types of soup since February. Strange.

I asked a worker at Sprouts of they have any idea if they'll be having Roma Tomatoes on sale 2/$1 like they have every year about this time, and she said they not only have no idea, but they sometimes don't get the shipments in that they're expecting. Eeeep. I may have to bite the bullet and pay $.88/lb like they have on sale now.

[Erni]

This May have been covered but not sure.
How do I store large bags of goods? Looking to store in the basement and worried about critters. Buckets? What type and where?

Also I heard that flower goes bad and oxidizes. How do you store it?


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[tactical_2012]

Pick up some 5 gallon mylar bags with O2 absorbers and cheap buckets with lids to hold them is your cheapest route.

Look at this on eBay
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324166729003

Use a straightening hair iron to seal the bags. I picked one up at Goodwill for $3 have sealed tons of bags with it