I gave up my costco membership.

Their prices aren't that great to begin with. I just wait for a good sale at the grocery store and end up cheaper than the bulk stores. They may look at me funny buying a cart full of tomato sauce but I just don't care. Often you can get to the cardboard sleeves of the food by pushing the ones in front to the side. As Jerry described, you wind up saving alot of money if you can afford to buy a years worth of an item when it's on a great sale then rotate it.

Cost savings alone is good enough reason to have a big pantry. Start watching those coupon queen shows I hear all about and learn how they do it.

Asain markets are the best place to get cheap rice. There's a nice one in Broomfeild and one one parker rd.

Opsec is important, only a handful of people have seen all my preps. Though I put myself in the lime light with the survival co-op and such.