AWESOME Dry Milk Bucket Sale!!

I have been posting this on our Facebook page but also thought I would post it here! This is an amazing deal so this would be a great item to use as your 1 Food Item edition for January's FHE!!! By grouping up with another lady on Facebook we are getting the bucket 50% as a large bulk order. :) Let me know if you're interested!

Dry Milk Order- Order Date: January 18th (I will pick them all up on the 20th!!)

Recommended storage amount of dry milk per person per year is a minimum of 16lbs. The bucket has 28lbs which will help you meet your storage goal quickly.
I was price comparing the dry milk from the storehouse and a sale(which ends Jan 31st) on the dry milk buckets, and found this better price:

Storehouse- comes in 1.8lb mylar bags and costs $6.25 which works out to be $3.47/lb

28 lb dry milk bucket- (6 gallon food grade bucket, with mylar bag inside, and re-closable gamma lid.) $87.99 works out to be $3.14/lb
Bucket
28 lbs, 437 servings
$159.99 (retail price)
$87.99 (our group order sale price)
Non-fat powdered milk http://www.thrivelife.com/powdered-milk-3457.html#why (Non-GMO, gluten-free, no additives.)

Total price for 1 bucket would be: $90.63. I would need to have your money by the pick up date. :)

WOULD YOUR FAMILY HAVE SOMETHING TO EAT IF THIS WAS TODAY FOR US?????

The church revised their food storage plan to a simple 4 step plan. If you are not familiar with the new guideline you can read more about it onprovidentliving.org, but here is a shortened version of the 4 step plan. smile emoticon

DO step 1, 2, & 3 at the same time!!!

1. Bare minimum of a 2 week supply of water for each family member. *Will and I calculated it out to being 4.4 flats of 24 water bottles PER family member for a 2 weeks supply. Macey's is having their purified flats of water bottles on sale for $1.88 right now which was UNDER $35 for our 4 member family's 2 weeks supply!! Why did we not do it sooner???

2. Store a 3 MONTH supply of food that your family is USE TO EATING! That way, if you can't go to the store for food, the things on their plate are not a big shocker! smile emoticon With that, they said you can also add some long term food supply (like we did our hard wheat buckets!) along with your 3 month supply.

3. A small financial reserve in cash and coin. Does not have to be over $100 of cash and coin because when it all goes down money will not even have value. Sorry! frown emoticon

AFTER you complete the first three steps move onto #4:

ONE YEAR FOOD SUPPLY to sustain your family! Which we will all be working on or currently finishing! 

Check out the following article about what is going on in Greece right now. Click below:

Bare Supermarket Shelves In Greece Should Be A Huge Wake Up Call To Millions Of Clueless Americans

Will's and my family would survive for 3 months on the regular food storage (NOT including our almost year supply of hard wheat) we have and also 2 weeks supply of bottled water supply along with 2 water filtering systems to provide water when our bottled supply runs out.  I feel much better then I did just a few weeks ago even if we do not have everything that we would need for a year!!! 

WHAT ABOUT YOU?????????????????
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Idea For #10 Leftover Cans

I found this in a Facebook post of "41 Camping Hacks" that you can find on my Facebook page (the full list). I thought this would be a fun activity to try out as a family preparation activity! :) This is one way to reuse our #10 cans which we all have floating around the house or garage and makes the bread portable and resealable with the rubber lids. Wonder if we could come up with an "outdoor" oven that would be able to be used to bake these? Any ideas?

Tin Can Sandwich Bread

Ingredients

Dough/Bread machine
1 cup warm water
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 egg, slightly beaten
salt to taste
1/4 cup finely minced sun-dried tomato
1/3 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
1 cup whole wheat flour
2 cups all purpose flour
1 package (or 1 tablespoon) yeast

Directions
Mix all ingredients to create dough
Spray insides of two tall tomato-juice-size cans 
Divide dough and place in cans
Cover cans and let rise for an hour
Place cans in cold oven
Turn oven on to 400 degrees and allow bread to heat inside oven for 15 minutes
After 15 minutes, turn oven down to 350
Let bake for 15 more minutes at 350
Let cool and enjoy!

CASE LOT SHOPPING TIPS

Case lot sales happen about 3 times a year at local Utah stores (such as Maceys) and can be a big help in accomplishing your food storage supply goals. Here is some information and ideas on how to shop case lot sales for your food storage!

• WHAT IS A CASE LOT SALE? About 3 times a year, several grocery stores in Utah have case lot sales where you can buy 6, 12, 24 or 48 cans or packaged foods at a reduced price. There are also some freezer foods as well. You can also find dehydrated foods in #10 cans and buckets of wheat, oats and more at reduced prices. 
• COMPARE PRICES All items in a case lot sale are not the cheapest, so it is best to compare. Unless you have lots of experiences with food prices, I suggest you review my Utah Case Lot Sale Price list and decide in advance which items you want to purchase. It compares the case lot prices to regular prices found at Costco, Sam's Club, Walmart, the LDS Home Storage Center and a few food storage companies. 
• SHOPPING PLAN Planning beforehand will prevent shopping on impulse. You might get star-struck when you walk into a store and see all of those stacked cases. So it is best to come prepared with a list, gather only what you need, and get out of the store as quickly as possible.
• BUDGET Set a budget limit. You don't want to go in debt for food storage. "Patience is a virtue." Realize this is not the only sale. There is always another sale just around the corner.
• CONTAINER SIZE Only buy foods your family will eat or use, so you don't waste money. Stock up on the container size your family will use before it goes to waste. For instance, a 40 oz. peanut butter would go rancid in my family before an 18 oz. one will. And so would a gallon of oil, so I buy the 48 oz. size. Even though larger may be cheaper, it may not be the best choice for your family. 
• OTHER SALES There are case lot sales in January, March/April, August/September in Utah. And there will be some great baking item sales in November and December on items such as flour, sugar, brown sugar, powdered sugar, cake mixes, evaporated milk, etc., so you do not have to buy those items now unless you are really low. 
• SINGLE ITEMS AT THE SALES PRICE Some stores like Maceys let you to buy single items at the case sale price. This is helpful for those of you with limited storage space who may not want a whole case of one item. It also helps you buy a variety of foods. Smith's does not allow you to break a case.
• AVOID DISTRACTIONS Shop without little kids. Teens are great for lifting items or pushing an extra cart. But it's difficult to fit a child in a cart and 4 cases of food.
• ORDER IN ADVANCE Some stores let you order cases with a list found at the customer service desk. Love that! Fill it out and leave it at the desk, then come back when you are ready to pick up your cases. Call the store customer service desk to find out if your store does this.

Good luck!

CASE LOT SALES

Spring case lots sales are still going on, I believe, at least at Maceys and might be helpful in stocking up some food storage supplies. Here is a list I found online on the Prepared LDS Family blog that shows a lot of the items you can find on sale!


A Sample of Prices You May See
WF Bottled Water 24 pk. - $2.50 ($1.99 at Bowmans!)
WF Pasta 48 oz. - 2/$5.00
WF Canned Tomatoes - .50 ea. (.38 at Maceys & Bowmans!)
Hunt's Pasta Sauce 24 oz. - .88 ea.
WF Vegetables - .50 ea.
WF Mandarin Oranges  - .59 (.38 at Maceys & Bowmans!)
WF Canned Fruit - .88
WF Green Chiles - .50 ea. (.38 at Maceys & Bowmans!)
WF Refried Beans - .59 ea. (.38 at Maceys & Bowmans!)
WF Canned Specialty Beans - .50 ea. (.38 at Macey's & Bowmans!)
WF Macaroni & Cheese - .39 ea.
WF Peanut Butter 18 oz - $1.66 ea.
Pompeian Ex. V. Olive Oil 68 oz. 9.99
WF Albacore Tuna 5 oz, - .99 ea. (amazing!)
WF Creamed soups - .69 (.49 at Maceys & Bowmans!)
WF Tomato & Chicken Noodle soup - .55 (.38 at Maceys & Bowmans)
WF Broth - .59 (.38 at Maceys!)
WF Chili - .88
Apple Juice 64 oz. - $1.50 ea.
Morning Moos #10 Milk alternative - $9.99
Augason Farms #10 Dry Whole Eggs - $16.99
Whole Red or White Wheat 50 lb bag - $14.99
Krusteaz Pancake mix 10 lb. - $6.99 (about the same as Costco)
WF Pancake Mix 7 lb. - $5.98 at Bowmans
Mrs. Buttersworth Pancake Syrup 2 pk. 64 oz. - $6.99 (about the same as Costco)
WF Pancake Syrup 128 oz. - $5.98 (at Maceys & Bowmans)
WF Cake Mix - .88 ea. (amazing!)
WF Brown or Powdered Sugar 32 oz. - .99 (amazing!)
WF Sugar 4 lb. - $1.49 (about the same as Costco)
WF Salad dressing or mayo 30 oz. - $1.99
WF Oatmeal 42 oz. - $1.99
WF Instant Oatmeal packets - $1.50
WF Olives 6 oz. - .99
WF Ketchup - .99
Seasoning mixes - .33 ea.
Crest Toothpaste - .99 ea. (Fresh Market & Bowmans)

WF = Western Family brand sold in Utah

You are welcome to copy and past this list. Good luck stocking up!