I turned our coat closet into a pantry, took out the bar to hang things and put in some free standing shelves. I will buy pasta and canned foods on sale and cereals, especially when I find the huge boxes of Cheerios for $2.00 and have a coupon. The other day, they were 2 for $4.00 with a coupon for save $1.50 on 3, which brought each box to $1.50. My kids eat tons of Cheerios!! Start small, don't break the bank starting. You can just get a few things each trip to the store and your stock will grow before you know it.

If you don't have a lot of room or live in an apartment or small house, you can look for creative ways to store your stockpiles, such as under the bed or I recently read of someone who used a huge crate in the living room to store stuff in and put a big board over it with a cloth and used it as their coffee table.

I should add that I don't stockpile meats and other freezer items, because I just have the small freezer in my fridge. If I had a larger freezer, I would be buying up all sorts of meats and freezer items as they go on sale.

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I do this with shampoo, soap, tp, etc. I have not started stockpiling any sort of food yet bcause I have not figured out where to put it.

I stockpile, health and beauty. I have tried groceries, but I just seem to let things expire (I need to come up with better organization

I've heard of some people doing a spreadsheet on their computer with a list and then every time they use anything, they subtract it from their list. It'd be a lot of work, but it could be done other ways, too, like putting the list on the inside of the cupboard and just entering it in the computer once a week or so.

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Walgreens normally has 5-10 items each month that are free after rebate. (You send in 1 rebate per month). Throughout the month, they also have good sales on many of the other items in their rebate book. I always get the free items and try to use mfg coupons on all items when possible. Also, if you get the rebate back on a gift card instead of by check, you get an additional 10% back. If I can't use some of the items, I donate them to a locale food shelf - most take food and personal/home care items.

I do a little of what everybody has said so far. I stock up on BOGO's and hope I have coupons also. I also take advantage of CVS ECB's; they have served me very well! It's good to know that the limit might be more than 1; I'll have to try that out this week!

One item I found that I shouldn't stockpile is mayo. I just threw away 2 jars becasue they were out of date (I don't mess w/expired mayo!).

Just start small and read all of the ads in detail. It will take you awhile, but you'll learn as you go. I'm still learning.

I stockpile only when it is free or really really close to being free. I belong to a group that lays out the deals for me since I generally need help due to full time job. I have stock piled more when it comes to personal care products thanks to CVS. I tend not to stockpile food as I don't have the space and don't want it to go bad. I do get in on the cheapie food items but only buy what I know we would use in a two week period of time. I am in cental illinois (peoria area) and illinois has awesome deals at many of our retailers...I have to sisters in MO whom are very jealous.

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I’ve been SWAK’d!

I had the same cherrio sale 2 for 4.00 but I found 75/1 couopns and my store doubles...I got em for .50 a box and got the same deal on the new rice krispies w/strawberries....I have about 15 boxes of each!!!

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I should have looked harder for a better coupon! I feel jipped! The one I used was one that prints with your receipt when you check out. I got it a couple of trips before I used it.

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Cheerios are on sale again at Publix 2/$4!!!