Food Storage for $5.00 per Week

This week I am sharing a wonderful little resource I was given by our Food Storage Specialist in my ward. I am not sure who came up with this wonderful list, but if you know, will you please tell me so I can give proper credit?

The basis of the sheet I was given is that you can gather an entire year's worth of food storage for two people with just five dollars per week. Some weeks will cost a little less, and some weeks will cost a bit more. But the average money spent is just five dollars. It is suggested that you save the change from the five dollars so you can use it n the weeks that the items cost a bit more. I am sure that some of this will depend on where you shop and how you obtain your supplies. But I really do think that broken down this way, it makes getting a year's supply seem reachable, doesn't it?

At the end of one year, you will end up with 500 pounds of wheat, 180 pounds of sugar, 40 pounds of powdered milk, 12 pounds of salt, 10 pounds of honey, 5 pounds of peanut butter, 45 cans tomato soup, 15 cans cream of mushroom soup, 15 cans cream of chicken soup, 24 cans of tuna, 21 boxes of macaroni and cheese, 500 aspirin, 1000 multi-vitamins, 6 pounds of yeast, 6 pounds of shortening, and 12 pounds of macaroni.

This should be enough to sustain two people for one year. For every two people in your family, add $5.00 more and double or triple the amount of the item you are purchasing that week.

Here is the breakdown, so it doesn't seem so overwhelming.

Week 1-- 6 pounds salt,
Week 2-- 5 cans cream of chicken soup
Week 3-- 20 pounds of sugar
Week 4-- 8 cans tomato soup
Week 5-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 6-- 6 pounds macaroni
Week 7-- 20 pounds sugar
Week 8-- 8 cans tuna
Week 9-- 6 pounds yeast
Week 10-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 11-- 8 cans tomato soup
Week 12-- 20 pounds sugar
Week 13-- 10 pounds powdered milk
Week 14-- 7 boxes macaroni and cheese
Week 15-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 16-- 5 cans cream of chicken soup
Week 17-- 1 bottle 500 multi-vitamins
Week 18-- 10 pounds powdered milk
Week 19-- 5 cans cream of mushroom soup
Week 20-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 21-- 8 cans tomato soup
Week 22-- 20 pounds sugar
Week 23-- 8 cans tuna
Week 24-- 6 pounds shortening
Week 25-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 26-- 5 pounds honey
Week 27-- 10 pounds powdered milk
Week 28-- 20 pounds sugar
Week 29-- 5 pounds peanut butter
Week 30-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 31-- 7 boxes macaroni and cheese
Week 32-- 10 pounds powdered milk
Week 33-- 1 bottle 500 aspirin
Week 34-- 5 cans cream of chicken soup
Week 35-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 36-- 7 boxes macaroni and cheese
Week 37-- 6 pounds salt
Week 38-- 20 pounds sugar
Week 39-- 8 cans tomato soup
Week 40-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 41-- 5 cans cream of chicken soup
Week 42-- 20 pounds sugar
Week 43-- 1 bottle 500 multi-vitamins
Week 44-- 8 cans tuna
Week 45-- 50 pounds wheat
Week 46-- 6 pounds macaroni
Week 47-- 20 pounds sugar
Week 48-- 5 cans cream of mushroom soup
Week 49-- 5 pounds honey
Week 50-- 20 pounds sugar
Week 51-- 8 cans tomato soup
Week 52-- 50 pounds wheat