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How to Build Your Stockpile Part 3
What I stockpile, how much we keep, and where it all lives – the Super Shopper way
Building a stockpile is a very personal thing. It needs to reflect what you actually use, otherwise it’s just money sitting on a shelf.
There are plenty of stockpile lists floating around, and they’re useful as inspiration, but no list should ever be followed blindly. A stockpile that works saves money, time, and stress. A stockpile that doesn’t get used is just clutter.
In my dreams, I’d make one list, do one giant shop, and come home with everything we need for the next twelve months.
In real life, I have a grocery budget — and if I want my stockpile to save money instead of creating debt, it has to fit inside that budget. The same applies to you. Stockpiling is not about spending more; it’s about spending smarter.
A quick reality check
Before you look at the list below, a few important reminders:
• This stockpile is for a family of five
• I was not starting from scratch
• I already had:
○ at least three months of most groceries
○ six months of some items
○ around a year’s supply of cleaning products
Your list will almost certainly look different — and that’s exactly how it should be.
There are plenty of stockpile lists floating around, and they’re useful as inspiration, but no list should ever be followed blindly. A stockpile that works saves money, time, and stress. A stockpile that doesn’t get used is just clutter.
In my dreams, I’d make one list, do one giant shop, and come home with everything we need for the next twelve months.
In real life, I have a grocery budget — and if I want my stockpile to save money instead of creating debt, it has to fit inside that budget. The same applies to you. Stockpiling is not about spending more; it’s about spending smarter.
A quick reality check
Before you look at the list below, a few important reminders:
• This stockpile is for a family of five
• I was not starting from scratch
• I already had:
○ at least three months of most groceries
○ six months of some items
○ around a year’s supply of cleaning products
Your list will almost certainly look different — and that’s exactly how it should be.
Stockpile List - 12 Months Supply |
Groceries Baked Beans - 104 Baking Paper - 1 Cereal - Ricies 12 Cereal - Weet-bix -1.2kg 24 Cereal -All Bran - 24 Cereal -Rolled Oats - 10kg Choc Bits/Melts - 12 Clingwrap - 1 Cocoa - 2 Condiments - Coleslaw dressing - 12 Condiments - Herbs Condiments - Honey - 6 Condiments - Jam MOO Condiments - Mayo - 2 Condiments - Nutella - 6 Condiments - Peanut butter - 24 Condiments - Peppercorns - 1 Condiments - Salt - 5kg Condiments - Spices Condiments - Stock cubes - 4 Condiments - Vegemite - 2 Cornflour - 3 Cream of Chicken Soup - 24 Custard Powder - 2 Dried Fruit - Cherries - 1kg Dried Fruit - Dates - 6 Dried Fruit - Mixed Fruit - 5kg Dried Fruit - Sultanas - 5kg Drinks - Coffee, Instant - 2kg Drinks - Coffee, Pods - 48pks Drinks - Cordial - MOO Drinks - Tea bags - 100pk - 4 Flour - Gluten - 5kg Flour - Plain - 112kg Flour - SR - 60kg Foil - 1 Icing Sugar - 12 Legumes - black beans (canned) - 12 Legumes - soup mix - 3kg Legumes - split peas - 3kg Legumes - kidney beans - 5kg Molasses - 1 Mustard - wholegrain - 12 Nuts: almonds, walnuts, hazelnuts, peanuts Oil - Olive - 12L Oil - Vegetable - 4L Pasta - Noodles - 12 Pasta - Spaghetti - 26 Pineapple rings - 12 Popping corn - 1kg Powdered Milk - 12kg Rice - 20kg Sauce - BBQ 250ml - 6 Sauce - Soy - 2 Sauce - Sweet Chilli - 1 Sauce - Tomato 2L - 4 Spaghetti - tinned - 12 Sugar - 48kg Tinned fruit - 24 Tomato Soup - 104 Tuna - 24 Yeast - 2 Freezer Butter - 24kg Casserole/Stewing Steak - 15kg Cheese - Tasty - 24kg Chicken - Drumsticks - 15kg Chicken - Fillets - 52kg Chicken - Wings - 12kg Chickens - Whole - 26 Corned Beef - 12 Fruit - oranges, strawberries, apples, lemons, peaches Legs of Lamb - 13 Mince - 40kg Roasting Beef - 13 Sausage mince - 5kg Sausages - 12kg Steak - 12kg Vegetables - carrots - 20kg Vegetables - celery, onion, eggplant, capsicum, beans, broccoli, cauliflower, sweet potato, pumpkin, tomatoes - From garden Vegetables - corn - 12kg Vegetables - peas - 12kg Cleaning Bicarb soda - 5kg Borax - 3 Bug Spray - 4 Dishwasher powder - 12 Dishwashing liquid - 6 Eucalyptus oil - 3 Laundry soap - 3 Scrub buds - 3 Washing soda - 4 White vinegar - 5L Toiletries Bodywash - 12 Conditioner - 12 Deodorant - 43 Hairspray - 4 Handwash - 12 Moisturiser - 4 Mouthwash - 6 Razors - 4 Shampoo - 18 Shaving foam - 6 Soap - 60 Toilet paper - 12pk - 12 Toothbrush Heads - 6 Toothbrushes - 24 Toothpaste - 30 First Aid Band Aids - 2 Bandages - 2 Betadine ointment & drops - 1 Ginger tablets - 1 Hydrogen Peroxide - 1 Immodium - 1 Isopropyl Alcohol - 1 Nurofen - 2 Paracetamol - 2 Saline - 1 Savlon cream - 1 Zyrtec/Telfast/Claratyne - 3 |
Yes — we eat a lot. And this list doesn’t even include the produce from the garden that gets bottled, dried, pickled, or frozen through the year.
Where it all fits
Looking at that list, you might wonder how it all fits in one house — but it does.
• Pantry: everyday groceries
• Kitchen cupboards: tea, coffee, herbs, spices
• Laundry shelving: bulk dry goods in labelled tubs
• Under laundry sink: cleaning supplies
• Under kitchen sink: dishwashing products
• Bathroom cupboards: toiletries
• Linen cupboard: first aid box
• Freezers: one in the laundry, plus overflow space borrowed from Mum
• Garden shed: toilet paper (one pack brought inside each month)
Storage isn’t about having a perfect house — it’s about using what you have creatively and keeping your inventory updated so nothing gets lost.
Because there is nothing more frustrating than knowing you have peanut butter… but not being able to find it.
In Part 4, I’ll share how I buy for this stockpile over time, how I rotate it, and how the Super Shopper approach keeps it calm, affordable, and sustainable.
Continue the series:
Where it all fits
Looking at that list, you might wonder how it all fits in one house — but it does.
• Pantry: everyday groceries
• Kitchen cupboards: tea, coffee, herbs, spices
• Laundry shelving: bulk dry goods in labelled tubs
• Under laundry sink: cleaning supplies
• Under kitchen sink: dishwashing products
• Bathroom cupboards: toiletries
• Linen cupboard: first aid box
• Freezers: one in the laundry, plus overflow space borrowed from Mum
• Garden shed: toilet paper (one pack brought inside each month)
Storage isn’t about having a perfect house — it’s about using what you have creatively and keeping your inventory updated so nothing gets lost.
Because there is nothing more frustrating than knowing you have peanut butter… but not being able to find it.
In Part 4, I’ll share how I buy for this stockpile over time, how I rotate it, and how the Super Shopper approach keeps it calm, affordable, and sustainable.
Continue the series:
How to Build Your Stockpile Part 1
How to Build Your Stockpile Part 2
How to Build Your Stockpile Part 4
Steady. Intentional. Cheapskates-smart.
How to Build Your Stockpile Part 2
How to Build Your Stockpile Part 4
Steady. Intentional. Cheapskates-smart.