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Our Once a Year Shopping List

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This is my once-a-year shopping list. 

It's long. It's a lot. I spread the shopping out over three days in the week between Christmas and New Year so it's not absolutely exhausting.

And I love it! I love that the bulk of the grocery shopping for the entire year is done in just three days. I love that I can control our grocery spending. I love the security of knowing that regardless of what happens, we can eat and stay clean and keep our home clean for the next 12 months. 

All for three days effort.
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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 bought in bulk once a year from Hindustan Imports    
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 - Gace 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 - 80pk  -  24
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 -   24
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
Tomato Soup  -  104
Tuna  -  24
TVP - 10kg
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
Legs of Lamb -   13
Mince  -  40kg
Roasting Beef  -  13
Sausage mince  -  5kg
Sausages  -  12kg
Steak  -  12kg* (this is optiona and depends wholly on the price)
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 -   20 (I make soap throughout the year)
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
It's a long list, and it works for my f.amily. 

There are variables, for example, the meat. I will buy the bulk of the meat and poultry we eat once a quarter, topping up if there is an extra good deal (chicken $4.99/kg, corned beef $7/kg etc.). The meat portion of the grocery budget is separate and has a separate purse where I keep a running total so I don't go over budget.
There is a portion of the grocery budget kept for a weekly or fortnightly top-up of fresh milk and fruit and veg.

It sounds complicated but it's not. It is so much easier than having to do a big shop once a week or fortnight. 

Do I miss some sales? Yes, but then most of what I buy is generic, and generics don't come on sale very often. 

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