As I stated in my first post on this blog, if you set aside just 5 percent of your take-home pay and use that money to build up your food storage pantry, you can build up a pretty good surplus in a relatively short amount of time.
Let's say that 5 percent of your take-home pay is $25. Last fall I did a little research on how much could be bought for $25 at that time. Among the items:
25 lbs. of frozen carrots at Walmart (which I dehydrate and store in mason jars)
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17 lbs. of frozen spinach at Walmart (which I also dehydrate and store in mason jars)
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50 lbs. of rice at Sam’s Club (with about $9 leftover)
or...
30 lbs. of dry beans at Sam’s Club
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18 cans of canned mackerel at Walmart
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4 6-gallon cases of bottled water (because without water, you'll die)
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7 cans of Cafe Bustelo coffee at Walmart (coffee is my daily treat to myself)
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a 400-count bottle of naproxen at Sam’s Club (with about $8 leftover)
or...
10 paperback NIV New Testaments (because man doesn’t live by bread alone)
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