if you are buying dried foods in bulk to help with costs that are rapidly rising in the grocery store, here a chart to help guide you on how much you can store in the two most common size containers used for storage.

Food Item

#10 Can 5 Gallon Bucket

Wheat 5 pounds 37 pounds

White Flour 4.5 pounds 33 pounds

Cornmeal 4.3 pounds 33 pounds

Popping Corn 5 pounds 37 pounds

Rolled Oats 2.5 pounds 20 pounds

White Rice 5.3 pounds 36 pounds

Spaghetti 3.9 pounds 30 pounds

Macaroni 3.1 pounds 21 pounds

Dried Beans 5.6 pounds 35 pounds

Lima Beans 5.4 pounds 35 pounds

Soy Beans 5 pounds 33 pounds

Split Peas 5 pounds 33 pounds

Lentils 5.5 pounds 35 pounds

White Sugar 5.7 pounds 35 pounds

Brown Sugar 4.42 pounds 33 pounds

Powdered Milk 3 pounds 29 pounds

Powdered Eggs 2.6 pounds 20 pounds

you can give my lima beans to someone else ;-)

That is a big help.also saw a chart that showed how much food a family of four needs for 3 months and 6 months.

I think all of that would last me for YEARS! And where is the chocolate on that list!? Now that would be #1 on my list. :thumbup:

yours AND mine! peas as well!

I sgree chocolate #1 and NOo Lima beans!

I'll take your lima beans!!! :-)

thanks, we are doing that.....and your figures are a big help!!!

Zoe Zat says....What about cat food!!!!!!!

I would have to figure out a place to put all that stuff (except for the lima beans)

PS - just say no to Lima beans.