Heads up about some food prices.
04-04-2011, 09:21 AM
#41
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Location: Illinois
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Originally Posted by hobo2000
Just canned chicken breasts, caught a big sale $.99 per pound. Just shove them down into sterilized jars add 1 Tsp. sea or kosher salt put the lids on not tight and put into
pressure canner for 70 mins. The chicken is so delicious when you use it, it is amazing. I do Stew, chili, spaghetti sauce, beef chunks for pulled beef sandwiches, pork chunks. Much better than filling your freezer and then the electric goes out and........ Also, you can make incredible jams and preserves. Right now I get 2 huge containers of strawberries for $3.99 makes 10 Pints + of strawberry jam. Buy unsweetened Concord Grape juice and make grape jelly NO HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP so it tastes like grandmas's.
pressure canner for 70 mins. The chicken is so delicious when you use it, it is amazing. I do Stew, chili, spaghetti sauce, beef chunks for pulled beef sandwiches, pork chunks. Much better than filling your freezer and then the electric goes out and........ Also, you can make incredible jams and preserves. Right now I get 2 huge containers of strawberries for $3.99 makes 10 Pints + of strawberry jam. Buy unsweetened Concord Grape juice and make grape jelly NO HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP so it tastes like grandmas's.
04-04-2011, 09:25 AM
#43
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Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Oklahoma
Posts: 1,272
Originally Posted by happyscrappy
ok, so why shake the tomato plants? for better production as a result of less competition? never heard of that before but if that is the reason, wouldn't it just produce larger tomatoes? also, would i freeze the coffee beans? thanks for the info.
04-04-2011, 10:17 AM
#44
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: 25 yrs in TN; now back home in MI
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Next time you go to the grocery store, check out the new sizes of cereal boxes. Close to the same height but the box is narrower. Chips bags are the same size but not as full. The prices are the same.
Make sure you check the label telling you price per unit. Bring your calcualtor as the units are not always the same, making it harder to compare.
I've also seen a reduction of brand offerings. Kroger seems to have about 80% of your choices as Kroger brands.
Make sure you check the label telling you price per unit. Bring your calcualtor as the units are not always the same, making it harder to compare.
I've also seen a reduction of brand offerings. Kroger seems to have about 80% of your choices as Kroger brands.
04-04-2011, 11:01 AM
#48
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Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Castle Rock, Washington State
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Originally Posted by BellaBoo
DH gets a Bloomberg econo mailing. I browse through them for a heads up on food info I can find. Today I found this:
...Coffee, sugar and cocoa prices will rise five- to 10-fold by 2014 because of shortages that will mean consumers getting “swamped” by food-price inflation, according to Superfund Financial.....
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
If you have storage for these items, stock up to ride out the increase. These items have decades long shelf life. Whole coffee beans last for years. It may seem alike a long time away but it will increase to that high point starting this year. It may not happen but doesn't hurt to be prepared if you can for any items that contain these food you enjoy.
...Coffee, sugar and cocoa prices will rise five- to 10-fold by 2014 because of shortages that will mean consumers getting “swamped” by food-price inflation, according to Superfund Financial.....
:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
If you have storage for these items, stock up to ride out the increase. These items have decades long shelf life. Whole coffee beans last for years. It may seem alike a long time away but it will increase to that high point starting this year. It may not happen but doesn't hurt to be prepared if you can for any items that contain these food you enjoy.
04-04-2011, 12:53 PM
#50
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Enid, OK
Posts: 8,273
got this from a site I belong to!
How much BULK can you store!
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
How much BULK can you store!
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
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