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Originally Posted by TVGuy Deb,
This type of info helps very much. Curiously, where are you going to store all that bagged cereal and taco shells? Sounds like these "stockpiles" could get out of hand if not properly managed. And how do you make sure the stuff stays fresh? In other words, do you organize the food according to expiration dates? I'd love to see photos of someone's massive stockpile. Do they share photos on here?
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I had to laugh here only because I have 4 kids and cereal doesn't stand a chance of survival in my house, LOL So there's no worries about storing it!
I can't speak for Deb, and we don't have double coupons here unfortunately, but whenever I stock up on items I make sure they are non-perishables or items that have long expiration dates. I stock up on canned goods whenever I can, and I always store most recently purchased items toward the back so the older ones are used first.
Some perishables can be frozen, like milk, cheese, cream cheese, bread, and so on. So when there's a sale on those, I stock up and freeze, keeping in mind what types of things my family eats and go through on a regular basis. We have a chest freezer in the garage and it comes in very handy, epsecially when meat goes on sale.
We are fortunate enough to have a lot of cabinet space and extra room in the garage and laundry room. When we lived in Wisconsin our space was much more limited and I had to be more creative. I used a wrapping paper storage box to store items (like cans and small boxed items) under the bed, and I would use plastic shelf space makers to utilize empty space in my cabinets.
We do share photos here, but I don't have any massive stockpiles as my kids each too much. LMAO
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When I was young we used to go "skinny dipping"; now we just "chunky dunk" 
