How to stock up on groceries and household chemicals and save

2024 Author: Malcolm Clapton | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:44

Buying wholesale will help you spend less money and time.

To appreciate the benefits of a complete home warehouse, you need to plan carefully.

What are the advantages of bulk purchases

If you've ever looked at the price tags for your favorite products, you'll notice that large packages tend to be cheaper than small ones. Wholesale - saving on the obvious, on the difference in cost.

What other advantages does the wholesale have?

• Buying groceries and things in bulk, you save on travel costs, gasoline and other overhead costs.
• You save time by constantly running to supermarkets. Even if you are tired after work and do not want to go to the store, you know for sure that you have something to cook dinner with.
• Bulk shopping helps you stick to your meal plan. Judge for yourself: fewer trips to the store - less chances to grab a harmful yummy with you.
• Well, and a fashionable reason: less packaging means less waste, less environmental pollution.

What to buy

Naturally, each person has a different set of products and goods that are used every day. If you cook, for example, buckwheat four times a week, then it should be bought in large quantities. And if you use peas once a month, then a large bag will go bad long before you eat everything.

Write what and in what quantity you need to buy. And no more. In the process, it is easy to peddle and grab excess. Remember that you are going to save money and time, and you are not building up the country's military reserve. And it is obvious that there is no point in buying perishable food in large quantities. What to look at?

Products:

• Cereals, cereals, instant porridge.
• Peas, beans and lentils.
• Nuts.
• Vegetable oil.
• Spices.
• Pasta (all types and shapes).
• Dried fruits.
• Sugar and salt.
• Flour.
• Candies.
• Tea and coffee.
• Honey.
• Ready-made sauces: ketchup, mustard, soy sauce.

Vegetables and fruits can also be bought in bulk. This is beneficial if you buy seasonal fruits (the most useful), and then process them: dry or freeze.

It is profitable to buy meat if you have a large freezer. Then you can work hard and find a farm where you can directly purchase large quantities. But it is important to ensure that the farmer does not neglect the veterinary control. Considering the current prices and quality of meat on the shelves, the trip to a reliable supplier is well worth the time.

Household goods:

• Washing powder, cleaning products.
• Toothpaste, soap, shampoo.
• Toilet paper and wet wipes.
• Batteries.
• Packages.
• Baking foil.
• Dishwashing sponges.

Where and how to buy

For large purchases, you need to go to a hypermarket, market or wholesale center. There are several life hacks for additional savings.

• Go shopping with your container. This is especially true if you decide to head to a wholesale hypermarket. In such places, there are always bags, packages, bags and boxes. But if you buy them again every time, then all the savings on wholesale will go down the drain.
• If you prefer products of the same brand, call the branded point of sale and check the minimum lot size for sale.
• In large convenience stores, shop at night: there are fewer queues during this time.
• Don't let the markets weigh on you. Check the goods on a checkweigher or take a steelyard with you.
• And don't let the sellers pack the goods into the packaging: do everything yourself so that you don't get a spoiled product.
• Ask for a sample at markets and wholesalers. As a rule, sellers are accommodating if possible. Product looks can be deceiving, don't miss the opportunity to check what you are buying. Just don't forget about hygiene.
• It is also customary to bargain in the markets, especially in the evenings. And if you constantly buy from one seller, then the discounts will be greater.
• Unite. Make a joint list with friends and family: split a large pack of the product, saving on cost.

How to store

Before you go for wholesale purchases, you need to decide where you will place all this. There are no universal advice here, because someone only has a free shelf in a tiny kitchen, and someone can allocate the basement of a huge house for a warehouse. But this is more related to the number of items you can buy.

Look for empty spaces that you can turn into storage. Down to the void under the beds, where you can safely send household goods.

When it comes to preserving freshness and easy storage, the principles are the same.

1. Find good packaging

Keeping groceries in bags is not a good idea. It is better to store all food products in plastic or glass containers, and cereals and flour - not in a huge container, but in many small ones. The same applies to oils. Pour them into small, clean bottles, rather than keeping one hefty one. If some food goes bad due to the wrong temperature or humidity, you can save the rest.

Most likely, you will have to spend money on containers. But only once, then it will be easier. Buy them in bulk too. At the same time, make sure that they are compatible: approximately the same size and shape. This will make it more convenient and easier to group storage containers.

All containers must be washed, dried well (this is very important!), And then tightly closed.

2. Disassemble what is already there

First, clean the kitchen counter completely. Place a trash can next to it.

Then open all cabinets, drawers and shelves. Transfer all their contents to the table.

Already on the table, sort out all the supplies, ruthlessly throwing away the spoiled ones. Consider why it messed up so you don't repeat the mistakes.

Wash the shelves before putting food back into the cabinets.

3. Extend shelf life

If you buy cereals or seeds, especially on the market, you will have to process them before packing: dry, roast or freeze for a couple of days (only in dry form). Thus, you destroy microorganisms, that is, extend the shelf life. Sift the flour.

4. Label containers

On each container you need to write what and when you put there. And ideally - until when to use or at least when to revise the content. This will insure yourself against unpleasant surprises.

5. Stick instructions for use on containers

This is true if the storage is used by a large number of people. For example, someone uses only brown rice, while someone doesn't care what to cook the side dish from. Then it is better to write a warning: "Do not touch if you are not Sasha."

6. Make a general list of products

It is not enough to mark all containers, a general list is still needed. Write in the column the names of all the products you have. Opposite each one, put as many dots or checkboxes as the number of containers you have full. As the contents of the containers come to an end, you will check them off the list. And you can always notice in time that it has already ended.

7. Cook according to plan

The point in storing large batches appears if you use up everything purchased on time. To do this, you need to eat foods according to plan. Make a rough menu for 2-3 weeks and stick to it so that there are no distortions when you used one product and did not touch another at all.

Save time on cooking. Cut meat, fish and vegetables immediately and turn them into semi-finished products.

8. Keep records

If you are not yet tired of putting things in order and accounting, then remember that receipts must also be saved. Then see where to buy and how much you can save.