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Kitchen Pantry Storage Can Save You Money
How can your kitchen pantry storage save you money? Well, it all depends on how you use it…
Having pantry storage available allows you to buy food and other household essentials in bulk. If you have a large walk-in pantry you can take this to the limit and buy as much in bulk as possible, but if, like most of us, your pantry storage is limited in size, you’ll have to pick and choose what you buy in bulk. Take these factors into account:
- How much of this item do you use?
- How quickly will you use it up and free up the space?
- How much money will you save by buying in bulk, compared to the storage space used? $1 off on a 12-pack of toilet paper is not as good a use of storage space as $1 off a packet of spices.
- Will any of the bulk buy go bad before you can use it? This can wipe out any bulk buying savings.
More Ways A Pantry can Save Money
- You have a better chance of using the food before it goes bad if it’s in front of your face on a pantry shelf rather than stuffed in the back of a base cabinet because that’s the only space available. Less waste means less money spent.
- You can reduce the number of shopping strips you take – reducing time aqnd gas costs for the travel, but also reducing the opportunity for impulse buys at the supermarket.
- You can organize your coupons inside the pantry so you see them and use them when you see stocks getting low
- A pantry helps you cook from scratch instead of buying processed meals
- You can eat from the pantry instead of ordering out.
- You have plenty of storage space for home-processed foods (e.g. dried or canned) which are cheaper and better than industrial versions bought at the store
- The pantry provides storage space for equipment that saves you money: canner, dehydrator, vacuum bagger… and supplies for the equipment like jars and lids.
- Having food stored evens out price variations – if something spikes in price you can usually avoid buying it till it goes down again, and you can buy more when the price is low.
- You spend less on fancy kitchen cabinets – pantry storage space is often cheaper and is easy to build yourself.
- A large pantry can provide space for long term processes that can save you money – making your own vinegar, wine and beer; rising bread, or drying foods, for example.
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