Food Storage

Ok so I've thought about posting something about this before but haven't ever done it. Well lately I've felt very strongly about posting about it.
There are a lot of people out there (like me) who don't have any food storage. I've always known that I would need it eventually but wasn't really motivated to do so until about 6 months ago. We finally live in a house where my pantry is huge, and though it's now where near big enough to hold a complete food storage for a family of 4 I figured it was a good place to start.
It just so happened that President Bush decided he was going to send out a Tax Stimulus Rebate to boost the economy. We thought about several things we could do with this money and though we still have debt that it could have gone towards we decided not to use it for that. Since we heard several times that it was given with the intent that the majority would consider putting it back into the economy we decided we would but in the process we were going to help get ourselves ready for any future woes.
So we put it aside and started building a food storage. Back in March or April my ward had an enrichment activity on cutting coupons. I thought it was a great idea and decided to give it a shot. The idea was that we would order 5 copies of the Sunday newspaper and then there was a website for the Savvy Shopper (she's the one who did our enrichment) where I could sign up and recieve weekly emails which would tell me where items were on sale and what coupons could be used to get the best deal. I tried it for several months and for some reason could not get the hang of it. I'm just not a coupon clipper I guess. :)
As time went by I found an advertisement (in the Value Pack that comes in the mail) for something called Deals to Meals. I decided it was worth it to look into it. The girl who runs it started it in a response to an enrichment meeting she did in her ward. She goes through the ads and breaks them up into three catergories Great Deals, Good Deals, and Ok Deals. Anyway she doesn't use coupons, she just tells the best deals available int the ads. Then she goes on to tell how much you would need per person for a year supply; How long it will keep and she compares the prices to the LDS Cannery and Costco. I love that I don't have to cut coupons and I can still get good deals. I encourage anyone who needs help building their food storage to check it out. Even if you just want to save a little money on your gorcery bill!
It does require a membership but you can get a free trial and the monthly cost is minimal compared to what you will save! Check it out! She has a blog too; you can check it out here.