Having read through the other posts, I'll just say, I agree with and practice the "buy what you eat, and rotate it on the shelf" approach... and the marker/purchase date system works real well. Shop the sales at your local grocery store(s), buy a little more than you need each week, and before you know it, you'll have built up the reserve you want (week, month, 3 months...). I did this prior to 12/31/99, and even though the world didn't come to an end, when the factory I was working at shut down, I was VERY glad to have six months worth of chow on hand, it wasn't what I had planned for, but it turned out to be the right thing at the right time anyway <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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