cheap foods/bulk foods that could be stored for long periods of time

[dnepro-mike]

I'm making a list of foods that i'm planning to start building up for long storage in case of whatever emergency.

this is for those foods that require no refrigeration and can be stored no less that 12 month in proper (for this kind of item) container.

so far i had come up with:
(break down in price when purchased bulk)

$1/lb or less
-pasta (elbows)
-rice
-oats
-barley
-wheat
-rye
-flour
-beans

$2/lb or less


$3/lb or less
-potato flakes
-buckwheat
-reconstituted milk

 

[Business]

spices are cheap and go a long way when you have been eating the same bland things for a month don't forget plenty of Sugar, Salt, Pepper and hot sauce

 

[Hiltonizer]

sugar, lots of sugar... copious amounts of sugar. You need it for canning fruits, baking anything. Stack those 50lb bags deep.

There's plenty of canned goods that'd work there too, you'll want canned tomatoes for making sauce for that pasta. MB just had 28z cans of Pastene for 79c a few weeks ago... you'll have to go with generic concentrate crud for now though for that price.

 

[Chrisg67]

most of the items you have in your list so far appear to require a high amount of energy to prepare. keep that into consideration when stocking fuel