Wow I just did an inventory of my pantry and freezer and Im very pleased.  Ive been trying to stock up on a variety of items when they are on sale and I think Im in good shape.

Pantry

Ice tea mix, 2 large jugs of apple juices

1 box linguini, 2 box spaghetti, 1 box elbows, 3 cans of spag sauce

backup peanut butter, 3 dressings, 2 mayo, 1 ketchup, 5 dressing mix pks, bbq sauce, shake n bake, 1 bx stuffing mix, 2 cans of coffee, 1 br.crumbs

lg can baked beans, can carrots, can beets, can pots, 4 cans of different fruits, 3 cans of gravy 10 different cans of soup, 5 cans chef boy r dee, 1 bx kraft mac & cheese, 1 bx annies mac & cheese, 3 pasta roni, 3 rice a roni, 1 uncle bens, and a near east pilaf, 2 boxes of instant white rice. 3 pks ramen noodles, 3 cans crushed toms, box of instant oatmeal, 3 cans of solid pack pumpkin, 2 instant puddings, 1 jello, 3 muffin mixes, 1 brownie mix, 1 cookie mix,

(I didnt count the basic things like flour sugar salt oil vin etc.) I also didnt count what is in what we call the snack cabinet and things like that i have hidden away ;)

FREEZER

1 lg turkey breast, 1 whole chicken, 1pk split chick brst, 2 pks thin bnlss chick, 1 lb ground chicken, 1 2lb pk of gr.beef, 2-1lb pks gr.beef, 1 beef roast, 1 pork roast, 1 pk sausage, 1 dinner in a bag, 1 frozen meat pie, 1 froz.chick pot pie fam.size, 1 large bag of breaded chicken breasts (bjs size bag), 1 pk cube steak, 1 bag ravioli, 1 pizza dough, 4 loafs of bread, 8 bags of frozen veggies, 2 bags of shredded cheese, 1 1/2 pounds butter, 2 box bagel bites, 1 toaster pastry, 2 cans of frozen juice.

Now I know every family is different.  I now know what I need to get more of and what to use up before buying more of also. 

Wow, Terry, looks like you have a good supply! Planning on doing a grocery exile w/all that?

I keep a running inventory of my pantry & freezer. I'm pretty well set for awhile and have been trying to keep my grocery lists to a minimum by planning meals w/what is already on hand. I have a great supply of canned/nonperishable items as well as some meat in the freezer thanks to the generosity of dh's union. (They had a thing going for awhile for laid-off members.)

I need to do a grocery exile.  Since the beginning of school I have been just too busy to shop much and we lived off the stockpile.  I am so thankful that we had the stockpile but I will admit, the last couple weks we had only lima beans for veggies and applesauce for fruit.  Not proud of that, but we're all still here ;-)

Last weekend I finally had time and money enough to go to the grocey outlet I love and get some stuff as well as take advantage of a geat sale on pork at the groceyr store this weekend.  There are still many thing I am trying to stock up on but am not able to find at a good price (perhaps with the economy I won't right now...).

Also, I decided to try a "Great Food For All" box (like Angel Food) where you buy a box for $30.  I had never done this and the church near our home was doing it.  I may try this one more time, bbut I am not at all impressed.  Everyone raves over how much food you get but with sales/coupons I can get MUCH more, and the quality is kind of junky IMO.  The ground beef is 73/27 (there as 2 pounds).  After I cook it it may be 1 pound left.  I never go below 80/20 and that's only for hamburgers.

Anyway, needless to say, after the box of food, a grocery outlet trip and the time to hit some grocery store sales finally, we have PLENTY of food in the house.  My menus are planned through November and we have a little more variety :-)

Amy