Despite our best intentions, life often interrupts survival preparation and dollars become scarce – or at least more rare than they were before life intruded.

By budgeting a small amount each week, though, you can stockpile over a year enough food to get you through most survival scenarios; here is a weekly spending plan!

Week 1:     6 Pounds of Salt
Week 2:     5 Cans Cream of Chicken Soup
Week 3:     20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 4:     8 Cans Tomato Soup
Week 5:     50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 6:     6 Pounds of Macaroni
Week 7:     20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 8:     8 Cans of Tuna
Week 9:     6 Pounds of Yeast
Week 10:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 11:   8 Cans of Tomato Soup
Week 12:   20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 13:   10 Pounds of Powdered Milk
Week 14:   7 Boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
Week 15:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 16:   5 Cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
Week 17:   1 Bottle of 500 Multi-Vitamins
Week 18:   10 Pounds of Powdered Milk
Week 19:   5 Cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup
Week 20:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 21:   8 Cans of Tomato Soup
Week 22:   20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 23:   8 Cans of Tuna
Week 24:   6 Pounds of Shortening
Week 25:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 26:   5 Pounds o f Honey
Week 27:   10 Pounds of Powdered Milk
Week 28:   20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 29:   5 Pounds of Peanut Butter
Week 30:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 31:   7 Boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
Week 32:   10 Pounds of Powdered Milk
Week 33:   1 Bottle of 500 Aspirin
Week 34:   5 cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
Week 35:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 36:   7 Boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
Week 37:   6 Pounds of Salt
Week 38:   20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 39:   8 Cans of Tomato Soup
Week 40:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 41:   5 Cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
Week 42:   20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 43:   1 Bottle of 500 Multi-Vitamins
Week 44:   8 Cans of Tuna
Week 45:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Week 46:   6 Pounds of Macaroni
Week 47:   20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 48:   5 Cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup
Week 49:   5 Pounds of Honey
Week 50:   20 Pounds of Sugar
Week 51:   8 Cans of Tomato Soup
Week 52:   50 Pounds of Wheat
Here is What you will have Stored … after just 52 Weeks
You’re about to be surprised, maybe even shocked, at what your 52-Week Food Storage Plan has enabled you to purchase and store for emergencies. You will have accumulated all of the following:
500 Pounds of Wheat
100 Pounds of Sugar
40 Pounds of Powdered Milk
12 Pounds of Salt
10 Pounds of Honey
5 Pounds of Peanut Butter
45 Cans of Tomato Soup
15 Cans of Cream of Mushroom Soup
24 Cans of Tuna
15 Cans of Cream of Chicken Soup
21 Boxes of Macaroni and Cheese
500 Aspirin
1000 Multi-Vitamins
6 Pounds of Yeast
6 Pounds of Shortening
12 Pounds of Macaroni

Stockpiling food can be an intimidating task – from a logistics and storage perspective as well as from an overall cost perspective.

Luckily, if you plan wisely and are disciplined, you can stockpile enough food to get you through most survival situations for around five bucks a week.

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