
19. Use Up Your Product Stockpiles
In the United States, most households have an over-abundance of food. When you open your pantry, you might find cans and boxes of food that were never eaten. Unfortunately, a lot of people leave food for so long, it eventually goes past its expiration date, and it might get thrown away before you can use it. Does this sound like you? If so, it may be an opportunity to save money on groceries.

Instead of letting the food in your stockpile go bad, start cooking the food. Sure, it won’t be as delicious as some of the meals that you might have been planning, but if you can go a few weeks without going to the grocery store, you will save hundreds of dollars. Once you are forced to eat your stockpile food, it will also help you to realize just how little you actually need to buy when you start getting groceries again.