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title: "Accelerating the Purchase of Preps"
url: https://suburbansurvivalblog.com/accelerating-the-purchase-of-preps/
updated: 2026-06-29T13:37:33+00:00
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# Accelerating the Purchase of Preps

Ideally, you replace one can of something with two cans of that same something when you use it and you are rotating your preps. Lately, I have been a bit lazy thinking I have had enough, but I really do not, and if you read [Friday’s post](http://suburbansurvivalblog.com/thinking-about-more-preps-goals-milestones-and-disaster), clearly my head is spinning about what to do… After posting last evening, I threw together a list of additional items I want to add to my preps to either replace or add to what is already there. Here is what I have come up with. I hope this helps fill in some of your own gaps.

**Preps**

- Soups (Canned) – Costco / various
- Stew (Canned) – Costco
- Canned Protein – Costco – Chicken / Tuna
- Coffee – Costco (a couple pounds at the very least)
- Canned fruit – Costco
- Apple cider vineger – A couple gallons at least
- Sea salt – 5 LBS??
- Kosher salt – large box (Qty 2)
- Powdered milk (Several Boxes)
- Gatorade (Powdered)
- Iced tea mix (Two large containers, Powdered)
- Tang (Two large containers, Powdered)
- Rice (White)
- Beans – canned
- Beans – dried
- Beef bouillon – large – Costco
- Oatmeal – large container
- Flour* – whole wheat and white
- Salsa
- Ketchup
- Canned tomatoes for sauce
- Pasta
- Hot chocolate
- Chocolate syrup
- Molasses
- Canned vegetables**
- Crisco shortening
- Canola Oil
- Laundry soap
- Pancake mix / regular and whole wheat
- More toilet paper
- More paper towels
    - Check this roll out… This might be a good option for preppers: [http://goo.gl/ossBD](http://goo.gl/ossBD)
- More Medical supplies
- Hot sauce – make anything take good.
- Lamp Oil

**Other preps (Not core for comfort and )**

- Vodka and other booze (cheap) for barter, and other uses
- Beer – Barter, consumption, etc.
- Candy bars, bags of chocolate candy
- Hard candy
- Protien bars

**Lowes**

- 5 – paint buckets with lids
- Pad locks
- Box for patio/deck to store items outside of apartment that are taking up space

**Online**

- Mylar bags
- O2 Absorbers
- Harmony house foods
    - Dried vegetables
    - Soy Protein product
- Mountain House foods
- More seeds for gardening/farming

* Some of you might get on me for this one instead of buying grains, but there is not a ton of room in the apartment, and I use the flour over time and rotate it out.

** Maybe, as I am looking into purchasing a dehydrator and dehydrating my own vegetables instead of buying them. I can purchase them at the grocery store and do it myself for a fraction of the cost… The dehydrator could pay for itself in no time at all…

This is an expensive list to “add” to what I already have. However, if I want to accelerate my preparations, I feel like I have to add to it quickly. I just do not feel like I have enough. Next question, taking a look at the financial situation and can I do this all at once or over the next three months???

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