I need an intervention

[cheap traveler]

I usually have 10-15 boxes of cereal at home. There are 2 shelves for storage, and usually I only allow 4 open boxes at a time. Otherwise the kids will open each and every box, have one bowl, and not touch it again. So to entice them to eat what they open, I buy a new box of something they REALLY want, and they have to finish some other ones to open it

That is the only thing I stock up on like that though, so no intervention needed here

 

[secretpantssam]

I have the same problem but it's usually with pasta and sauce. Anytime I see pasta for like 75 or 80 cents I buy a ton. Recently I've been trying the "no buy" thing and eating all my food that I bought on sale and stocked away. I had a ton of meals already in my cabinet! But I still can't resist if I see a good sale!

 

[leahjade]

That's funny I was just saying that if we had a nuclear war, my neighbors could all come to my house for cereal (and to wash their hair since I also seem to horde shampoo), lol. Cereal usually has a year epiration date so you're pretty safe buying ahead.

 

[WDWHo]

I try to only buy "multi purpose" cereals, such as rice crispies, and chex so I can make rice crispie treats and monkey munch. The more cereal I have the less people eat it. I hate that.

 

[cmjaffe]

Last week Shaw's had Kellogg's cereals 10 for $25.00 w/$10 off on a decent variety... pantry was getting a bit low... great time to stock up... and luckily there was a coupon machine nearby spitting out $1 off of 2... stood there for a while... got 10 for $10, went through line 2x... must have spent almost $50 for cereal but now we've got the pantry replenished for the winter. Luckily the kids eat it for breakfast, snacks and sometimes an additional meal. We'll even take a few boxes w/us on vacation since they'll probably be at least $4+ each (especially since we don't have to worry about paying for luggage).
W/the cereal choices I know that they'll get some decent nutrition and I'm saving too...
Glad I waited for the sale since DD was starting to say... why don't you just buy it at Costco.... nah, I'd rather wait lol

 

[mickeyboat]

Hope those deals continue for next weekend. Our Girl Scout troop does a cereal drive every year to support their schools' breakfast programs. The better the deals, the more cereal we collect!

 

[Piecey]

15 boxes of cereal doesn't last very long here.... I think at one point (because of the sales you're mentioning) we had almost 30 boxes.

DH goes through at LEAST 1 box a week... more like 2. I occassionally eat some and our babysitter eats it and sometimes has her daughter who has a bowl for breakfast, too.

15 boxes would disappear here. I just looked in our cereal cabinet (yes, I have an entire cabinet dedicated to cereal) and almost had a heart attack that we are down to 7 boxes. Hopefully it goes on sale soon!

 

[PatsGirl]

Just a reminder that your local food pantries would love some of this stuff Just be sure that it hasn't expired...Every couple of months I go through my cabinets and put together a box for the pantry of stuff that I haven't been able to use or know that I won't use in the very near future, funny how I buy pickles and jar spaghetti sauce and never use the stuff