How much of each item do I need for my family?I've found two very handy online tools that helped me get my answers.
How much do I already have?
The first is a calculator that assess how much of each food item your food storage should contain. Go here to check it out! Remember too that these recommendations are not set in stone. If no one in your family eats lima beans, please don't purchase 13 lbs of them! Your family's personal preferences do matter and should be taken into consideration when planning for food storage.
The second is a helpful tool created by Emergency Essentials that helps you assess how long the food storage you have currently will last you. The Food Storage analyzer can be found here. Take 5-10 minutes to input a few pieces of information and you'll be well on your way to figuring how how far your current food storage can stretch!
The Food Storage Analyzer not only calculates your large cans and buckets of food items, but also allows you to input items you've gotten from the grocery store! I also appreciated the nutritional information it supplied. If you're interested in trying this free analyzer out, remember that you can still get a free $10 Emergency Essentials gift card for providing a review! Go here for more information on that offer.
In an effort to inspire you all to begin accumulating food storage, Emergency Essentials would like to sponsor a Giveaway here on Utah Deal Diva each month!
This month the featured item is a 6-piece Breakfast Variety Combo! With a value of $101.50, the Breakfast Combo comes with several valuable items to add to your food storage, including:
- Freeze-Dried Scrambled Eggs
- Hash Browns Potatoes
- Granola
- Milk
- Quick Oats
- Freeze-Dried Peach Dices
If you'd like to win this 6-piece Breakfast Variety combo for your food storage, simply leave a comment on this post, letting me know the main struggle you're facing in accumulating a food storage.
Ways to get additional entries:
- Become a follower! Current followers, just tell me you follow and that will be fine too!
- Email at least 5 people who live in Utah, telling them about my site! Let them know about the Giveaway so they can enter too! Copy me on the email: utahdealdiva at gmail dot com.
- Do one or more of the following : Tweet about this Giveaway, post about it on your blog, Facebook, or any other social media site you belong to!
- Lastly, you can have 1 more entry if you sign up for the Emergency Essentials Food Storage analyzer here. If you've already signed up, that counts as an entry as well!
Giveaway will be open until Monday, January 18th at midnight MST. One winner will be chosen by random.org. Winner will be announced on my site, www.utahdealdiva.com. Winner has 48 hours to claim their prize or a new winner will be chosen.





























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«Oldest ‹Older 1 – 200 of 357 Newer› Newest»I love your site. So thanks for letting me know all the deals. Now for your question. The hardest food storage problem I have is where to put it. We do not have a very large house, and there just isn't anyplace to put everything. So I am not able to get as much food storage as I feel like we should because of the lack of space.
My problem is finding a place to store it in our three bedroom condo.
@mysteryslc
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I'm a follower
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ggriffith20@yahoo.com
The struggle our family has faced in accumulating food storage is not being able to afford food storage items on top of groceries each month. On one income it's hard to afford both.
My major struggle is I can't find enough storage space in my home! I do love those ideas you posted earlier though and think that we will be trying those out soon!
The biggest problem that I have is finding enough space to put our food storage. That is when a great deal of organization comes in handy.
I have also signed up for the Emergency Essentials Food Storage Analyzer!
beckywin@
I am a follower!
I would totally love to win! We could use this so much!! Kristinlydia01@
I am a follower
autumnd16@gmail.com
My biggest problem is that the thought of really getting into food storage seems so overwhelming. I have no idea where to even start
autumnd16@gmail.com
I sent an email to 5 of my Utah friends!!
autumnd16@gmail.com
The biggest struggle I have is finding the money to afford food storage when I can hardly find the money to buy groceries.
Athena
Dirkathena@yahoo.com
I wonder if the greatest challenge many of us face in building a solid supply, is having the courage to do without some of the luxury items we spend money on every month (carwash, movies, eating out, salons, etc. whatever your money pits are)in order to invest in the future as we have been asked to do! It takes planning, faith, and courage! manyburkmans@
Mine is also finding enough space.
I have to agree with the others, space is a major problem when it comes to food storage.
perkinsmom6
I am a follower!!!
perkinsmom6
The biggest problem I have is just being OVERWHELMED! I don't know if I should get started on just the basics, or keep building up my storage from good deals at the grocery store. I don't have the money in our budget to just go and buy huge containers of beans, grains, oils, etc. And water is a whole other issue. Oops, that's more than one problem!
I am a follower on Facebook, but don't have Twitter.
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I wrote an email to 5 friends.
sweetpea22203@
I posted a note on Facebook.
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My biggest struggle is finding room in the budget to buy some of the items we need.
I'm a follower.
I think that the biggest problem at this point is my husband being out of work and the money that we do have needs to go other places.
I'm a follower!
egundy@gmail.com
My biggest problem is that I'm out of money right now! I'm grateful for the stock up I have, but am cringing that I'm not able to re-stock at this point.
egundy@gmail.com
I signed up for the Emergency Essentials Food Storage Analyzer.
egundy@gmail.com
My main struggle was finding the money to do it, but your site has helped so much! Thanks!
I am a follower
I checked out the analyzer last time, what a neat tool! I need to get storing!
The biggest problem our family has setting aside money for food storage. It always seems to get spent on some other need!
Melissa S
ssbmelissa@yahoo.com
smidgie421@gmail.com
I am already a follower. Thanks!
Like most comments I see I also have a hard time with space in my two bedroom apartment.
My main difficulty is finding a way to store it and keep it organized enough that I can rotate it before things expire.
I'm a follower!
Posted on Facebook.
Our biggest challenge is just remembering to do it little by little so we don't feel like we have to spend a TON of money getting food storage up to par.
amy.skinner@
I'm a follower.
amy.skinner@
My husband and I just used the Emergency Essentials calculator the other night (with dismal results).
amy.skinner@
I love your site and check it multiple times a day and tell everyone I know about it. My main struggles are being able to afford food storage and where to store it in our tiny 3 bedroom home. wude72athotmail.com
Thanks for the contest! I'm a follower! It sounds like I have the same problem as some of the others and that is storage space.
dmwolf75@
I am a follower
pitchetti@
I just emailed 7 people about your site and the giveaway!
wude72at
Wow! What a generous company to do so many amazing giveaways! I have been to their store and I love it! They have tons of amazing products and their prices seem very reasonable!
My two biggest problems for food storage are: 1) lack of finances - since my husband is a full time medical student and I stay home with our 3 children we have no income which makes buying even the smallest bit of food storage very difficult. The good news is that he graduates in a few months and will start working! :) 2)lack of space...just like everyone else! Family of 5 in 600 sq ft = VERY difficult! :)
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My main struggle in accumulating food storage? Usually it's space, but now that I'm in a house, I have two different issues.
1 - Rotating it with my pantry. My pantry is nice sized considering I was in an apartment without one for years. But now, it's too small for food storage to be in there too. Sometimes I forget to go to the basement and check out what I've got before shopping. And even then, I need more ways to store it... more shelving and such.
2 - The other problem is that I seemed to have stocked up on big sale items, like granola bars, cereal, cake mixes, and pasta. But we eat more than just that. I need more cans, more items that we eat on a regular basis. But those items aren't always on sale for super cheap, so they get forgotten.
I'm a follower! :)
snjbuchanan@
By the way, I'm a follower! I think I check your site at least three times a day!
I did their Food Storage Analyzer! It is amazing! snjbuchanan@
I facebooked and tweeted this! :) snjbuchanan@
I emailed a bunch of people! :) snjbuchanan at yahoo
I just updated my facebook status to tell about your site and giveaway!!
My main struggle is finding the extra money to buy as much as I need to. Little by little we are getting what we can.
I just emailed you and 5 Utah friends (through facebook) about your giveaway!
Money is always a problem, but I also don't know where to start. I don't want food, or money, going to waste so I don't want to buy things I won't ever use.
I'm a follower!!!
Monique_holladay@yahoo.com
My biggest problem with food storage is not knowing where to start! Especially when we are low on funds to do it. katelyndg atyahoodotcom
My biggest challenges are money and space. We live in a very small space with two small kiddos. We have started to put stuff in the garage and park in our driveway. It's also hard to budget in the extra money each month to build food storage!
aliciarowberry@
I'm a follower!
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my main struggle is space! we live in a two bedroom apartment and we already use under our beds for storage.
allivasher @ hotmail . com
My main struggle is coming up with food other than cereal and granola bars--i'm not much of a cook, so having wheat would be silly since i don't know what to do with it--i know. i'm sad :P
I'm a follower! Love your site!!
I am a follower/subscriber!
snowbabe81@hotmail.com
I am a follower.
I am a follower.
brandym325@rocketmail.com
Signed up for food storage analyzer!
snowbabe81@hotmail.com
My biggest problem is finances. I've been trying to get a little each time I go grocery shopping.
hollyrspencer@gmail.com
I am signed up with emergency essentials calculator.
brandym325@rocketmail.com
I am a follower :)
hollyrspencer@gmail.com
I tweeted!
Mama_Snow
snowbabe81@hotmail.com
I sent an email to 5 people!
brandym325@rocketmail.com
My biggest struggle is space because we are living with our in-laws right now!
heather_sheffield@hotmail.com
Difinitely finding the space and extra money to spend on it. THanks Utah deal Diva!
I am a follower!
I signed up for the food storage analyzer.
hollyrspencer@gmail.com
Our biggest problem is keeping it organized in a small closet.
Money is a problem; more than anything, figuring out where to start. We eat a lot of dairy and fresh produce, so I don't know how to rotate items in that we'd want to have 'just in case' like canned produce or powdered milk--since we don't like them.
I'm also a follower.
We have moved twice in the past couple of years in order for my husband to finish school. I've been trying to use up, rather than accumulate, food so that we don't have to essential pay to move it. That will all change in April, though, as he graduates and we will be settling down! I'm ready to begin stocking up:)
tylerandreagan@
I'm a follower!
tylerandreagan@
I follow!
keri_dean21@
Main struggle? We keep eating it! I guess that's a good way to rotate.
My main struggle with getting a good food storage is money. We just don't have the funds right now to get a lot of food storage, other than all the things I get from the grocery store with coupons.
Debbie P: rebbiedeed@
our biggest struggle is knowing where to put the food, we're working on being creative!
I'm a follower.
Debbie P: rebbiedeed@
I'm a follower
I signed up for the food storage analyzer
Ugh, trying to figure out how to store it. I can't seem to nail down a system that allows me to rotate and really know what I have. And, of course, money is always a limiting factor!
I am now a follower.
My problem is trying to afford it. I do what I can to buy a little extra each time I go shopping but things are already tight as they are since I lost my job.
tabsie08@gmail.com
I have a couple of challenges...the hardest is probably finding space. We have a couple months worth of storage, but I'm just about out of room and can't build the storage more!
Our biggest struggle is making sure we buy things that we will use before they go bad while also building a long term storage.
purplecow112 at hotmail.com
I am also a follower. :)
I am a follower as well!
Being able to buy food storage and weekly groceries too.
cklaharris@
My biggest problem is keeping track of what I have. I don't have a good system, especially in my freezers.
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I'm a follower!!!! Giveaway or not, I love your blog.
My problem is storing it. I live in a 500 ft apartment! Where do I put it?
I am a subcriber to the food storage analyzer.
jessiarnett@
I have posted the info for this giveaway on my Facebook.
jessiarnett@
I feel so overwhelmed by the whole food storage idea. This would definitely give me a place to start.
Ashley W.
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My biggest challenge is that my husband just got layed off!
my biggest problem is all the excuses I make for not consistently doing it--money, space, rotating. So I guess it comes down to my priorities.
I am a follower!
I am a follower
I'm a follower!
How awesome. I am already a follower. :-)
I lack both money and space.
I am a follower!
Kim L.
kimberlycoe@
ps--I just realized that I didn't put any contact info on my last post, but I'm the one (Kim) who lacks money and space.
I have signed up for the food storage analyzer.
Kim L.
kimberlycoe@
I'm a follower!
i'm a follower!
candyawilson at hotmail dot com
I am a follower!
I am a follower!
I used the analizer. Sadly I only have 20 days of food storage. 345 left to go!
I blogged about this give away!
cuknbake@
I think my main stuggle with food storage is that I don't know what to get. I guess there are so many choices that I get overwhelmed and don't know what to get. I need to be better at making a plan before I go to the store I guess.
I struggle with space!
I'm a follower!
Our biggest hurdle in food storage is money.
Emily Miller- follower
Emily Miller- my main struggle has been figuring out how long we can store certain items in 6 gallon buckets. We prefer using buckets over #10 cans on long term storage.
I just signed up to be a follower!
I just sent this to five friends! :)
I posted the link, and commented about this site on Facebook...
My problem is remembering to rotate the things that need to be rotated!
~shaelani.rose@
I'm a follower!
shaelani.rose@
My main struggle about food storage, is I buy the food, then it just expires and I never use it. It's hard for me to get motivated to use the stuff in my daily life so that I can keep my food storage from expiring. I feel so wasteful when I spend all of this money on food, I tend to never use.
I signed up for the food analyzer as well.
Also, in case my profile doesn't show my email address for you it's etuck2009 at gmail dot com.
My biggest problem with food storage is rotating food!
Thanks....Kari Schwitzer
karischwitzerjm@yahoo.com
My problem with food storage is knowing what kind of food to buy each month, where to store it (again in an apartment), and also how best to store water.
My current struggle is we're finishing our basement so we have very little room for everything I've gathered, much less more food. Hopefully that will be overcome in the next few months!
I think one of my biggest problems with accumulating food storage is that I'm unoriginized in that area--food storage seems overwhelming...
sal4qt@gmail.com
i use google reader to read your blog-does that count as a follower? thanks,
sal4qt@gmail.com
We don't have much space for food storage and I am also concerned about how to store our food so that it will last for years rather than being spoiled when we pull it out to eat it. ashjsouth@gmail.com
My family is really trying to add to our food storage! monica(dot)dixon@hotmail.com
My biggest problem is not accumulating it but finding ways to use it in my daily/monthly meals to utilize it and know how to make yummy food when a real emergency occurs.
Heather F.
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I signed up at at emergency essentials
monica(dot)dixon@hotmail.com
I am a follower and I love your sight. Thanks for all you do.
stacykya@gmail.com
added you to FB and I also posted this giveaway as my status! Thanks for everything you post!
monica(dot)dixon@hotmail.com
My main struggle is keeping track of what I have and how much I need. I have a pretty good supply, but no idea if it's enough for one year and how to rotate and keep a supply.
Rotation, rotation, rotation. Things seem to get really old really fast (ie canned goods) graybearutah
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I think our biggest obstacle right now is the money. I need to get things for a good deal
katrinasouthwick@gmail.com
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food storage analyzer
I am a follower
I struggle with rotating food, not wanting to waste but yet having a hard time using some of it.
jjclw3@gmail.com
I'm a follower!
My struggle is just getting it all organized in my little brain and getting started with it all!
I'm a follower!
My problem is deciding what I would actually eat when it came down to really needing it. I know I have lots of peanut butter and jelly saved, but that won't get me very far!
ranscode01@yahoo.com
The hardest thing for me is having space for all the food storage I need.
shannonthurlow@
I am a follower.
shannonthurlow@
This is a great giveaway! I'm working on our food storage and updating our 72 hour kits and this would help me out so much! Our biggest struggle is finding the space to store it all. We don't have a large family (4) but we rent out our basement and so it's been a challenge to store it all. Also, I've worried lately that we don't have as much as we should, so I may be checking out that calculator.
lady.of.perpetual.chaos@gmail.com
And I'm a follower!
lady.of.perpetual.chaos@gmail.com
This would be such a great thing to have in my home! Count me as a follower and a facebooker and all the above....
My biggest problem is deciding where to start. I get overwhelmed with the whole idea and with rotating and using the food and so I fail to get started at all!
katie844@hotmail.com
My biggest challenge is rotating and using what we have and knowing what we will actually eat.
rjtaylor1220@gmail.com
My biggest challenge is rotation. I don't yet have a system to help me remember what items are about to expire.
My biggest obstacle with food storage, is I do not cook very often. Because of that fact, I am not sure what food I need to store for emergencies. I have been going with the just add water meals instead, but I'd like to do other things as well.
kristidorman@
I am a follower.
kristidorman@
My main struggle is not having the space to store the food.
crissa17@hotmail.com
My biggest problem is that I don't know how to use it.
Thanks you so much for doing thiss!! My biggest problem is trying to fit funding into my budget. Also, I have a hard time using items that I am told I must have for food storage, when I am not used to cooking with those items.
I'm a follower! Love your site!
My biggest challenge is sacrificing money from my monthly budget to work on items like these that are hard to rotate.
The biggest challenge I have is pulling money from my monthly food budge to spend on food storage.
My biggest challenge is figuring out what I have and what I need - I just buy things and put them in my basement and then rarely go down there to check on them. I do go to the dry pack cannery once a month and pack 6 cans of something which has added up quite quickly...
I'm a follower!
I signed up for the sign up for the Emergency Essentials Food Storage analyzer!
heatherdoxborrow(at)gmail(dot)com
I have a hard time knowing where to start and knowing what I need. It is pretty overwhelming and sometimes I feel like I'm just buying stuff because I know we will use it. I would love to be more organized about it and have a better plan to follow.
heatherdoxborrow(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm a follower!
heatherdoxborrow(at)gmail(dot)com
I signed up for the Emergency Essential Analyzer, hopefully this will help me get together a better game plan. Thanks!
The biggest challenge I face is not having easy access to canning facilities or caselot sales now that I live out of state. People in other states just don't seem to take this sort of thing too serious. I would love to win.
natgoblue(at)gmail(dot)com
I'm a follower. cancantim@ (I follower under another personal address)
I've been working on this for the last 8 months--I went to a meeting in which they encouraged you to purchase a 90 day supply of heat & eat meals for your family. I have several long term storage items but I've also put together some 90 day breakfast, lunch and dinner sheets so that i'm prepared for anything. The breakfast kit would be a perfect fit in my overall goal. Holly5271@comcast.net
kurtessa@yahoo.com
I'm a follower. We're on a tight budget and it's hard to afford anything extra right now.
My biggest challenge is knowing what to store and how much of it.
threekstrio at yahoo dot com
I'm a follower!! :)
threekstrio at yahoo dot com
love your website. My struggle is where to start. I feel like I am building my short term storage, but not long term and don't know where to start!
i am a follower
I just don't have very much space for my food storage in my home.
anniedayton at gmail dot com
I signed up for the Emergency Essentials Food Storage Analyzer!
Heather F.
Ann Smith - I've worked on my food storage for years and it seems like the biggest challenge is simply storing enough food for 7 people that they will actually eat that lasts long term.
Ann Smith - I am a follower - I check your site several times a day. Thanks for all you do!
My problem is finding space for our food storage!
Biggest struggle is money!
I signed up for Emergency Essentials. mjarvy@
I sent an e-mail....mjarvy@
My main problem like many other people on here is trying to find a place to put it. Storage for our normal everyday things is hard enough to find in this 1000 square foot house. Every nook and crany is already taken. Other part is money its so hard to put aside money for food storage when I dont even have enough money to buy us food for the week.
I posted your website on my blog! mjarvy@
I'm now a follower! mjarvy@
My problem is finding the money to buy the food. I have been able to do better since following your site, but money is very tight right now. This would help, because I don't have anything like this for breakfast stuff except the powdered milk. Thanks.
I am a follower. Thanks, Tawna
My biggest struggle is finding somewhere to put it all and finding the money in the budget to buy things! Kara B
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Kara B _ I am a follower!!!
scrapsincali
using in day-to-day cooking so it just doesn't sick there and expire without every looking at it again.
Ann Smith - just did the Food Storage Calculator - great tool, wish it was a little more flexible though, I have lots of things stored that i wasn't able to enter, but even so it says for my family of 7 i've got over 400 days worth of food!!!!!! I'm doing better than I thought! Yea!!!!!!!!
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