Food Inflation! What Should We Stock Up On?

I tell you what I stock up on and what I don't stock up on...
Frugal Queen in France
Like the menu board & Budget Book? We have now started Amazon Affiliate Links its available here:
Kitchen Slate Board: amzn.to/2S2tWjW
Budget Book: amzn.to/3qISz2i
We are a British couple living in Brittany on a budget.
Frugal recipes, days out, home renovations and day to day making do in France.
We’ll give you hints, tips, advice and an insight into our life in France.
Website www.frugalqueeninfrance.com/
FaceBook / frugalqueeni. .
Instagram / frugalqueen. .
Twitter / batt_jane
Equipment used
Camera : iPhone
Editing : iMovie on a Mac mini
Music:
Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. creativecommons.org/licenses/...
Artist: audionautix.com/
Some Sound from Zapsplat.com
KZbin Audio Library
Apple iMovie*

[@kathleens4252]

Immediately after my daughter got married she & her husband went to grad school in a different state. She told me their first argument came when they went grocery shopping and chicken was on sale(offer). The price of chicken, which they eat a lot, was much higher in their new location. When it was on sale she began putting multiple packages in the grocery cart. Her husband didn’t agree with what she was doing. She told him this is how my mother shops. The next time chicken was on sale her husband started putting packages in the cart-14 of them to be exact and told her that her mother had the right idea…you eat out of your freezer!!! She & I are very math minded and know our prices. They have 3 little ones & being aware of prices and sales allows them to eat well and stick to a budget.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@gwendauphin4371]

I do lots of baking for church, neighbors, etc and use lots of butter. It went on sale last March or April at Kroger (USA) and I bought 40 pounds at $1.99. Each time I get a pound from the freezer I smile😊

[@LoriSkees]

I shop at Kroger but I missed that deal! 😢I love when their English roast is BOGO!

[@melanienicholson2834]

I'm a single person limited income. I do a sinking found for 2 x's a year a pantry stock up. I do have a small chest freezer, I freeze bread, fruit and vegetables. I set myself a monthly budget for offers and sales. Needed items each month goes on a list. I feel less stress doing it this way.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

That is awesome!

[@decorDD]

That is super organised Melanie ...wow

[@yellownightjar]

Good job

[@rachelkieffer8707]

I don't stock up, I live in NYC and have everything within walking distance. I switched from shopping at Whole Foods to shopping at Aldi and that saved me so much money, I learned from you to meal plan and budget and that saved me even more. This month (January) I spent a third of what I spent last January on food, even with the crazy price increases. I am still fine tuning my budgeting and meal planning to save even more.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@marybethsteinel4466]

Reflective- I do childcare and have 6 kids to feed, live out of town. I stock up on canned items, paper products, cleaning items. Cereal, oats, rice, dried beans. Some convenience items- bagged dry soups, instant potato meals, rice meals so if I need a quick meal with no effort I can use those and it keeps us from eating out. Some days a can of tuna, GF cream of mushroom and a box of GF Mac and cheese made in to tuna casserole keeps us from eating out. And if it snows or we are flooded in- I have multiple shelf stable meals. My pantry is probably heavier than if I lived in town. I buy cleaning and paper products in bulk because I don’t like purchasing those on a regular basis.

[@kaykrausman8012]

Being in a Gulf State in the South (USA) and having been hit by multiple hurricanes, we keep at least a month's worth of water (we had to go close to a month without safe drinking/usable water, due to all waterplants being destroyed during the first of two hurricanes in 6 weeks) and stores could not open due to damage. We keep a stock of canned goods, medical supplies, pet supplies, flashlights and batteries, charcoal (for the BBQ), etc. for that very reason, too. 6 months out of the year, we're in hurricane season, so things I do not stock up on are frozen meats and vegetables. I've lost too many freezer fulls of those items due to lost electricity for up to 23 days at a time. I keep my supplies scattered throughout the house in case one area is damaged by the roof coming off in an area during a hurricane/tornado. It's always a good idea to have some sort of backups in your home, based on your area and mother nature's wrath. Stay safe!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@jobellecollie7139]

I was going through my pantry and the labels of what I've eaten. When I put in my order for replacements, it was over a 50% increase in prices over the past 5 months!!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Yep! Robbery!

[@chuckvenable4409]

Hello 👋 I'm a retired truck driver. In the early days road trucks just wasn't equipped to carry much food or anything. Progress in the years turned road trucks into mini rolling homes with enough room for microwave, fridge and other small appliances. I stocked up on can goods and basics as the cost to dinn in is outrageous today. On occasion I would eat in but not much. I had to learn right away to live frugal in those years or else I'd be working just to eat .

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@RN-mn3jn]

I have wondered how the truck drivers were making it in this inflation. To eat out now can be crazy expensive. My son travels a lot for work, and he said a salad with 2 chicken strips this week was $23 at Zaxby's in Florida.

[@decorDD]

@@RN-mn3jn wow that is insanely expensive

[@bernadettemckenzie7561]

Here in Canada I start stocking up on the bulky items like toilet paper and large containers of laundry detergent in the Fall. We also make sure that we are in a position to NOT shop for a week if we get snowed in.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Very sensible

[@Cookie7294]

A Canadian winter is no joke. Our city does snow removal after a big storm (25cm of snow yesterday), so we don't get snowed in. When the temperature is -25C or colder with windchill, we're very happy to make meals from stored food and put off going out to shop. Thank-you for sharing your shopping strategies.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Oh wow!

[@LoriSkees]

I recently made chili and used half the ground (minced) beef. Instead, I added 1/2 cup of lentils. It was delicious and we didn’t notice any difference! This will be my method from now on! It lasted us (my husband and me) three days. 😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@trishacarlson4122]

Hello! Just on a money savings goal. I buy ahead what i know we'll eat. Pastas, peanut butter, veggies, diced tomatoes, dry beans, seasonings, coffee & tea, etc. It cuts down my weekly budget. So if i buy the more expensive things one part of the month, it's easy to get through the rest of the week, in my house. It's just me & my partner. So we keep our bill probably between $40-60 between one and two weeks. I also at most, only keep 3 months of stock to make sure my pantry is a "working" pantry. I have been making a mindful effort to use all the food in my fridge before I go & buy more, which has helped *exponentially*. I also repackage my food when I get home. Chop the produce, condense veg/fruit together, regularly clean out the fridge at least once every 2 weeks. It's usually the condiments that get me :D Future goals, would love to have a 2nd freezer & larger pantry. I really hate going to the store. Any time I can just make a pasta + sauce + spinach or something simple is a total win. Savory oats, etc. Thanks for all your hard work in helping to give us great tips!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@mariannewesten3638]

Jane & Michael,Congratulations to 24.000 subscribers. And Thank You both for you're Inspiration👍👍

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Our pleasure!

[@spanishforkidswithmissjuanita]

My husband works for a wholesale food distributor, and sometimes we are able to get things for free or really cheap from his work. The other day he brought home a 12kg bag of organic flour which was free because the bag had a big rip in it (easily fixed with tape), and couldn't be sold to customers. We have recently started baking our own sourdough, which ends up being super cheap. A small sourdough loaf at our local bakery costs AUD$9.50, so we are saving a fortune there. We bake a couple of loaves at a time, slice them, freeze them and use them for toast.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

That’s great

[@bria2596]

Storage and longevity dates and rotation - those are the critical things I considered when buying items. I did buy mylar bags and oxygen absorbers to take care of some things that will do better stored that way. Otherwise, I am pretty much through stocking up on basics. I am in the use and rotate mode. I replace what I use and I put it behind the older ones. I have very limited storage and if I cannot see what is on hand, it will go bad. My job is to not waste anything. If I can tell that I will not get some things used up before their best buy date - like tomatoes or any other acid based item that does not allow it to be held for years, I will donate those items for someone else to use while they are still good.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@joycef8443]

Acid based foods like tomatoes, pineapple are good for 2 years beyond date stamped on can here in the US.

[@nancyinboise2160]

I bought mylar bags and oxygen absorbers to and if stored things like wheat berries. You can also use mason jars with oxygen absorbers and I put those in things like dried rice and beans. I also dihydrate some of my own fruits and vegetables that we grow same thing with the mason jars and oxygen absorbers. and store in a cool dark place

[@jackiepitchford3965]

Stocking up ++ on coffee beans, which freeze well, as does lurpak. Instant nescafe, yorkshire teabags, soap powder, toiletries, tinned meats, frozen meats, aluminium foil, loo roll, pretty much everything that could get very expensive this year. I'm not so concerned about cheap items but I do have a few on hand. I'm mindfully concentrating on off setting the mahoosive price increases coming to the UK soon, (threatening to go up by 30%), by having the higher cost items already in my pantry, if that makes sense, lol

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks so much

[@WRN383]

I know this might not suit everyone but maybe stocking up on paper plates, it saves on hot water and washing liquid. In the UK you can buy 100 paper plates for £2. Obviously you can't use for every meal but definitely a plus for any preps you may have. I would also suggest adding a thermous flask as there is often boiled water left over for tea making ect but if you boil a kettle putting the excess newly boiled water into a flask will keep for 12 hrs and will save on electricity re-boiling the kettle.

[@janeallan9491]

We have a "Wet Season" and our town can be cut off, stopping trucks bringing in supermarket refills. We also get cyclones and this leads to panic buying and supermarket shelves are stripped of goods at a rapid rate. We are a retired couple. Our son lives with us when not at work. He flies to work for two weeks and then flies home for two weeks. We have a very large dog and we have chooks. We always make sure we have a months worth of animal feed stored. We were very glad of this last year when we had two floods within 8 weeks of each other. We keep extra ingredients in the pantry to keep us going. I purchase loo paper by the carton online, and have never had an issue when the supermarkets have been stripped. We store extra LPG to keep our hooded barbeque going and our three way fridge in the event of a power outage. We dont have a large home, but we do have a three bay shed, so plenty of extra storage space.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Vital for you

[@sandrar5899]

Aussies by any chance?

[@looloo4029]

@@sandrar5899 sounds like it 👍

[@ninajohnson6578]

I live alone so I’m careful about how I stock up so things don’t go to waste. I buy on offer gluten free mixes and products.

[@oliviaormston1049]

Hello, thanks for your channel! I live in France too. There is going to be a huge increase in food prices in March (end of retail négociation). We expect : cooking oil +15%, tin food +18%, pasta +15%, etc all double digit. Please store more dry food. Have you seen how half empty shelves are in Leclerc, Carrefour, Intermarché. Lots of references missing (I live in Brittany too, not too far). Red March! 😉

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Olivia.

[@Sabbathissaturday]

Buy a canner! I’m a single 53 year old woman. I have canned up 110 jars of meats and bone broths this month alone. Any time there is a sale, I buy a ton. I don’t have room in my fridge or freezer so canning it frees up my prime real estate in cold storage. I keep it in a cool dark room. I converted a bedroom into a pantry. Black out curtains and keep it cool. These canned goods will last 10 years or more. I’ve also done Brussels sprouts, potatoes, stews, soups, beans, salsas, etc. I grow a garden year round because I’m in a rural area in the high desert of Texas ❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@Sabbathissaturday 1. They don’t sell them here, they’re all water bathed (stérilisé) but for a long time and energy is too expensive. 2. It’s 36° in our house in the summer which is too hot to store food. Thanks for watching.

[@oliviaormston1049]

I have a canner (outside, on a wood fire). I can food every year. I have a huge vegetable garden and live in a rural area of Brittany too. My cellar is full of home made jars. But I have both. Just in case the harvest is bad, ... I can meat too. I am 50...

[@oliviaormston1049]

And I have hens!

[@justjet]

I only shop the sales and make my menu from the sale items. I keep stocked with basics like flour, rice, legumes and buy extra when on sale. I always have canned pears and jars of applesauce so if I find a sale on those I stock up.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Love that!

[@bookmagicroe9553]

Does Mike do the visuals? The pictures shown between your topics are nicely done. I also liked the screen saver before the show began. As always, your topics and examples are great.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

He does all the editing

[@tedkrasicki3857]

The cost of transport fuel for a 34,000 lb load in the USA works out to only about a penny per pound for a fairly long haul. Even doubling fuel costs can not explain price increases of food.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It’s just profiteering.

[@judymcpheron5955]

Just took our free church van to the local store. Wed is 5% off for seniors. 2 doz. eggs, a loaf of bread, orange juice, 1lb cheese, a bag of crisps, 9 oz. sliced ham (most all of it store brand) $30.71. 😳! Luckily I'm food secure and keep a pantry full. My fridge freezer I keep full. I appreciate all your tips & advice. 👏💖💸/💰 MI, 🇺🇸

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I appreciate your support

[@tikacalifornia7876]

One of the things that is a huge blessing here in Northern California, USA is the number of hours of sunlight we get. Last year, my roof-top solar panels generated more electricity than I used in a year's time, so my freezers are essentially free to run. I stocked up on a lot of food because I thought my son and his family would be here with me for an urgent time, but that did not happen, so I have a considerable stockpile of food that will see me though a while to come, provided that there is not some calamity. I am glad to only be buying some fresh vegetables and milk since I already bake my own bread and so forth. I really appreciate your practical advice. Thanks.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@janefoley5184]

I stock up on baking supplies in November because they have reduced prices prior to the holiday season. I stock up on non-perishable food items when they are "loss leader" specials...not too much because we are a retired couple.

[@annmcnitt8749]

Good morning from Michigan, USA, Jane and Mike. I always get something valuable from your videos, and even take notes at times. Thank you!

[@suedaugherty5549]

Michigan here too,👋🏻

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Wonderful!

[@jodihiller4506]

Michigan here also! Beautiful snowstorm here today! Great videos!

[@dannitekent4860]

I do too!

[@judymcpheron5955]

Hi fellow Michiganders. I'm on the lower West side on Lk. MI. Where's your location?

[@nikki27ish]

I stock up on tofu when it is on offer, January is known for veganuary in the UK so lots of new vegan foods on offer so I've bought things to try that will last a few months. Plant milk and porridge oats, lentils, beans and pasta are my stock cupboard stables.

[@joannap2795]

I also freez tofu and veggy sausages. Lately I invested in Soyabella to make my own milk. I still dont have best recipie but it was a perfect purchase.

[@nikki27ish]

@@joannap2795 I freeze tofu too it works great.

[@loopylou5841]

Hi, another thoughtful video Thank you. I live alone but I always like to have a small stock of things in case of bad weather as well as increasing prices. I keep an eye on the special offers and buy accordingly. I have been baking bread and batch cooking on the same day to fill the oven etc. I really enjoy it the menu is decided by whats on offer a mixture of meat and meat free dishes that will last a few weeks. Thank you for all the tips and suggestions.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@Danvers_clicks]

As a French who loves to listen to things in English, I've loved your channel from the day I've found it. Great topics and advice, with a sparkle of French life... Perfect! I know you said you were saying the names in English, but hearing you say lecler'c has me 😂 You've said leclerc in French in previous videos just fine. Your accent is lovely, and very cute!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

When speaking French, I know it’s pronounced le clair

[@Danvers_clicks]

I know, I meant it in a nice way, promise 😊

[@Danvers_clicks]

@kerry James I wasn't being mean! I was trying to have humour while saying her accent in French was great when she was trying. If it fell flat I apologize, I truly didn't mean any harm

[@terrylopez5452]

Dear @Danvers-clicks: Never apologize! Life is too short and some people are unnecessarily sensitive. ❤️

[@decorDD]

@@Danvers_clicks I saw that it was well meant ❤️

[@missmakoti9702]

The supermarkt I go too (Belgium), has sometimes great deals for loyalty cardholders, where they offer the 2nd item for 70% or 80% off. If its something we eat a lot, I will buy extra. Last time it was Weetabix, which is never on sale here and we go through 2 boxes a month so I bought 6 boxes. From the rest i´m like you. Each week I scan the promotions from 3 supermarkets close to me and buy the best offers each one gives.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@lin90210]

It's very confusing in the UK. They say we won't see inflation rise as much this year. However they never say if that means a price drop. It only means inflation will still happen but not as much as 2022.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Watch the prices, they will continue to rise.

[@sharonmcgee8178]

My son lives in China. He told me two years ago that there would be shortages coming, so I have bought extras since then. Also, we have cut back on beef products.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@janhaenell6311]

Hi Jane and Mike. We invested in solar panels just over a year ago and this is helping us with energy costs as we also have gas hot water which is shockingly expensive to run. Due to a drop in our already limited income, we can’t do much stocking up but I try to buy 1/2 price specials on deodorants when they come up as prices are really high on good brand toiletries. Thanks for your great videos. Best wishes from Australia

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@charlenebrissette3348]

I have a pretty good stock of everything and right now I am very glad I do because we are supposed to get around 25 cm of snow tonight here in Quebec, Canada. I just hope we don’t lose power.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@ibislife]

In Norway food is expecting to have a real increase Feb. 1st. Up 10%, meat, flour and paper products as much as 20%. I have just bought kitchen rolls and toilet paper on sale, it will last me through 2023! 😅 Reminds me of the first weeks of covid😉 People tell us to stock up, but money is tight for so many, so how can we stock up, and we dont really know what exactly. So I will do my normal grocery shop this Friday, and shop offers as usual.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Interesting!

[@amynau3904]

We are a family of 5 in the USA-we are stocking up on basic pantry essentials-canned beans, pasta, some rice. We do not have a separate freezer, so I don't stockpile anything frozen. I have noticed really high prices on toiletries lately, so I am trying to find specials and stock up on them. We still have some pet food shortages, so it is a good idea to keep that in stock as well since it can be scarce in some stores.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@barbarasheers1273]

Excellent conversation. Thanks!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Our pleasure!

[@chrisnutter6933]

So down to earth and useful ❤❤❤❤❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@gladyschandler6724]

I always have almond flour, coconut flour, and gluten-free flour. I like baking something Gluten-free for my son. I like to have Gluten-free pasta on hand.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@juliemoore6957]

I would love your gluten free bread and pie crust recipes! Please share!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/iGLbep55oJKprrc

[@FrenchyTaylor]

I live in Denmark and the sales rotations are much different than in France. So I always stock up on the basic for 6 to 12 month at the time. I rotate my pantry once a month and make a list of the low in stock items to keeep an eye out. I was at my parents in France last week and could see that the price are pretty high but not at our level yet. France has different taxes for the first necessity food items that help to keep the price down. I could also see that people were very mindefull of what they bought no more overflowing cart everywhere like when I was younger. We took 13 kg food with us home the borderpatrol looked at us a bit funny 😀!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing.

[@jessicamcnair553]

We live in rural WV, USA, in the mountains. Occasionally we get a good bit of snow and ice, so not incredibly worried about being snowed in for weeks, but it's happened in some years over mine and my parents lifetimes. Also, husband is a government worker, and we have 4 kids, on one income. So anytime there's talk of a government shutdown, that would directly affect any income coming in. So we honestly stock up on everything. We buy a full beef at a time, and have good contacts at local stores, butchers, and discount stores for other meats, snacks, pantry items. Our energy prices haven't changed all that much for our area, so we have 2 fridges, 2 freezers, and we make sure to rotate through so as not to waste things. We also can a good bit, so our pantry is a mix of home canned and store bought. Also with having four kids and a husband who works long hours, sometimes it's nice to not have to go to the store for awhile, and make do with what we have.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

That’s disgraceful. I’ve never in 20 years of being a UK government employee, not been paid

[@jessicamcnair553]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance it's not happened since 2019 (I think that's the year), and everyone did get back pay, but it made it hard for people who didn't have savings to get through in the meantime.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@jessicamcnair553 that’s why people should aim to be debt free, with an emergency fund of at least 3 months living expenses.

[@helenhartley6904]

We stock up on the following when discounted: frozen cauliflower, meat, low carb bread, wraps, ice cream, butter, shredded cheese for our small chest freezer (we put on solar to the grid so no elec bills), make and freeze bone broth. Stock discounted seed crackers, pork crackle, canned meat and fish, we try and have one extra of everything we eat (vegemite, sauce, etc) and use (shampoo, etc) plus extra loo rolls.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@jessieelliott3157]

Judging by the vegemite.. im not sure if its politically incorrect to say happy Australia day, but i will say i hope you enjoy your public holiday today!

[@elizabethcoates3024]

We are watching local farmers and they are all struggling from excessive heat and lack of rain. Even our local Amish added a heated tunnel to raise tomatoes in, and start them earlier, after 2 years of frosts in late June. Now they are watering regularly and this week, we saw one large pond being dug on the property of an Amish family that makes a lot of sales from a farm stand on their property. Our corn should have been knee high by the 4th of July, this year its just past knee high now , August 6th. Many farmers are only just getting their first hay cutting. Usually they're at their second now. So expect corn, beef, chicken, feed, and fuel all to be expensive by the fall, and higher next year.

[@janetstonerook4552]

Your video truly addresses the complexities of addressing how best we individually can be frugal and yet keep stocked up on needed items. So many variables from one family to another in terms of food preferences, seasonal costs and availability, storage space and costs of electricity and automobile fuel etc. I stock up more in winter because of bad driving conditions and I have ample pantry storage and a deep freezer. But living alone I need to be mindful not to overbuy perishable items if they don't freeze well. For example, if I buy a large jar of mayo, it will go bad before I can use it up.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching and commenting

[@garygnagey3569]

I keep one butter and when I get down to 2 sticks, I buy another. With hairspray, toothpaste, deodorant, when I start my last one I begin to look for sales on those items and buy when they go on sale. I keep an array of canned meats, fish, and vegetables, especially low sodium. I buy some when on sale but do not go overboard. I also have a nice assortment of dried beans because we love them and they cook quickly in my Instant pot at a good savings. I keep tinned evaporated milk, a shelf stable milk and dry milk and freeze a small bit of fresh milk to keep me from running out for just milk. I keep 1 extra flour and 1 extra sugar and always an extra box of tea.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@janeburke147]

Hi Jane & Mike.I find you so refreshing in my journey to be more frugal because you aren’t trying to sell me anything.You are opening your lovely place for us to have a nosey at & giving advice but not forcing us to do the exact same thing as you as we are all on different budgets & we are doing this for different reasons.We were brought up with these values,my mam didn’t cook different meals for all the family as we see now.She gave up on Brussel sprouts though,I still don’t like them haha

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

We always say, you do you. We share what we do, we’re not giving advice.

[@laurithomasson6979]

Jane Burke, try the sprouts roasted with olive oil, salt and pepper. They are delicious that way.

[@janeburke147]

@@laurithomasson6979 Thanks,well I used to cook them for my mam & she liked them with butter & bacon but I still didn’t like them 👍🏻

[@jessieelliott3157]

Ive just started making my own sour dough. I never thought id be doing this. So far ive had one inedible loaf and one passable loaf. Like all worthwhile pursuits im determined to persist and make it worth the effort.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Keep at it

[@wendymort5349]

Congratulations on 24000 subs! I love your channel. Keep up the great work and thanks for all you do.💞

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you so much!!

[@karinklapproth866]

I stock up on oats, peanut butter, canned soups, spaghetti sauce, and pasta. My husband and I use a simple weekly meal plan in order to keep our grocery budget low. We like the food and it enables us to pay our bills🤗

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@lavondakrout2848]

Here in rural Indiana our eggs are not too expensive...around $3.20 now. I still have several gallon bags of frozen eggs that I use for baking. Our neighbors who have chickens and ducks are very generous when they are swamped with eggs in the summer! We just stocked up on beef. We got 1/4 of a cow, and it fills our small chest freezer. The beef is locally grown, locally butchered and comes out to about $2.40 a pound on average, cheaper even than Aldi's or Walmart prices.

[@luba-healthywithluba6866]

I wish our local beef was that price. We are paying closer to $8 a pound for a quarter of a cow ...

[@kenneth7610]

Very helpful video thank you. 😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

You’re welcome 😊

[@andersonomo597]

I'm looking to start making bread again as our affordable bread isn't brilliant here in Australia. All great advice here - being mindful, planning and pre-emptive purchases can make SUCH a big deference. For example, here 4L of canola oil is now $32 - but it goes on special regularly at half price and that's a BIG saving!! Olive oil (which I mostly use) also goes on half price, as does dish detergent, toiletries, treats - everything except the essential basics like milk, butter flour!! The retailer's play us all like fiddles so it's empowering to play the game back and have a win! Some things I find are worth paying a bit more for BTW - good pasta, for example, but even that is always on special somewhere. I bought some rice at half price, thinking 'rice is rice' and I was wrong! Won't make that mistake again - and it was a big bag, of course!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@cherylkingsley6583]

Here in Alberta I buy the gluten-free flour and store it in my fridge. I find that the flour lasts a little longer and works fine.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Great tip!

[@marypeterson1053]

Dry beans,rice and whatever we can use that is on offer.

[@kaydoodle9671]

Hello from Indiana, USA. Top of the morning to you Jane.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Hello there!

[@suematile9078]

I keep a supply of soups, canned chicken, tuna, and sardines, and crackers around. I buy butter on sale. I just have my side by side frig/freezer. Sometimes I do sales, but when I buy something it seems to last a long time. Right now we are eating down our supplies as we get ready for a monthly trip south.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks Sue

[@shawna620]

I've mostly been stocking up on meats & canned vegetables when on sale.

[@elizabethcoates3024]

Jane, I made your sausage hot pot today and my husband loves it. Thank you for the great recipes on your videos. I added a sprinkles of crushed red pepper seeds, and I used large lima beans that I soaked overnight and cooked them in chicken stock, before adding them.😊

[@stephanieboice8787]

started canning beans. Organic can of black beans 2-3$ USD each. Dry organic beans are 3-4$USD a pound. Each jar is only 1/4 of a cup of dry beans so it goes so far and it is shelf stable! Such a savings since I struggle to cook dry beans on the stove.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Good idea

[@preppernut]

I do that and yes, it is wonderful, I could never get chick peas (garbanzos), tender otherwise. Next project will be to can mixed beans, as my husband loves bean salad. So all I have to do is add some onions and the dressing afterwards.

[@Sonoragrove4]

Love your channel!❤❤ I made homemade tortillas for the first time last night. Super easy and so much healthier than expensive store bought kind that use canola, safflower or any other bad oil along with additives. Saw a great KZbin video from Under the Median that made it look so easy! My husband loves burritos and we go thru tortillas fast. Used non gmo organic flour and organic avocado oil. I also make my own mayonnaise which takes less than 2 minutes( key is using immersion blender). When I read what was put in Best Foods and Kraft Mayo I about died. Soybean oil, sugar etc…so inflammatory. I use organic avocado oil I buy in bulk and use organic eggs from a friend of ours. I will also add a garlic clove and lemon juice to make it more like a aioli. Saves us so much money and our health. We are blessed to live near the coast in California so heating and cooling costs are nothing compared to Europe. We love sleeping in a cold house and use heater only to take the chill off . So appreciate the hard work and consistency you put into your videos 😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I’m glad that French mayonnaise is just egg, oil, vinegar and mustard.

[@cindybroussard893]

I stock up on easy fix soups, canned meats, Mac and cheese in cups, peanut butter and jelly, that can be used in food pantries. For my own use, I just have a few extras of everything we use. I also have rice, beans, potato flakes that I don't use currently but could stretch meals with if needed in the future.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@belindacopson2390]

Another great video Jane. You are very aware of people's individual variable factors, which is always helpful. Just recently I have stocked up on dried beans as there have been supply shortages with certain varieties lately in my area. So when I found the varieties I wanted at a supermarket in another part of the country recently when travelling, I stocked up. I use them in so many meals.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Great tip!

[@michellevaleriewilkins-tur274]

Great video❤

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you!!

[@irenedombryant2023]

Could say I've stocked on most I use also spices. If you have a vacuum sealer as flour is most of the time in a paper bag you can seal it. Have done this with a lot of things including spices. Have seen things I purchased last year have increased by over 40% this year. Have also seen special offers I would purchase in Aldi and Lidl have not come back in store since last year. Have seen shops that sell the branded item and shrinkflation has hit these. Seeing quite a few own brand items gone from a lot of stores. I had a small freezer as well as a main, decided last year to change the small ones use, so no longer have the electricity cost for it.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@mollysmith6055]

Congratulations on the channel growth, Jane and Mike. You'll soon be at 25k because you provide very timely information for all of us having to deal with higher prices and rampant inflation. I try to keep a well stocked pantry for just the two of us but do also keep a large selection of alternative flours to help bake for my daughter and grandchildren who have Celiac. Here in the US, those specialty foods rarely go on sale but they are so much higher than their gluten-full counterparts to begin with that even then they are still expensive.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much for sharing

[@susiedavis1740]

Our energy prices aren’t too terribly bad yet - east coast USA - except for heating oil so our house is definitely cooler this winter. I stock up on meat when it goes on sale because I do have a big freezer. We have a grocery chain that has what they call a can can sale twice a year. I do stock up on canned veggies, beans, tomatoes, tuna, and soup during those sales. I do agree, that eating in season is good for your budget. I also agree that stocking up on those items that really don’t go on much of a sale is pointless. Thank you for another great video.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@MsArri81]

I live in Southern California, US, we are a one house income and have one child. We are set financially because we are pretty frugal, stay within a budget, and own one fully paid car, no credit card debt and rent a small 750 square foot duplex to keep what we pay low, as rents in the city we live in are extortionate! Our energy costs have been increasing quickly and food prices have gone up considerably because of this. We have a chest freezer and we always stock up on frozen lunch items for my husband who works from home and wants something quick and variety. We go to Costco and stock up on meat, like chicken, pork and ground turkey. Frozen vegetables. We stock up on pantry basics, like canned diced tomatoes, canned beans, and refried beans. Canned meats, spam and tuna. We have a stock of dried foods, beans/lentils and a 20lb bag of rice, and a 10lb bag of flour for baking. The price of eggs has shot up through the roof as well as dairy items, like cheese and butter. Cooking Oils have gone up a lot so we always buy the big 64 oz containers. This all lasts us a long time until we need replenishing of said items. We even cut down our eating out to once a week because it is just getting so expensive. I really enjoy your videos as they keep me in check on not to overspend and be content with what we have.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@marybethsteinel4466]

Gluten free also. I was feeling very rich the other day when I went to the grocery store, apparently, because I bought eggs $4.88 and a loaf of gluten free bread $6.70 a loaf at Aldi. To stretch my bread- I freeze 2 slices in a sandwich bag, put it all back in the bag and freeze it. That way I can use occasionally. If I am traveling to my daughter’s for example (5 hours away) we make sandwiches and take our meal with us for the drive. We buy beef a quarter of a beef at a time. Local farmer. Ohio USA

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much for sharing

[@valgalloway6914]

I'm now in a hospice, enjoying end of life care. I've decided to leave what I have to just my 2 oldest nieces, They've both said it will be be life changing (just over £100.000 each,) I'm glad I can leave them something. That money is not from stinting myself - just buying smartly. .

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

That’s very kind of you

[@kamicrum4408]

I stifk up on butter, flour,I store it in my freezer currently have 30/35 pounds .i baje all my bread,bake for a cousins family& my mom.I also stovk up on on sake nears .i enjoy😊

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@sukigrice1841]

We tend to get weeks when certain products are not available. Our Lidl a s Aldi have not had bread flour for weeks. I tend to do a 50/50 mix of bread flour and all purpose flour to stretch what I have We also use plant milks and I often have to stock up as and when I can find it. I carry a s.all stock of pantry goods and cereal products as often our supermarket will not have items for a fee weeks. Like you i buy neat on sale and just small amounts as we only have one meat eater the rest of use plant based. Seasonal veg really keeps costs down for us

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@pamplant3610]

If you get Vital Wheat Gluten, you can turn all purpose flour into bread flour. I make my own bread and just found this out.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

@@pamplant3610 I can’t eat gluten

[@happydays2516]

Great advice as ever thank you Jane and Mike 😊. Like you i stock up in GF flour, and mostly just a a few spare tinned lentils, beans, kidney beans etc. The one thing i can’t seem to master is making GF bread, i end up with bricks, and i have tried and tried, so please if next time you make a GF loaf you could film it, that would be so amazing xx

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I did, watch on Friday

[@happydays2516]

@@FrugalQueeninFrance oh fab! I certainly will 👏🏻

[@yukofreeman4483]

Congratulations on 24K subs!!!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you so much 😀

[@heathertucker7056]

So glad you mentioned the Gluten Free section of this great video! Always seems so unfair that the coeliacs have to pay so much more and items are very rarely discounted! Thank goodness I can make the treats myself and your seed crackers are now a staple! Some great advice Jane.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

It's so good!

[@tonideluca8569]

Butter was on sale for 4.49 here in Ontario Canada this week normally 6 to 7 dollars. Bought the limit of four. Our eggs are five dollars a dozen here but they are the brown farm fresh eggs.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@jobellecollie7139]

My home health care nurse laughed when she saw 96 bars of dove soap. It was on sale for .25 cents per bar. I had a bit of extra money, so I bought a shelf full. I know I have all I need and can share if I want. Why to I keep a large pantry? Since 2020, I've not had a lift in my van and have not been able to get out when I need to or even to get out at all!!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

I love dove soap too

[@gretelwhite8088]

At the moment, the only things I would want to stock up on are things like tinned chopped tomatoes. My food cupboards have enough dried pulses (which will be cooked in the pressure cooker), pasta, rice and other carbohydrates to see me through for months! I do buy fresh fruit and veg, mostly from the market or Lidl. I want to use my small freezer mostly for prepared meals when I batch cook, so have worked out that, apart from some useful things like frozen peas, that is the best use for it. When I have gone through the stuff I have in stock, then I will replenish as necessary. I do have a few meat items that I have got on the yellow sticker prices (or, as I say, on the botulism counter). These will be used to make treats when something non-veggie is required to lift my spirits.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@ohmcintyre2067]

“Botulism counter”😜😝

[@sophiawolthof1238]

👍👍👍

[@gladyschandler6724]

The Gluten-free pie sheets but their seasonal at the market that carries them. Going Friday and will check if it is still in stock and same as coconut milk & coconut cream.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@ohmcintyre2067]

I agree with you that the energy cost of cooking dried beans can easily outweigh any savings over canned, UNLESS you use a pressure cooker. My 40yo Presto is nothing fancy - just has the weighted “wobbler” on top, but I use it almost every day, mostly for dried beans - lentils in 6 minutes, the toughest, dried-out garbanzos (chick peas) in 17, pintos or red beans in about 12. It makes it truly frugal to use dried beans. And I prefer the stove-top pressure cooker to an instapot, because if I lose power, it works just as well on a propane or butane camp stove.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing.

[@jolandaursilawelch6342]

Mooie video weer 🙂

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks

[@dannitekent4860]

Ah thank you for the idea, you gave me the idea to check the cost of eggs at the local, once a week outdoor, market. Veggies are better in quality and in price at the local vegetable shop. Luckily this shop still sell potatoes for a very very good price. So whenever they have those for sale,( they don't seem to have them on weekends) I stock up on potatoes.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Wonderful!

[@dannitekent4860]

@@marianlinden9736 thank you! I did not know you could freeze raw egg. cool!

[@gladyschandler6724]

I have butter for baking. Ghee or olive oil for cooking. We do stock up on Ghee, but only 2.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@grandmafreeman6618]

I spotted a sale on Crest Toothpaste for 99 cents each this week. So, I will stock up on about five tubes when I go shopping soon.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

That’s great

[@grop66]

Hello here from Denmark 🇩🇰 it’s the same here, prices are going up and it’s terrible high prices 😟 thank you for sharing

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sorry to hear that

[@pinecone50]

You asked if any place had affordable energy prices. I live in Washington State, US and we have some of the cheapest electricity rates in the country. Hydroelectric dams generate our power-thank you Columbia and Snake Rivers and sorry for the salmon. However our food prices in many cases are higher than yours. Eggs and butter are almost out of reach. Here's my strategy for keeping my egg costs lower. First-no egg dependent main dishes like quiche or frittatas until the egg prices drop. Second, about 4 years ago our big box discount chain offered boxes of three packages each of dehydrated eggs. I bought enough to put into long term storage. Time to dig them out and check out the WW2 recipes from the UK. Also those old UK WW2 recipes often had eggless versions of things like steamed puddings. Finally, for baking I'm looking to vegan options as they have experience with egg replacements. Thank you for your videos.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@unamary57]

Here I southern Ontario Canada butter is $5.00 a pound. That is $11 kilo. Or €7.53.

[@susanbell4528]

Cold in SW France too

[@Babba08]

We live in Maryland and while the price of electricity has certainly risen considerably, it sounds like it's not quite as bad as it seems to be for you guys. So we still have a chest freezer. When we find things on sale we'll stock up on butter and we stock up on chicken. (I don't eat red meat and neither does the housemate. My husband still does so when I find a good deal on red meat I get it for him and portion it up and get several meals out of it.) But to be honest, we haven't seen great deals on much lately. We stick with Aldi and Walmart. (Eggs were $4.99 a dozen this morning at Aldi! 😳) Both have their drawbacks. Occasionally, a major supermarket will have a really good deal on something, but not very often. But I'll keep searching. Thanks for another good vlog!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@josephinesage8301]

Hi Jane learned something tonight. Didn’t know you could freeze flour. Also we have lots of animals and there are some shortages there.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Good to know!

[@franticfrannie7407]

I think part of the freezing of flour is to leave the flour in the freezer for 3 days or so to kill off any bugs before properly storing it in air tight containers

[@gwendauphin4371]

I double bag (ziplock) my flour and keep in freezer. Have used flour 9 months old with no problem. Hope it last another 9!

[@pigletsbank437]

butter is 10,- a kilo here😒 but 110 gr go in gf bread for two weeks to last, it bakes beautiful bread, you made me wonder if magerine would make a lot of difference taste and structure wise🤔. I always have longlife lactose free milk on the shelf (one homebrand has a nice taste the milk has a good price but the rest of this shop is way to expensive ) . That's for gf oatmeal porridge with penutbutter or polenta for breakfast ( thats always on stock too) as for nuts I liked to have a bag for a snack. But the prices have tripled🤐 Tinned veg, beans and protein, oil and spices are in the cupboard and a piece of dark chocolate just for a a piece of heaven next to my coffee on a Sunday or to bake with☕🤫 Lastly I always make sure I have my regular medication at hand because supplies are not very regular sometimes .

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks very much

[@jenniferchapman9645]

I just use to buy weekly but when covid hit couldn't get pasta rice beans or lentils nightmare I am vegan they are my staples l make sure I have enough to last a month don't go crazy l buy my favourite bread and put in freezer lesson learned 😀

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Sounds great!

[@doreenlapp3783]

Gluten free flour lasts longer than 12 months stored in mason jars with an oxygen absorber, dry packs & vacuum sealed with a food saver jar attachment.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@corinneleppard1933]

Really useful, thank you. For us, I look out for pulses, beans and especially pasta. I have a still growing teen son - when is it going to stop? He's just under 6ft 3"! - and pasta is a really good filler. Like you, I also find lentils useful to bulk out meals and make food stretch further. I do all my own baking so look out for flour, butter, sugar on offer, but that doesn't seem to happen very often. I did pick up some tinned tuna on offer this week and always look out for the meat which has been reduced and switch between pork or chicken or beef as needed. Where we live, it's sometimes possible to pick up cheap venison, pheasant and occasionally rabbit for the freezer, but whereas my OH and son really enjoy it, I don't and often find it a struggle to cook it, but then I don't eat much meat at all any more.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@gladyschandler6724]

Gluten-free bread my son doesn't like. Bread is expensive. I buy a loave & freeze 2 slices in storage bags and only eat every other day.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing!!

[@zblingcreations6445]

Hello 👋🏽 at this time the cheapest items to stock up is can goods. The prices of food is unreasonable high.

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for watching

[@julies3223]

Great video as always! Have you done a video for gf bread? Searched and couldn’t find one. Hubby has celiac also. Like you said, small loaves and are expensive! Thank you!

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Friday

[@hazysummer72]

As a Brit in the Netherlands I stock up on joints of meat for roasting if we are ever in the car and visiting Belgium or Germany as they are only available here at Christmas unless I go to a butcher and special order which is $$. My local Turkish butcher sometimes has deals on chicken thighs per 3kg - great for curries and stews. This week 4 chickens for €10! But I don’t have the freezer space, and the meal plans for the next 2-3 weeks are in place to use up some pantry items that are past best before dates. I needed flour today and was surprised that there was a buy one get one free offer on that wasn’t in the weekly folder or listed online but hidden on the bottom shelf!

[@creativestudio133]

oh I’m in the Netherlands… is your turkish butcher online? 4 chickens for €10?

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thanks for sharing

[@hazysummer72]

@@creativestudio133 it’s Defne supermarket in Amersfoort. They are small chickens but still!

[@carolynbrace8821]

Stock up on shelf stable panty food always have soup makings use a membership in walmart delivery service pay by the year gas is expensive I don't drive so delivery service is waaay less than I would pay for rides shop on the app so pause before I pay no impulse buys love your videos

[@FrugalQueeninFrance]

Thank you