Pandemic + Earthquake + Stocking Up, Oh My! | Budget Grocery Hauls (Yes, 2 Hauls in 1)

[@HimboHound]

I don’t know if you’ll see this, but I hope you and your family are safe and sound. This channel is very helpful.

[@brendakrieger7000]

We are also amateur preppers. We have tons of rice, dry beans, ramen, pasta, trail mix, beef sticks, peanut butter, potatoes, pancake mix, Spam etc. Plus medicine and medical supplies. I hope you and your family stay safe and healthy💜 Always appreciate your clever ideas😊

[@cindysams9832]

Same here...and this whole thing has renewed my purpose for doing it. I can also help friends and family that may need it.

[@brendakrieger7000]

@@cindysams9832 Yes! Be well💜

[@gazna6649]

Wendy, I see I’m not the only one thinking about you. Your little community here is worried about you and your family. You are so kind and helpful. We just want to know if you need us, if you’re ok. 💙

[@EllensAbundantLifeonLess]

Wendy...I LOVE your grocery hauls! You find the best bargains! I wish we had a bigger variety of grocery stores here, but we only have certain stores. One big chain (Giant Eagle) pretty much has the area sewn up, except for Walmart, Aldi's and Marc's. They never have those extreme mark downs though. Buying basics is always a win in my book.

[@cindysams9832]

We must live near each other in Ohio...lol

[@earthangel4166]

I’m interested to know what the white rectangle was covering up 😁

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Lol my son’s bus pass! 😊

[@elizabethsmith4580]

I wondered that too!!

[@rebeccapettifer6553]

Very good bargains. Congratulations! They n ever have bargains like that in my area. I am 67 with health problems and I am so glad I have been stocking up all year. Do you ever get that feeling that something is coming? Well I've had that feeling for awhile. I am glad I stocked up as I have put myself in self isolation as the CDC suggested so now I don't have to worry. I have everything I need.

[@PassiveIncomeTom]

*I stopped at a supermarket this afternoon and the place was packed. I didn't care for the crowd and wait so left. I can always go back when it'snot so busy.* 😉

[@bengali481]

That's what i thought. The shelves were empty.

[@carolynsevilla8255]

Good health to you, too Wendy and to your family.

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

💜 to you as well Carolyn!

[@KsoPlans]

I started stocking up about 2-3 weeks ago once the first case registered in our state. I felt so much better after getting a few extras without going crazy. Now we have limits in our country on how much you can buy on canned and perishable items, for me there is some peace of mind that comes with being prepared for a quarantine. I’m more scared of people’s behaviour than the virus itself.

[@IJustWantToUseMyName]

I saw a comment on another video by a woman who had her car broken into simply to take the container of Clorox wipes that she kept in it. People are crazy.

[@KsoPlans]

Amanda wow that’s appalling!

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

It is very scary. I've seen some horrifying news reports of fights over TP. Glad you got to stock up too! Be well

[@MM-fr9yh]

You just inspired me to do some grocery shopping for just-in-case situations. Thank you.

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

👍Be well and safe! 💜

[@lmr2797]

How are you all doing? You haven’t posted for a bit so I’m checking in. Take care, Melissa

[@anacasillas6973]

I love your recipe videos. I’d love to see how you ended up using everything. Stay safe and kind. Kindness seems to be going out the window in these uncertain times.

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Thank you, Ana! So true!

[@elizabethcooper7924]

Love all of your videos! Hope you and your family are well.

[@Patti-1962]

Thank you for another great video! My husband and I (and my son who was three months old) lived in the Bay area (California) when the 1989 occurred. It was terrifying, and I was not prepared. Fortunately, some young men in the apt. above us had a water filtering system and were so generous to share. We were able to scrape by. But even though we live on the east coast now, I STILL keep foods on hand for an emergency. Mainly paper products, canned beans (especially good to have when the power goes out- heated up on our grill!), canned tuna, pantry milk, nuts, nut butters and lots of foods that can be frozen like cheese tortillas, bread etc. I hope you and your family stay safe and this event will pass quickly for all of us!

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Earthquakes are no joke, Patti! So glad your neighbors were so kind to share! We will gladly share our stash of cheese with neighbors 😂 I remember the 1989 earthquake's news coverage, and I lived through the Northridge one in 1994. It's something you never really forget! Glad to hear you are well stocked now and I hope you and yours stay safe and well also! 💜

[@gryl.4030]

I love your videos. They are so relaxing to watch

[@connielipp8648]

Thank you for your video...Best of everything to you and your family too...love to you

[@jeannel1065]

It looks like a good stock-up in case of emergency or if you need to self-isolate for any reason. I had sinusitis a few weeks ago and that spurred me to stock up on cold and flu meds, disinfectant spray and wipes, cough drops, tissues, alcohol and hand sanitizers. Last week, of those items, only tissues and cough drops were still on the shelves. All public schools in WA closed for 6 weeks this afternoon.

[@brendakrieger7000]

We always try to keep that stuff on hand too!! Especially tissues. I have terrible allergies

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Sorry you had sinusitis but seems like it was so timely that you did! Be well and take care!! 💜

[@jeannel1065]

The Frugal Minimalist I feel fortunate to have stocked up on those items while they were plentiful and on sale. Now you can’t get them at all. I checked with my two daughters who live in the area and offered to share if they needed anything, but they both said they were set, too.

[@bonniefuller858]

Enjoyed... prayers for wellness in your family🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@AWanderingEye]

Looks like you're area is about 10 days ahead of us in MN. We're just this week getting the bare shelving. Fortunately I do like you and have a few stores to try, including a grocery discounter. Stay healthy and show us what all you make with all your supplies!

[@cindyburns7567]

Love your videos! You are so sweet! You have taught me a lot! Thank you so much!

[@koko-ul8tu]

Yes.grocery hauls are my fave! I just like to see what other ways i can make things! And budget hauls are the best! Anyone watch frugalfitmom??!!!

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Noted! And yes I love @frugalfitmom too!

[@msmirandapierce]

Wishing your family health and happiness

[@jillstover8782]

I have never seen the plastic container like the peaches either🤔

[@katherinekorenyi2805]

Great haul, love your videos!! Thanks for sharing, take care!!

[@SocializingWithSonia]

I make quesadillas with the corn tortillas. Quick and yummy!

[@cinnie2543]

Very instructive. I bought a bit of extra things, but I think I could do better. I enjoy your gentle way of being. God bless you and your family.

[@joankimbrell8283]

Leave name of your store!

[@FrugalMoneySaver]

Yay!!! Love your hauls!! So frugal and inspiring!! You got 8 pounds of potatoes for $1.99 and I got 9 pounds for 3.00. You win LOL!! I love that you love all the little jars! Just a joy! Thank you!!

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Haha I think we’re all winning. Frugal high five, Emmy 🙌

[@heatherfischer7456]

Love your videos! Keep them coming! I learn alot from you! 😊😊

[@christinamoreno6225]

I love all of your videos! Especially the grocery hauls.

[@moramen2855]

Hope all is well. Interesting video. Urious how the stores shelves are now.

[@acmehorse]

You got some great deals!

[@Hannah_Rachel_and_Kotik]

We need a hand sanitizer recipe video + any other home made cleaner/detergent recipes and hacks in case we get stuck in isolation at home for an illness. Help...

[@LA-iu8rv]

All you need is javel and vinegar, the best for sanitized everything.

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Working on it, Hana Rachel! 💜

[@christys.6922]

Those grocery outlet prices are awesome!

[@KateKaden]

Hey my friend! Enjoyed this video!!!🥰

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Hi Kate! I hope you and Kaden are well! 💜

[@lblake5653]

👍💪Stay safe,healthy and stocked up my friend!

[@ginacastrogranillo9085]

Awesome!!! God bless you and your family!!

[@DaniElle-di4ho]

Yes, love the grocery hauls!

[@Shuggysmama]

Thanks so much, you really help me alot.🙂 I strive to live within my means, but sometimes I'm careless accidentally😒

[@kimmaried.7313]

Try corn meal mush. It’s a breakfast like cream of wheat or oatmeal. So good. As always, love your grocery hauls ❣️

[@tomjones2157]

Thats a starvation food of last choice. If you eat that on the regular you will be undernourished and susceptible to transmissible illnesses.

[@kimmaried.7313]

Tom Jones I have no idea where you got your information but it’s completely wrong. Aside from the fact that I wouldn’t suggest eating it for breakfast, lunch and dinner, there is nothing wrong with it once in a while which is the way you eat oatmeal and cream of wheat. You can only become malnourished if you don’t eat a balanced diet and you depend on one thing as your source for nutrition. I think it’s safe to say that she has common sense and makes sure her family eats well and is taken care of. Thank you for taking the time to add your two cents but please make sure you are factual before doing so 😉

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Thank you Kimmarie❣️ I saw your comment and made some for breakfast and it was delicious! This mix is quite salty and this will be a good way for us to use it up. Thank you!

[@kimmaried.7313]

The Frugal Minimalist 🤗😘

[@susanvelez6534]

Great haul and prices! I love your hair. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@dannyzuehlsdorf3697]

Went to Safeway this evening (3/13) and the store was RANSACKED. So many empty shelves! Not one roll of TP or paper towels, no bananas, no pasta, no pasta sauce, no peanut butter, no sliced bread, and many more items gone! Maybe you should do a follow-up video and check the inventory at the same stores you shopped for this haul to see the difference. Panic shoppers gone wild!

[@GreatGrannyFreeBird]

what a great video. You did so good with it. Such fun with Bubba Gump potato company!

[@mimi31268]

💜🦄 your name should be Wonderful Wendy 💜💜💜💜 love Tinkerbell🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♀️

[@CentsibleLivingWithMoneyMom]

You got a lot of great deals

[@dashmo37]

Stay well and Thank you for sharing

[@maricelaandsammyshauls894]

Great haul I went yesterday and the lines were for an hour wait

[@aliciaryan3192]

I am aware of the current global crisis, but I'm truly enjoying the emergency grocery trips & hauls. Please can you do a video on how you make your own hand sanitizer please? Greetings from South Africa

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Hi Alicia, I'm working on a video since we've been making it for ourselves for a while now even before coronavirus. Isopropyl alcohol is a staple for us as a cleaning ingredient! 💜

[@aliciaryan3192]

@@TheFrugalMinimalist thank you & looking forward to the video

[@lifewithpatti9531]

Wow Wendy you always find the best deals. Great stock up. We're the stores crazy busy where you live?? They are very busy around here.

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Hi Patti, no they weren't since this shopping was before the huge fuss and closures. How are stores with you? I've got to catch up with you!

[@lifewithpatti9531]

It's crazy up here. People are going crazy. But I'm stocked up real good so we will be ok.

[@arina86]

This is very interesting video! Please do more!

[@nacole93]

I agree about the wings being pricey now

[@PRTTYBTTRFLY1]

Thanks for the inspirations it was crazy

[@nanaaw5395]

Other than the Aldi in Escondido, where is the other one close by?

[@danisesmith5785]

May I have the recipe for the sauce you're going to make from the prunes?

[@elizabethsmith4580]

Great video 👍

[@vivianp5962]

I messed your perfect score of 600 thumbs up. Now its 601, my ocd is in over drive. Lol

[@LA-iu8rv]

I Don panic, I always have at home our big freezer full load of everything and a very large pantry full load of everything and an also big shelves of all dry ingredients in big big glass pot, so . Have food for more than 6 months plus... Maybe now people's going to be more prepared !!!!

[@DD-oz3ee]

Wow, food prices are so cheap. Where abouts do you live? I am from Canada, groceries are not that cheap here. I just sub’ed 😁

[@kimberlyanthony3331]

How do you make zote into a liquid?

[@eileenlester3313]

Great haul! Love when you do these. Our Aldi's rarely has things marked down, especially meat. I've also noticed that some produce items, such as avocados, are much higher on the East Coast here. We don't seem to get those great deals like you do and we don't have the same stores. I did find some good deals at Smart Shopper. I quickly discovered why some of the prices are so very low... just like your Colby cheese...it has to do with the expiration date. I was able to get a half gallon of orange juice, that usually costs between $2.50 and $3, for $1.48 because the expiration date was in a few days. It was a national brand, not-from-concentrate and was very good. Needless to say I will be returning to that store. It looks like your Ralph's might be the same as our Kroger's here. Always love your videos and you always have such great suggestions! TFS 💜

[@EllensAbundantLifeonLess]

Our Aldi's doesn't have mark down's either and I go to a couple of them. I love when they have their avocados on sale for 50 cents a piece.

[@poupeepang7035]

Can you freeze the Colby cheese and corn tortilla?

[@eileenlester3313]

Yes. I do.

[@EllensAbundantLifeonLess]

I freeze cheese too. It's fine.

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Yes I freeze cheese all the time too! It gets a little crumbly sometimes and some people notice a difference eating it uncooked, others do not. Cooked there is no difference at all in my experience. Not sure on the tortillas those have a long enough shelf life for us to use it before it goes bad.

[@bonnieingram5916]

no new videos are you ok

[@rebacarmack8335]

They don’t do our Free Friday thing any more.

[@melindabanning7707]

Too much craziness in the stores right now, I usually have a several months of groceries and pantry items but things have been tight for the last couple of years I believe in being stocked up which I realize doesn’t go with minimalism.

[@susanrobinson408]

This may sound crazy but how do you re-heat tortillas successfully? I have never been able to make them edible for us!! Also, I hope you and your family are safe!!

[@MitzyNonaka]

Susan Robinson put them in a frying pan on medium heat one at a time, or put them directly on the stovetop :)

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

hi Susan! @Mitzy Nonaka has great suggestions for heating them up! If we want it quick we microwave a small stack of 4-5 in the microwave and it makes them very pliable!

[@angelikalaser7778]

This is so interesting! We buy such different things. And the stuff you have in the US is different as well. One Bell pepper for 0.99 on sale? I bought 2 pounds for 1.99 on sale here in Germany. We eat a lot of fresh produce and most of it can't go past 2 weeks. At the same time don't want to go shopping for the next month and be exposed or bring something home on a can of tomatoes. For the virus, aren't you afraid putting the packages on the counter? I heard the virus can survive for 72 hours on surfaces, so in case an infected person touched the packages at any point it my be still on there. Pure Alkohol is not as good against viruses, stick with the peroxide for door handles and such.

[@Candy_Gal]

Angelika Lirgendwas I like to wash and chop pepper, onions, celery and put them in baggies to freeze. You can then grab a handful of what you need for cooking dinner. Works great. You can also freeze mushrooms, lemons, fresh garlic. Many things you can buy fresh and freeze 😀

[@catheyharris4701]

Wow you found some great deals. Stay safe and healthy. Thanks for sharing.

[@DaniElle-di4ho]

I am surprised you buy the bleached flour at Aldi’s, you don’t think it’s worth the extra money to buy non-bleached, non-bromated? Actually, at Restaurant Depot (a restaurant food supply wholesale outlet on east coast), you can buy 50 lbs of King Arthur flour for $14. Perhaps the west coast has something like this? Costco sells 25 lb bags of King Arthur for $13, that’s also a pretty decent price for non-bleached, non-bromated flour

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

Thank you so much for the tip, Danielle! I will be looking into Costco's flour next. I wanted to this time around, but the line for Costco was into the parking lot, so had to go to all these smaller stores. I hope you are doing well and are well stocked! 💜

[@DaniElle-di4ho]

The Frugal Minimalist I hope you and family are doing well too!! ❤️❤️

[@snlovesjn]

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[@see4182]

Those small overpriced jars of McCormick's don't get you very far. Very surprised you didn't pick up the spices to make your own (very easy) pumpkin spice mix.

[@Hannah_Rachel_and_Kotik]

Girl, l hope they don't cancel your travel 😐

[@TheFrugalMinimalist]

They did and I've never felt so relieved! 😅. Be well!!

[@gwenroireau6203]

You don't need anything else for a while now.

[@ElsieJoy39]

What is with all the panic buying for goodness sake? Total and utter madness, led by excessive media hype. Have you actually read the medical handouts on this ?