2026 Summer Series: Building a Pantry with $5 a Week ... #1

      THERE SEEMS TO BE ENOUGH INTEREST SO, LET'S DO THIS ...   It's been a while since I've done a $5 weekly pantry challenge.  The last time I did one food prices were lower than they are now.  Recently, I found myself wondering what such a challenge would look like with our current food prices.  Would $5 a week make a difference?  Could I build up my pantry and or help restock it with just $5 a week?

This summer, I'm taking up that challenge, what can I add to my pantry that we will eat and or use that will build it up and or restock it?  Here are my guidelines ...

Total must be $5 or less each week not including taxes.

Must be a separate purchase ... in other words it cannot be hand-picked items from our weekly grocery haul that totals $5 or less.

All items must come from a grocery store, farmers market, etc.  In other words they must be purchased.  No running out to the garden and putting a grocery store price on items harvested or shared with us.  This challenge is meant to stretch us in utilizing a small amount of money to help build up and or restock our pantry.

Must be items we regularly use.  This will keep us from seeing a good deal on something 'we might like' and spending our 'challenge money' only to never get around to trying it or finding out we don't like it at all.  This challenge is for our tried and true pantry building basics.

This challenge includes all things in our pantry:  food, toiletries, cleaning supplies, etc.

One more guideline ... no rolling money over from week to week.  We have to spend it or lose it!

This challenge will end on September 21st, the last day of summer.  I'll try to post what I've been able to do each Monday,  I hope you'll join me in this challenge.

Meet me back here for the first $5 pantry building challenge entry next Monday!

Until the next time ...  

mrs. patsi @ A Working Pantry  

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