Our first prep challenge in August is to buy food storage containers such as canning jars, plastic containers, buckets, or plastic zip storage bags. Storage containers keep food free from air and bugs and improve shelf-life. Transfer everyday pantry foods like flour, spices, breakfast cereal, and pasta into food storage containers. Or gather canning jars to can fruits and vegetables this summer.
Buy Food Storage Containers
Food storage containers may be purchased new or used.
- Decide which containers work best in your pantry, cupboards, basement, refrigerator, or freezer.
- Glass Mason jars are a great choice for your fridge or freezer.
- Plastic food storage containers, plastic zipper bags, or reusable storage bags work well for everyday food storage.
- Store glass cans in the boxes they came in to prevent bottle breakage on shelves.
- Store yeast, vital wheat gluten, wheat flour, oat flour, almond flour, and nuts in your refrigerator or freezer. These items lose nutritional value if not refrigerated.
- Jelly jars are the perfect size for some of my smaller baking supplies.
- I love my Brother P-touch, PTD210 label maker!
- My long-term foods come in cans from the Latter-day Saint Home Storage Center.
- You could store dry foods in buckets or Mylar bags.
- Utah State University Extension is a great food storage resource!
- A 25 lb. bag of white sugar fits in a 5-gallon bucket with Gamma twister lid.
- When I buy 2 lb. bags of brown or powdered sugar, I stack the bags in a bucket and restack them with the new bag on the bottom.
It’s nice to keep your food organized in food storage containers. Good luck finding them!
“Stock up your way!”
Valerie Albrechtsen
The Food Storage Organizer
Purchase my food storage and emergency preparedness items in my Etsy shop.
