The challenge of grocery shopping

My dad used to store cases of can goods under our beds. This house I have an extra room so that is the place I store the can goods as well as the home canned food.

We have tons of storage space. And a huge freezer too.

I like to stock up, but yep, there's not always a place for it all. We have 2 fridges . . . we inherited the one in the garage with this house - and for the longest time it was turned off . . . but in the past year we've been needing it (that has helped greatly, especially if I do ahead-of-time cooking). We have a teeny pantry - and currently I'm trying to figure out how/where I can expand where the food can go.

We eat quite a bit of produce. Finding room for it is a chore for sure. Then our fridge likes to play tricks and freeze fridge stuff, just out of the blue. Oh, the kale is frozen! Thanks, fridge. Hilarious joke.

My son and daughter in law have taken over our refrigerator. Luckily, we have a refrigerator in the basement, an upright freezer, and small bar refrigerator. Meanwhile, the few items we bought fit in the vegetable bin. lol

I've had this problem in the past but we have plenty of storage space at the moment - and there is only the two of us now which makes a difference.

Hubby built me a large pantry, need to organize it more and I told him I need this storage bin for some of the veges. What I would love is a root cellar like my Gram had.

I know what you mean. We don't have a lot of storage or room to put things. Our kitchen really isn't that big, which isn't fun.

I would put my fresh produce in the window and get it eaten up as quickly as I could.

We had two refrigerators, but one broke soon after Christmas. I have not yet replaced that one, so I was obliged to organize very well the only refrigerator we are using now.

Sorry you dont have lots of room

I do my shopping once a week. I can fit it all in the fridge and cabinets. The freezer is full. I can't buy anything that needs to go in there.

@GardenGerty Heather, that is a lot of places to shop. I would be tired after that.

I'd love it if someone could come clear out my fridge and help me organize it better. I store cans and jars of food in my garage, unless it's something like mayo or dairy based, since it can get pretty hot in that garage.

Had this problem before but all is sorted out now.

Thank goodness. My kitchen in this home has plenty of storage, but I know how you feel. We've had that problem in the past.

I tend to shop multiple stores as well. I absolutely will not buy anything that is not on sale OR will not buy something at a higher price at one store when I know it is cheaper in another. As for putting things away, I generally know what I have and since most of my items are stocked up on, each and every thing generally has a place somewhere. There ARE times I do go a bit overboard on meat on sale and start to run out of room in the freezers.

I always shop twice a month, and it's not that hard for me..

I love organizing things. I hope you can find a spot on your place to put those new groceries!