You can Download the Food Shopping List Below…

When you first become interested in preparedness and you’re not quite sure where to start. It can become a little overwhelming looking through all the different articles about what prepping supplies you need to have to be better prepared. I even have a couple of those here and here.

As great as all these articles are it can be a little difficult to pick and choose between prepping supplies you need right now, and prepping supplies you will need later.

So in this article, we are going to go back to the basics and help you write out a beginning prepper’s 30 day shopping list that will help you get the supplies you need to become prepared for at least a month.

If you have been putting off prepping for a while, or you are not quite sure how prepared you actually are, if you only buy the food and supplies listed in this article you will be better off than most of the population.

NOTE: The reason we wrote this article and dedicated a podcast to it is because with all the events that could unfold in September I have gotten a little concerned. Because of that I decided to take a deeper look and ask myself “how prepared am I…really?”

Sometimes even the most prepared person can get so involved in projects like ham radio, canning or building a solar generator (guilty) they can completely forget about the basics like food and water.

If nothing happens this month then good for us, but even if you are reading this after September it never hurts to make sure you are actually as prepared as you think you are.

SPP113 Beginning Preppers 30 Day Shopping List

The Beginning Prepper’s Shopping List

Alright, now let’s get into the meat of this article, let’s assume you have absolutely nothing, and you are completely unprepared. That would mean you are just like 99% of the population, but you don’t want to be part of that statistic so you need a shopping list.

Here is a shopping list for preppers with all the fat trimmed off and slimmed down to the very basics you need to become better prepared. This might be a little long, but we have a preppers shopping list PDF that you can download at the end.

This shopping list is for 2 to 4 people, if you have more or less family members you will need to adjust accordingly.

Food & Drink

Water: First and foremost you need to store water. You are going to need 1 gallon a day minimum per day per person. I suggest at least having 20 gallons stored, but store as much as you can.

Water containers: You can buy bottles water, use old 2 liter bottles or even buy water bricks that are easier to store than round bottles.

Flour: Grab about 20 or 30Lbs of flour. Even if you don’t use much flour today, you would be surprised at how quickly if goes when you are making bread and pancakes. Flour is also a great way to extend your food supply if you happen to get unexpected house guests.

Sugar: Grab 10Lbs of sugar. Sugar is another staple of baking and can also be used to sweeten many other bland food. Coffee, tea or cool aid? You’re going to need sugar if you plan on drinking something other than...