Approximately 37 months ago, I stocked up on soap. As the supply started to dwindle, I figured it was time to bump it up. Here’s an interesting note – I purchased it from the same place as I did three years ago. But..instead of 100 bars for $40, I now get 80 for that same amount. Put another way, my cost went up by 25%. Sure, it could have been a simple change in wholesalers or something but in this economy…:::waggles hand::: ..who knows?
Regardless, I’ve enough soap for the next several years at current usage rates. As Forrest Gump would say, “One less thing to worry about.”
As I mentioned in that earlier post, soap seems to ossify over time. I vacuum sealed the soap to keep it from doing what it does and that seemed to work just fine. So…empirical data for the win.
I should also mention, while I’m on the subject of long-term toiletries, that about ten or twelve years ago I bought out a closeout of toothpaste. Still using it and it seems to work just fine.
Yeah, we’re going to sink into a 1970’s -style era of inflation and, possibly, unemployment on our way to Third Worldism but, by Crom, I’m gonna be the cleanest, best smelling insurrectionist at the revolution.
I stumbled upon a bar of soap I purchased 40y ago. It was somewhat harder, but it still serves its purpose,
I’ve tried to lay in as many daily necessities as I can for my family (and some to trade if it comes to that). The family was impressed in 2020 as we had alcohol cleanser on hand for the duration without even having to do a search for it. I had hoped it made an impression on them, but it faded away. Really frustrating that – lessons are not learned it seems unless it is ‘Go Time’.
GMTA. The (literal) case of deodorant and gross of razor blades I bought online last year because the store stopped stocking them is looking to be a similarly timely and wise investment.
“One less thing to worry about”, indeed.
Dang it, another word I had to look up. Ossify…………..
i have found that if a bar or bars of soaps of are are not sealed and let harden that the bars of soap last longer.
“…but, by Crom, I’ll…” Glad to find another Pernite out there.
Yup, avoiding inflation…
I need to rebuild stocks of some stuff also, and it’s also more expensive…
About price increases, I visited the store of a regional restaurant supplier yesterday. White flour was $9.99 for a 25 lb. bag. I could be wrong, but I think that I remember that the same size bag was around $7.00 just last year. Ugh!
Meh.
What’s mere 40% inflation year-over-year, between friends?
‘s only money, right?
I know I haven’t slept, but my brain sez 20%. Not that it matters….
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Soap
Commander, curious if you compared size of the soap bars? They’ve been steadily shrinking them long before Covid. Long ago I believe most bars were 5.0 ounces. The last shrink I noticed was from 4.0 ounces to 3.75 just prior to Covid.
I don’t know about toothpaste, but I had some buddies work at a testing lab for hygiene products. Anything liquid can grow bacteria easier than things like bar soap. Shampoos and body wash only had a guaranteed bacterial safety of 2 years. Funny that considering they don’t have dates on them. Generally the perfumes/scents are the first to go bad so you don’t want to use them. I experienced this with some stored shampoo. Not saying shampoo etc WILL grow unsafe bacteria right after that time frame but it is possible to wash your hair with bar soap…something to consider.
Used to get yellow bar soap from a steel mill contact-stuff was probably the same as 75 years ago, would wash off almost any dirt/grime,no perfumes,no unnessesary anything just real soap. Can’t get anything like it anywhere,wish I had a 20 year supply of that stuff.
I think “Clean is happy” is spot on with their assesment. Everything is getting smaller – packages of meat, ice cream, cereal boxes, chips, candy bars, and even soap. INFLATION!