Inventory and Provisioning Spreadsheet

[The Boat Galley]

I've seen a couple of people asking about provisioning spreadsheets. I thought I'd add mine to the mix, as it's a little different from the others.

The spreadsheet and an instruction sheet are on my blog:

Provisioning Spreadsheet

It's not so much recommended foods or amounts -- that will vary considerably depending on your tastes, number of people, where you are, etc.

This spreadsheet will allow you to decide what foods you want, how many units of each you use in an average week, let you inventory how many you already have on hand, and then it will calculate how many you need to buy.

It it set up so that you can sort it to print only the items you need, and have those items sorted by category -- for example, all the "Baking" items you need will be grouped together so that when you're in the baking aisle of the store, you'll know ALL the things to put in the basket. This makes shopping much more efficient.

Hope you find it helpful!

[Unicorn Dreams]

Nice website.

Admiral will be going thru the site extensively.

THANKS

[capt_douglas]

Nice spreadsheet Carolyn. Kinda makes my attempt pale in comparison.

[Ofer]

wow great place to start and then can be customized to your own liking

Thanks for sharing. BTW I can't find the Carolyn brand shampoo

[The Boat Galley]

The "Carolyn" brand is right next to the "Dave" brand!

Seriously, the one thing that I'd add now that isn't on that spreadsheet is dried beans. Since I learned about Thermos Cooking (click the link if you want to know how to do it), I've almost totally stopped buying canned beans -- the dried are SO much lighter and smaller to store IF you have adequate water on board, and using the Thermos makes it a lot easier on a boat . . . or anywhere, actually.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words!

[Ofer]

Originally Posted by The Boat Galley

The "Carolyn" brand is right next to the "Dave" brand!

Seriously, the one thing that I'd add now that isn't on that spreadsheet is dried beans. Since I learned about Thermos Cooking (click the link if you want to know how to do it), I've almost totally stopped buying canned beans -- the dried are SO much lighter and smaller to store IF you have adequate water on board, and using the Thermos makes it a lot easier on a boat . . . or anywhere, actually.

Thanks to everyone for the kind words!

That is great! just learned another new trick and love it

thanks for adding your actual experience to new ideas.

[High Heels]

Carolyn, Thank You for sharing the provisioning sheet and your website! Such valuable information. I have just started reading some of your tips and recommendations - Just Great!

[The Boat Galley]

Glad you're finding it useful!