With toilet paper coming in so many different sized packs (6 mega rolls, 12 double rolls, 8 big rolls) you may think it’s difficult to figure out the best price. (I know it was hard for my at first). But this little trick should help you figure it out!
Take the total square footage in the pack of toilet paper, move the decimal two places to the left. This is what you should be paying or less. Anything more than this number is not the best deal. Example: 300.5 sq ft – move decimal point – 3.005 = $3.00 or less is what you want to pay for the pack. This equates to 1c per square foot. (If you pay less, then you are getting it for LESS THAN 1c per square foot!)
Last week I was able to get Angel Soft 9 Mega Roll packs that are 400 sq ft for $4.00/pack. Which is exactly $0.01 per square foot, my stock up price!
So just use this little formula next time you’re shopping for toilet paper and you’ll be scoring cheap TP in no time! (I have about 2000 sq ft stockpiled right now!)
Great tip! Thank you for sharing. I am a newbie and this helps out a lot. I look forward to you sharing more of your stock up price tips.
YES please tell us more stock up prices! I need to know what I should pay for items! For instance what price do you look for on cereal… How much for a box is a good deal? Can you maybe just make a post on what you aim for on everyday items! ESP for stockpile!!! Thanks
Thank you so much for this wonderful tip.
Thanks!!!!!!!!!!
Thanks for that tip! It is easier than trying to determine it by how many sheets are in the package.
This is SOOOO helpful – thank you!!
I can’t find the rest of your stockpiling saturday posts? There’s no search bar and none of your links at the top of the page takes me to them :(
So sorry about that! I guess I forgot that category when I set up the new blog! Thanks for pointing that out.
You can find stockpiling posts at /category/stockpiling
And I will work on getting that added to the menu bar!
Thank you! For now I have just saved the page as my favorite.
Thank you!
great info… just checked mine.. publix deal.. got 400 sq ft for 2.49.. yeehaw.. i feel like i got a really good deal… angel soft btw.. thank you now i know how to check my price easier ..
Yes, you did! You paid less than $.007 (that’s 7/10ths of a cent) per square foot!
Awesome! That is great to know, I am still trying to figure out what prices for things are stockpile worthy!
Do you have a formula like this for paper towels? What is you stock up price on paper towels?