Organizing a Pantry

June 10, 2013 / Janet Schiesl /

Organizing a Pantry

by Basic Organization team member Tracy Wells.

Today Pam and I  organized a client’s food pantry. Hopefully, I can inspire you to start your summer off with a fresh start by cleaning out your pantry.
First, we took out everything from the pantry and began sorting and separating the items into similar categories. For instance, we put chips together in one section, cookies in another, etc…
Once everything was out of the pantry we began the process of checking the expiration dates. Everything that was expired went into the trash. If the expiration date was soon approaching we let our client know so that she could use the food item soon. Those items could also be placed near the front with similar items behind them according to the expiration date. When too many of one food item is discovered it is always a good idea to donate to your local food pantry.

Next, we put categorized items into plastic bins and labeled them. This will make it easy for large families with children so that everyone knows where everything belongs. A place for everything and everything in its place, right? Another thing we did in the food pantry was to move some non-food items out.   We found some new homes for those. Today we moved a crock pot, chip and salsa tray, and fondue set out of the food pantry, thus making more space. Of course, there are many different ways of organizing your food pantry, but I thought I would share with you the process we did today.

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Janet Schiesl

Janet Schiesl

Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.

She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.

Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.

Janet Schiesl

Janet Schiesl

Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.

She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.

Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.

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