Food preservation and pantry · HP-01

Pantry Stock and Reorder Sheet

A free printable pantry stock sheet — item, unit, par level, current count, opened and best before dates, reorder flag and supplier, one line per staple.

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What this sheet is for

See at a glance what has fallen below the level you want to keep, so staples get reordered before a recipe stops and duplicates stop accumulating behind them.

Who it is for

Households running a stocked pantry, shared houses, holiday lets, and anyone who shops for a cupboard rather than for a single meal.

How to use it

List the staples you actually keep, one per line, and write the unit you count them in.
Set a par level for each — the number you want on the shelf before you buy more.
Count what is there, date the count, and copy the best before from the packet.
Tick the reorder column wherever the count has fallen below the par level, and shop from that column.

What is on the sheet

One page, top to bottom:

Printed under the title: What is on the shelf, how much of it you want there, and what needs reordering before it runs out mid-recipe. One line per item, counted and dated.

Your figures, not ours. A par level is the number of something you want to have in stock before you buy more. It is yours to set, and it depends on how you cook and how often you shop. No storage times, keeping guidance or best-before figures are printed here either — those belong to the packet in front of you and to advice where you live. This sheet holds a count against a level you chose.

Write-on lines: Household or premises · Store, cupboard or shelf · Counted by · Date

Table, 13 rows: Item · Unit · Par · Count · Checked · Opened · Best before · Reorder · Supplier

Questions

What is a par level?

The quantity of something you want to have in stock before you top it up. It is your own decision and it depends on how you cook, how far the shops are and how often you go — which is why the sheet asks for it rather than printing one.

Does this tell me how long food keeps?

No, and deliberately so. Keeping times depend on the product, the packaging and how it is stored, and food safety guidance differs between countries. The sheet has columns for the opened date and the best before printed on the packet; the packet and guidance where you live are the source for what those mean.