Plastic buckets with snap on lids work good for storage. You can usually buy them reasonably from bakeries and other food processing places- I used to get mine at a cookie factory- they are food grade. I buy laundry soap in sturdy buckets that are great for storage of non-food items.
If space is an issue you can also use a vacuum sealer or zip lock bags and store in garbage cans- you can even cut plywood rounds to put on the garbage cans, cover with a table cloth and use for a table. I store well packaged food in plastic tubs and that seems to work too. For grains, flour, sugar and things like that the buckets work best for me.
If space is an issue you can also use a vacuum sealer or zip lock bags and store in garbage cans- you can even cut plywood rounds to put on the garbage cans, cover with a table cloth and use for a table. I store well packaged food in plastic tubs and that seems to work too. For grains, flour, sugar and things like that the buckets work best for me.
There are plenty of grocery stores which will give away those plastic buckets if you ask. They just throw them out.
A warning though, you are likely going to need to clean them yourself, but if all they’ve had in them was food, they’ll be fine for storing food.
I buy honey from local growers in 5 pound jars and save the jars and lids, which usually have a built in gasket. They’re great for storing food, too and free to boot, once the honey is gone.