WOW! 2 DOLLAR TREE DUMSPTER DIVES: STOCKING UP FOR EMERGENCIES WITH FREE FOOD, LIGHTS, & CLEANERS! 

I remember about 40 years ago we were awaiting our turn at the dumper at the back of the Albertsons (I think), and I was fifth or sixth in line, and it started raining. Pouring. Niagara Falls pouring. Our little group did not have cars. Not me at that time. Everybody left. I moved my pull cart over to that dumpster and went at it. Filled my cart (a big one, not small like the ones today...I could fit a banana box in the bottom!) like I was playing Tetris. Meat, potatoes, canned goods, etc., and the fried pork skins and chips. That is what reminded me of this day. Then the employee brought out a full box of bread. I mean, it had like 20 pullman loaves of white bread in it. I emptied a trash bag from the dumpster and used it to cover the bread cardboard box. After I filled my cart, I precariously balanced the box of bread on top of it, with plastic bags holding light items tied to the top of the cart and all along the openings clear to the bottom of the cart, my son carrying what he could, and walked the six blocks home. That cart must have weighted 150 pounds or more, but it held up like a pro. Sore for days. I miss those times. I think I was the original bag lady.

Amy I can’t believe there are folks that don’t understand prepping and why it’s SO necessary 🤦🏼‍♀️ Keep educating all the friends. Don’t waste money storing beans and rice if you don’t like that. Store what you like to eat. My 2 cents worth💜🌻🇺🇸

I got the chance to do some night diving last night. I'm so glad I did. The Aldi's dumpster had 4 raccoons trapped in it. It was pretty empty. But there were enough boxes to stack up by the door for them to climb out on.

My kin always said “ you ain’t sugar or salt, you ain’t gonna melt in a little rain” lol!

I've been raiding my prepper pantry because I can't afford enough groceries to make it to pay day most weeks and our dumpsters are empty 🥴 Great haul

Ive had very little food dumpster diving experience because all of the dumpsters at food stores near where i live have store enclosed crushers. I have however furnished several nice homes over the last 50 years dumpster diving.

FD: "I'm taking it all away." Me: Yay! Not only did he get it all but did so against the elements. Good thing he enjoys nature! :-)

Fugule Daddy faired through the elements to forage for much needed supplies to help his family stay healthy and provide in what was needed to Sustaine their wellness and Happiness.... I just had to throw some dramatic wording due to the rain he was in...lol..!!

Rain,snow and the heat never stops Frugal Daddy. When it started to rain I was thinking well all you need now is some soap and you could have a shower Daddy. That was one haul I would call a box of chocolates as you never know what you will find in those dumpster.

Since childhood I have LOVED olives. Any kind of olives. I could eat an entire jar of olives all by myself. My kids and granddaughter are the same way too. All those jars is a huge score in my book.

Holy birds of prey😱 Really great haul, score on all the pop tarts! LOL, he cracked me up with the "I got a free shower" 👍🤣 You two are so awesome! Have a great night! 🤗

Make a pie crust out of the pop tart pastires, like a Graham crackers. Smash them up, add a little butter. Press them in the bottom of your pan. Make up some pudding , using 1/2 cup less of the called for milk. Put the pudding over the crust. Maybe a little strawberries on top , or cherries... you get the picture.... Everyone will get jacked up on sugar !!!

Hi Frugal Family. I know what you mean about drought. I pray for rain for California every day. I remember not that long ago when every May there would be flooding from the snow melt runoff. We could surely use some of that storm you showed earlier in your video. Enjoy the fruits of your find.

Way to go, Frugal Daddy, for persevering through that storm! You are a superstar!

Those plastic bowls would make great domes to put over food in or out the house! Maybe glue a knob or something to make a handle on top.

I laughed out loud “I’m not picky with my FREE cleaner”

Thank you! Finally someone who says if we are in a situation to need the not so healthy stuff, we are not going to care about calories, we will be to busy surviving!

This past Christmas I used the bowls to make a large light up ornaments. Hot glue the bowls together, melt a hole on top with hot glue gun, push battery powered mini lights ( from DT) then decorate it with ribbon , flowers ect 😊

Dedicated man! Loves what he’s doing! And we all love y’all!

hug to you for daddy for Braven the rain. Hugs to you too Amy and the girls have a good week and thanks for sharing.🤗🤗🤗🤗🥰

True dedication!!!😆 And extreem frugal, taking a shower while dumpster diving😄💪💪💪👍

Wow! Another great haul FD Fm! Some really great products! Enjoy! ❤

You don't have to worry about getting caught. Nobody will take out garbage in that. Good job stay safe and God Bless

If you smash those pork rinds up to crumbs you can coat your meat for a carb free crunch instead of using flour or cornmeal!

the pop tarts will last longer cause of being in mylar -that is a steal.... Nice haul with the solar lights and love the humor

Hello there! I love my Dollar tree. You can find some really good things in the dumpsters there.

Thank you for saving what you can!! It's so disheartening to see things like easily recyclable cardboard going to the landfill when we are amidst a nation-wide shortage 😩

The shelves are empty of some stuff in the stores already. I haven't been able to buy wallmart low price oatmeal in weeks. The price on Quaker oats cost almost $6 now.

Wow! Nothing will stop FD from dumpster diving, snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night! You go FD, great haul.

I'm going back and rewatching some of your older videos. Frugal mommy you are so funny!

🤩! God is awesome! I just went diving in 100. Heat with heat advisory! Nothing but 😓. Happy for y’all. Keep up the awesome 😎 finds.

Great haul FD 🌧️🌧️🌧️ 🎵🎶 Always look on the bright side of life 🎵🎶

Hi Amy and Frugal Daddy Wow what a great haul today ☺️ So glad you are getting so much stuff for you incase we do have a food shortage. Take care 🙂 💕 Blessings your friend Joyce from California.

When i see the rectangular boxes with cut-off corners originally used as a base for cases of product, I keep seeing pet beds for small dogs and cats. Strip off the plastic, give the boxes 1 or 2 coats of interior house paint on all edges, add a custom sized pillow, and maybe glue some graphic or clip art dowloaded from the internet on the outside edges.

Those clear bowls are AWESOME for gardening as a makeshift "cloche" to protect seedlings during cool weather. A lot of people use them on top of 5 gallon buckets for "no transplant winter sowing" (a super easy method of seed starting that's mega beginner-friendly)

Happy Wednesday 😊 and Awesome The Dollar tree haul. Yes plastic bowl for Salad. Yes have Emergency foods. We love your video and Bird on the Dumpter. Very scary. L.o.l and Have a Amazing Night...

Frugal Daddy...what fortitude!!...what dedication!!! Just like the postmen...neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet or darkness....

Great haul the red and yellow and clear jug you found is a hummingbird feeder make sugar water and hang it in a tree. Love all the green olives. Just remember to pull the tab out of the solar lights it should be on the bottom of the lamp they are great. 😍

I loved your list of what people are prepping for! What a memory you have to be able to spew them all out like that, without a pause. But you and Frugal Daddy aren't prepping for any of those things, are you? No, indeed, just financial catastrophe and bad weather.

Amy, I have discovered a great channel called Home is where our heart is, they tell you how to forage for stuff to eat, using plants growing around you. Just started watching, and thought of you straight away! xx

I felt so bad for frugal Daddy getting caught in the downpour that was so cool I heard the thunder I love listening thunder happy Thursday have a wonderful day love from Canada as always ♥️♥️🙏🙏👍👍❤️❤️🙂🙂🙂🇨🇦

Another great haul. I’m so proud you are getting stuff to help you out. I only wish I had that kind of help.

Always fun with you two. Love you! 👍👍💜💜💜💜

That was amazing fd you are the dumpster king in the rain 🌧 Amy you crack me up 🤣❤️🇨🇦😜

I love hearing those birds, Hello Frugal Daddy and Mommy too from Rochester New York

Wow turkey vultures jeepers brave FD. The shower was a good thing for rinsing the goods, and never a bad thing to get a free shower :) Make sure to check the lights if they do not work, screw off the top incase there is a little paper tab you need to remove to allow the solar panel to become active. And I never thought of them in the house after outside so I can find my way to the bathroom great idea 😂 you are not alone FD. Wonderful haul absolutely. xo

Absolutely awesome haul 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

I grew up in State of New York.where New York will get ice storms. My dad would have back room full of Emergency food to have. When the ice storm hit where we live it know out the powder for 3 weeks and can't drive on the roads because of the ice. My dad had 3 full time jobs. One job is working for the highway department for the town we live in. Number two job is a full time volunteer fire chief for the town too and number 3 job is a teacher for us kids and on top of being a full time father.

I enjoyed today's video ! Not only did you get quite a haul, but we got serenaded with Sinatra and The Talking Heads. lol!

I admit I enjoyed the rain storm, being that here in CA we are in a severe drought, and in the midst of a days-long triple digit heat wave. All that aside, that was a good haul. Those pop tart things actually looked quite yummy! (And no, I wouldn’t eat them even if I could).😄

The pork rind are delicious in pinto beans and sausage onion all cooked together that is how we eat them in San Antonio Texas love your video's

It's a pleasure watching the pair of you together you make great videos and certainly save a great amount in food cost as well as helping friends and I think you are a fantastic couple and here's to many more dumpster diving years ahead

I love you all your show ! Its fun to watch.when I'm depress . Thank you L.T.

You know those solar yard lights make good emergency lights.

Hey guys! Fun video. Looks like you had a lot of fun out there frugal daddy!. A really cool recipe to use those cheese curls! Take a bag and crush them up. Then use it as a dredge for your chicken. Instead of using flour, use that! It will make your chicken nice and crispy and cheesy! I'm sure your kids would love that.

🌧🌧🌧🌈 and my dog thought it was raining here because I had the volume up 😂😁 he does not like rain. Good haul 👍

I love watching you guys 🥰 -from philippines

Sugary sweets always makes me feel better when I am stressed.

The way inflation is sky rocketing. We needs pantries! That foodstuff for backups! Just look at what gets stored in bomb shelters…there you go then! Amy, I am with you 100% on this!! 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Recipe for hummingbird feeder: Boil 4 Cups water with 1 Cup sugar. Let cool. Do not add red food dye, the red on the feeder will attract humming birds. Store unused sweet mixture in fridge. Enjoy the hummingbirds!

Your so right Amy I'm going to buy at least a dozen or more pop tarts and store them with my stock pile.

Wow what a tremendous haul 👏. Good for you.

Those solar lights, put marbles in a small mouth canning jar , take the polls off the solar lights, stick the lights into the marbles the top of the solar lights fit perfectly on the mouth of the jars, really pretty sitting on an outside table to take in the house at night. Really nice looking.

Glad to still see the humor is there. Love watching yall... Happy Diving...💜💗💙💛

Humming bird feeder! We have lots. Don't use kool-aid. It's not good for the birds, but you can get humming bird food at the store or make your own with the online recipes, but don't use the kool-aid ones! Good luck, we get lots of them at our house. They actually stop and sit on them when they are comfortable. It's so neat to see them sitting still. They are so tiny. ☮❤😊

Good prepper haul 😊 love it all

My man would have raced straight to the car at the first sign of a raindrop!! Well done Frugal Daddy!

Thanks very much for letting me watch you doing the grocery shopping while out admiring the wildlife. The free shower you and your car got was a bonus😂🤣.

You prep because it the wisest thing to do!

I think the food stuff is always on the bottom. They clear the shelves and toss it, then unpack the new stuff to go on the shelves. So dig to the bottom for the good stuff.

I just saw a hack where they took solar lights, removed the cylinder you cover the stake with from the light, glued the light part bottom to a mirror as part of a decorative table treatment and the mirror reflection increases the light at least three times or more. So, now you only have to find mirrors!

Remember those plastic bowls would make great covers for the picnic table foods =)

Brave Frugal Daddy, great haul.

I'm the same as you hun I stock up on tins of food just in case something happens with shops and food shortages

My favorite of your great finds olives 🫒 look delish

Great haul y’all are sooo funny and sweet!

Great haul you two!

Your videos are always so good to watch. All I find are empty bins but I’ll keep looking. May God continue to move you to help others🌺

OMGOSH!!!! I just love you Frugal Mommy and Daddy ...You two make my day. Love watching Frugal Daddy dive and bring all those goodys home to his Frugal Family Love and Respect to you all Sending hugsssssss and good VIBES :)

Fun watching frugal daddy, he’s a hoot!

Great prep finds

You are 😂 HILARIOUS. Thanks for the songs and laughs!

Amy you nailed it on Why People Prep.. there are a lot of reasons. I am a prepper and like you I prep for financial instability and natural disasters which in Ohio can happen at a moments notice. Last week AEP decided to shut off several areas of our city with no warning for 2 days.. Yeah!! I had solar lights outside lamps with extra batteries, battery operated fans, canned foods and a way to heat them.. though it was hot as Hades here we could have been a whole lot worse off. We've had this happen before with storms that knocked the grid down for a week ice storms in the winter.. Be Prepared Not Scared. I'm so glad to see you are thinking about your families security. And absolutely on target about the sweets and snacks we all need a little mental pick me up when going through stressful situations. Anna In Ohio

It is so amazing to watch what you can get from the dumpsters. It is something I wish I could do in my area but sadly most places have compactors. The canning videos are great to keep sealed for the prepper pantry to, they keep for a long time. Remember to stay safe in all you do and keep the awesome videos coming, I love to watch. Love 💕💕 and Hugs 🤗🤗🤗 from Sheboygan, WI.

Hi Frugal Family, have a good day and the find is good.

Lol I love watching you. Frugal mummy you always make me laugh. Keep up the good work .

If you own a curling iron, you already own a Mylar sealing kit! It’s what we used to seal balloons at the florist where I worked years ago.

Happy afternoon 🌅

I've been so eager to see you guys ☺️

Here comes the rain! Good daddy keeps digging.Good man.

We have those turkey vultures down on the Illinois River front , here in Pekin Illinois. They are Hudge. There's like 50 of them that hang out.

Toast'ems are a great dupe! Usually DT solar lights require batteries. ☹ Do the ones you found require🔋s?

More videos of Frugal Daddy in rain and thunderstorms please! It's most satisfying, watching while lying in a warm dry bed.

The other day I was out and about I rode by Kirkwood dumpster, and I found a two drawer rolling kitchen cart . Perfect condition!, just missing a drawer...easy fix. I looked it on the Kirkwood web, lol...good grief! It's worth 250 bucks. And I got it for free! Happy Happy Dance!

This is one of the best!

Love these two ❤️

great video love love love the turkey hawks their so cute

I thought of you today when I opened a ton of ketchup packets and filled up my ketchup bottle. My adult children love to ask for ketchup with every order and rarely use them. So I keep them in a baggie in the fridge when full I cut them open and refill an empty bottle. I am becoming Freakin Frugal too! lol

Pop tarts came into being in 1964 by Kellogg Company. Introduced as a toaster tart. 😃👍

That little red thing is a hummabird feeder goggle it