18 Genius Ideas To Organize Cans in Pantry

Amanda's small pantry came a long way during her little makeover and one of my favorite ideas was how she organized her cans with a tiered riser.

The plastic riser that she uses is a great way to store canned goods because you can easily see the items, even in the back. This is a must if you have deep shelves in your pantry. 

Laura also incorporates an oversized stepped riser with a stadium seating method for her canned food in her pantry. She also uses a second stepped riser for larger sauce jars and peanut butter, which is a great idea for your kitchen pantry. 

Mique uses these clear can dispensers in her storage space and it seems to work great. These clear bins are designed to make the most of the vertical space between the pantry shelves. 

Take full advantage of your pantry door with a door organizer with wire bins. The baskets are larger enough to hold even the larger cans and other types of pantry food. 

If you use cabinet space for your pantry items, the deep shelves can be frustrating. You can see or easily access the items in the back of the pantry shelves.

Kati built these cool pull-out shelves that can be used for storing a lot of canned items. This is a great idea for a deep pantry!

The high shelves in a pantry can be pretty worthless without being able to see what is stored in the back. So instead of having deep shelves up top, Julia built u-shaped (or horseshoe-shaped) shelves for the top two rows. There is now easy access to canned goods and nothing gets lost passed its expiration date. 

Jessica mentions that this wire canned food rack makes things so much simpler for her pantry storage. She is easily able to see exactly what she has so she can quickly make a note of any cans that she needs to add to her grocery list! The rack also works for jars, like peanut butter and mayo - not just canned food. 

Chas shares tons of great tips for creating an organized pantry on a budget in her article. She keeps her cans organized by using wire racks to provide another surface to put cans. 

This is the best way to organize your cans if you're on a budget! She simply grabs wire baskets from the dollar store that can fit both small and large cans. Then she just puts the wire baskets on her wooden shelves in neat rows and groups the cans with like items. 

These DIY canned food storage racks are easy to build yourself! I love that they rotate the cans, allowing you to use the older dates first. I think the technical term here is "first in, first out" meaning that you're always using the oldest food first.

The larger size holds up to 12 cans, so they are a great solution if you buy food in bulk and have a large collection of cans that you need to store in your pantry.

Even if you don't use a lot of canned food in your recipe, everyone needs some sort of storage solution for cans. These bins are great because you're able to stack up the cans so they don't take up a lot of room on the shelf. 

How cool is this stackable can rack that holds up to 36 cans?! I also love that you can adjust the height of the shelves on this rack for different sizes of cans or jars or soda cans. The wood on the edges is a nice touch, too. 

If you have a blank wall in your walk-in pantry, this is a great idea! There are three size options with different numbers of columns that hold 8 standard-sized cans. That means that you can actually hold anywhere between 24 and 48 cans on your pantry wall without taking up any space on the valuable pantry shelves. 

This rotating can storage rack is so smart. It makes sure that your oldest cans are automatically given to you first. When you restock, you simply put the new can in the top and they roll into place by gravity. This is one of the coolest food storage ideas. 

This is a great way to store your cans if you only have a small space on your pantry shelves. It holds up to 27-36 cans (depending on size) stacked on 3 shelves, which are adjustable. The shelves are tilted forward a little bit so that gravity helps roll the can forward. 

This clear plastic organizer shelf has two different levels so you can easily see the items in the back. The tiered shelves create more space in a cluttered kitchen cabinet or pantry and allow easy access. 

hese metal basics are great. They are the perfect size for cans laid on their side (both soda cans and canned food). The best part is that they can be stacked up three tall or used individually - so you can arrange them however it works best for your pantry space! 

These clear bins are similar in shape to magazine holders, but they are made just for canned food. You can definitely take advantage of the vertical space on your shelves with these bins.