You'd think so, huh. Many people now days order out so much they have forgotten how to cook. Or maybe it's that they haven't a clue about managing and making do. I'm thinking they don't understand you can open, with a hand can opener, a can of corn and call it a meal. Even for people who have just the minimum food and don't have an alternative power source, the first day is ice cream day. Next it's the delicate perishables in the warming fridge. The freezer will keep for 3 days so day three is for the grill. Day 4 is whatever can be salvaged from the fridge and freezer. Day 5 and after, it's canned and pantry foods. For the unprepared, that gets them a week into the crisis and a fair amount of power being restored.
And beyond that, there are the two cases of MREs stashed down in the basement that I figure would give me another week to ten days for the two of us, in a true emergency.