It costs nothing, since it’s all stuff you’d eat/use anyway. If I’m wrong (along with the epidemiologists), no big deal. But if I’m right, there will be a panic stage where the shelves are bare, potentially followed by a breakdown of supply chains, period. So they won’t be restocked, at least not nearly as efficiently as things work now.
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And if it gets that bad, it’d be foolish to assume a stable electric grid. So, stocking up on frozen and refrigerated would be problematic.
Whole house generator. Propane can be delivered without any person to person interaction.
-SB
Depends on whether you have a generator...