I know people who have been prepping and do it surreptitiously.
They only buy about 10% more each shopping trip than usual. It’s not enough to raise any suspicions or red flags.
Although in this area of NH, to the north it’s pretty desolate, and I was in BJs once and the lady who was working said they had people from far up north who come in only once a month to do all their grocery shopping, so they buy a lot.
I guess it depends some on whether it’s unusual for someone to be stocking up or not. Local mentality plays a role here.
“I guess it depends some on whether it’s unusual for someone to be stocking up or not.”
One of my best friends has a family of 10. She was at the store when Covid first hit, and had her usual ‘groceries’ and TP.
A lady asked her, ‘Are you stocking up for the lock downs?’ and she answered, ‘Nope. This is what we eat & use in an average week!’ ;)
So glad I don’t have her grocery bills, but she is raising one helluva bunch of AWESOME kids who will greatly benefit Society as a whole! :)