I know people who have little to no food in their homes, they purchase as needed. I could never live that way.
I have always lived from 15 to 20 miles from the nearest store and you don’t just jump in the car and get something that you forgot. You learn to keep all the favorites on hand.
I have 3 full freezers and an overflowing pantry. One night my DIL and granddaugher came to my house to “shop”. They were too tired to stop at the grocery store and they knew I’d have everything they needed.
Good for you!
Make sure you rotate... although, from my experience, most canned foods will last far longer than the label says.
I opened a can of Hunts spag sauce that was 6 years old and it was totally fine. No bulge to the can, no leaks, I poured it into the pan and rinsed out the can and saw no internal corrosion.
They say the acid content of tomato products is so high it pretty much sterilizes it.
But I opened a jar of Miracle whip that was like two years old and it was gone. Certain prepared foods have some kind of oil in them that basically makes it smell like old paint after a while.
Exactly...and being prepared for potentially extended disruption of electrical services is just plain prudent living IMHO.