[WVKayaker]

I am hoarding coffee and sugar as barter items. They will have more value than gold or silver, IMHO, as I look for fuel, etc. I have more than 300# of vaccuum packed coffee and a half ton of 5# bags of sugar on oxygen free containers. I also have ten cases of small propane cylinders (120 units) and lots of "lead assets".

I am a Boy Scout.

[TexasKamaAina]

I think your idea of “investing” in sugar and coffee for barter is great. Seems like those commodities have always been used for bartering in past troubled times. What do you think about cigarettes? I don’t smoke, but haven’t they also proved valuable as a barter currency? I hadn’t thought about it before, but I think your approach makes a lot more sense than buying metals.

[grey_whiskers]

There will come a day that you will trade all you have for a roll of toilet paper.

I'm stocking up on TP, olive oil, wheat, and alcohol.

I keep draining the alcohol reserves though, darn it. /sarc>

Cheers!

[o_zarkman44]

Salt, sugar, rice, coffee, all good items to have plenty of.
I have a lot of salt and sugar in storage. Great for curing meat.
Get the non iodized variety for curing.
The small propane bottles are expensive but handy. One trick is to buy a refill kit and refill them from a larger cylinder.
However I have found that some of them tend to leak down. Look for screw on caps that will contain the pressure until you are ready to use them for your camp stove or whatever.
Scouting has taught us well.

[marychesnutfan]

“I am hoarding coffee and sugar as barter items.”

Add to that tea leaves and SALT and you can get along and trade them for just about anything. Look at the Civil War and WWII, in both those 4 items were worth more than anything.