Stocking up on items that are on sale and have a long shelf life is good prepping and financially smart. We have about 6 months of canned fruits, vegetables, meats, powdered drinks, soups, stews and dried goods like beans, rice, pancake mix, Bisquick, pastas, & spices that we normally use. We rotate our stock and get the smaller size cans so that there wont be any leftovers that require refrigeration.
This is financially smart because our “Mini Grocery Store” was all acquired “on sale”, and as grocery prices rise, it’s a financial investment.
Try a practice run by shutting off your gas, power, water and telephone for the weekend, or a few days to get a feel for what else you may need in a SHTF situation, like water, propane, batteries, lanterns, paper goods, etc, etc.
Hopefully this situation wont occur. If it does, we’re ready. If it doesn’t, we will use most of this anyway.
>>”Try a practice run by shutting off your gas, power, water and telephone for the weekend...”<<
This a a normal winter occurence in upstate NY!
We also keep about 6 months of food and needed items in our pantry, along with ammo, lots of ammo.