In response to your comment etc. Having been in England for a short period of time during the very end of the Cold War I found everything in England is smaller then the United States, refrigerates are smaller, stoves are smaller, cars are smaller, houses are smaller, I don't think they even have basements, and few have garages they don't buy up worthless junk at malls, and shopping centers, They just don't have the room to store all that stuff and junk. And because of that they don't have to many malls and shopping centers, They don't go down to the local big box store and buy a 24 packs of toilet paper, or paper towels, or a 24 pack of beer etc at one time, and stuff like that, that Americans are use to buying, they pretty much buy just what they need for day or two at a time, No room for stocking up on stuff, and prepping. Back to the buying toilet paper, paper towels, and beer and stuff in bulk, I doubt if they sell stuff in bulk in England and even if they did they couldn't buy to much stuff at one time/trip because they don't have the big SUV's like Americans do, they have small compact cars, life is so different their that the idea of Americans stocking up on stuff and prepping on stuff like that would be fascinating to people in England and pretty much the rest of the world.
One would also imagine you don’t have to drive 30 miles to the nearest grocery store in England. Some Americans need to buy in bulk so they don’t have to drive 30 miles for a quick milk run. At my Texas store, if you have two milk cartons in your cart, you get begged by everyone else to share one because the dairy case is empty. When you see a staple product, you should know to stock up because it might not be on the shelves for the next three months, six months or years.
We had a flood last October that washed away a bridge and shut down half the town. People had to drive forever to another grocery and to work and school. It didn’t bother us because I keep a full pantry.
I don’t prep like during obamy’s time but keep a full pantry like my grandma did.