>>11343877 LB
Memeber when you walked in the door and the store owner smiled and greeted you by name? And if they didn't have what you needed in stock they would tell you where you could get it.
God I miss those days, I Pray the mom and pop's do come back!
Should be doing these things at all times, hell, natural disasters can happen at any time any where.
Keeping a stockpile of food is simple, buy or make shelves, keep the stockpile in a cool dry room, we keep ours in the basement. To start out, when you do your weekly shopping buy extra, until you have built up a 1, 2, 3 or what ever month surplus to make you comfy but understand if you make it too large you'll end up throwing food/money away.
The key is ROTATE that food supply!!
When you shop, look at the expiration dates on the cans and packages! Stores stock shelves by putting the new stock at the back of the shelves and the old stock gets moved to the front so knowing this, reach to the back of the shelves! You don't want to buy You don't want to stock food that will expire before you use it, money wasted.
When we come home from shopping, the new stock goes to the back of the shelves and we move the oldest stock into the kitchen, this way the food never goes past expiration dates and we don't throw food/money away. We made the mistake of stocking more than we could eat before the old stock expired, lesson learned. But rotate, it's simple.
Also buy a vacuum sealer, buy meats in bulk and on sale, separate, vac seal and put the date on it before it goes in the freezer.