Anyone stockpiling food?

[Farro]

While everyone is at the supermarket getting their bread and milk, you will find me at the liquor store. Not a lot of snow storms here this winter!

Yep! I know Barefoot (no need to be fancy for a quarantine) has that big box of wine with the spout that I think is 4 bottles? I'll get two boxes...just in case...

 

[L&Lfan]

Yes.... I bought 2 extra cases of Miller Lite.

 

[mom2rtk]

We live in a 90 year old house so barely have closets, let alone a full pantry or extra fridge or freezer. So we typically only have a couple of days extra food by the end of the week. Tomorrow is our shopping day, so we'll probably pick up a few extra non perishables. Nothing excessive though. The space under the beds is already full!

I might pick up extra cat food though. Priorities!

 

[Kitty 34]

So do we stockpile food for a week, a month, a year or what?

Like when will the virus disappear????

 

[Dole_whip_doll]

I hit a massive deal on pork ribs earlier in the year, then hit a deal on turkeys and hams after the holidays, and we butchered a show hog. We have enough meat to last us a while and can live on that. Plus I think we have some whitetail and wild hog.

 

[mjkacmom]

Yep! I know Barefoot (no need to be fancy for a quarantine) has that big box of wine with the spout that I think is 4 bottles? I'll get two boxes...just in case...

They really don’t take up much room, go for 3.

 

[mjkacmom]

We live in a 90 year old house so barely have closets, let alone a full pantry or extra fridge or freezer. So we typically only have a couple of days extra food by the end of the week. Tomorrow is our shopping day, so we'll probably pick up a few extra non perishables. Nothing excessive though. The space under the beds is already full!

I might pick up extra cat food though. Priorities!

100 here, I have a wooden cabinet in the kitchen and another in the basement. Pantry? I don’t even have a coat closet! We have an extra 50 year old fridge/freezer in the basement.

 

[karen4546]

Yep! I know Barefoot (no need to be fancy for a quarantine) has that big box of wine with the spout that I think is 4 bottles? I'll get two boxes...just in case...

great idea !! I don't drink barefoot. I mainly drink a local wine that is only $13/bottle. I need to grab a case or two. lol

 

[karen4546]

My husband is a "prepper". NOt an extreme prepper but we do have a small farm with over 30 chickens, a couple of pigs, goats, and a garden -but not much growing this time of year. We have freezers full of meat, vegetables, blue berries, pecans etc. He has several mountain house containers of freeze dried food. We made our 5th bedroom a storage room that has toilet tissue, water, paper towels, batteries, and several other normal staples. It is also sort of like a mini grocery store. I have to rotate the items so that if we use anything then the we use the oldest item first-gotta keep up with the exp. dates.
We have a pond, a well and we live a mile or so from a river. Everyone in our small community pretty much has the same as us. There are probably 6 families that live on our block.

We have adult children that don't live near us, but if anything were to happen then I believe our house would be ground zero.

I think we are prepared for a lot but you never know. Personally, I am not worried about coronavirus.

 

[RamblingMad]

I think the bigger concern is medications. If the supply chain is disrupted, will you be able to refill your meds.

As for food, I always buy in two week increments anyway. However, I buy toilet paper and towels in bulk from Costco that last me months.

 

[wenrob]

No, not worried about it. In general I have months worth of home supplies because I stock up when things are on sale and there are things I went without as a kid so I’m a little OCD about keeping those things around in multiples. I tend to shop for groceries for weeks at a time so could probably stretch things for a couple of months.

 

[NYCgrrl]

Yep! I know Barefoot (no need to be fancy for a quarantine) has that big box of wine with the spout that I think is 4 bottles? I'll get two boxes...just in case...

I didn't know Barefoot sold in boxes too so you gave me something to look for! I buy it to cook with mostly so that would be great. Bought two cases of wines a few weeks back. One is a mixed case and the other all sparkling wines for warmer weather....'course if I have to drink it earlier so be it.

 

[Hikergirl]

I'm actually trying to get rid of the food in the pantry. Dh and I started low carb again and I have tons of stuff I can't eat. I've been cooking pasta for my ds and his friends every night and I'm sending my other ds back to school with a bunch of soups.
I don't really see the point in stockpiling anything at this point. If I need anything I'll just order it and have it delivered.
Worst case scenario is us eating the MREs that dd gave dh for Christmas a couple years ago as a joke.

 

[Jennasis]

Nah.

 

[Pea-n-Me]

No

 

[LilyWDW]

No. There is no reason to be stockpiling food. I hate this fear that the media has been causing.

 

[Meriweather]

no, not stockpiling but we always have lots of food........freezer full, big pantry full

 

[TCRAIG]

A little - I did inventory our OTC meds - threw out stuff that was well past it’s expiration date and made sure I had enough of the basics and bought a new thermometer ( ours was really old). I also beefed up our TP, soap and disinfect supply I think if one of us gets the flu, all of us will get the flu and I wanted to be sure we had enough to not even have to worry about trying to order anything. Food wise - we usually have enough for a couple weeks anyway so no need to pick up much.

 

[Katie Dawn]

Yes, to some extent. Only non-perishable foods that will be used anyway. Toilet paper, paper goods as well. We have the storage room. (I haven't always had storage room though, so totally get that.)

... if the virus comes to our area we could stay home for probably a month without having to go out and possibly being exposed. Peace of mind I guess.

Yes, it will give me the option to keep my family out of the public as much as possible if we decide that's a good move for us.

However how would it affect you longterm? The store shelves would be re-stocked and you can buy at your leisure another day or two later assuming it was a panic.

Hopefully, but there's not a guarantee. As hopemax says below...

I’m more concerned about Supply Chain disruptions than quarantine. Since businesses are always tweaking their “just in time” inventory / deliveries strategies. I have wondered what it would take to get things off kilter.

Stores (not just grocery stores, all types of retailers) don't want square footage spent on merchandise that's held in the stock room. Most get multiple trucks each week and want it out on the floor immediately. If anything happens to that delicate timing we may see empty shelves for several days. Hopefully not, but it could happen.

I live in the South and am very familiar with the "snow panic" that clears out shelves in no time flat. If the virus starts moving this way it will happen, and I like the idea of not having to worry with all that mess because I already have it at home.

I was talking to a coworker whose DH is a nurse. She said they were told to have 2 weeks worth of food and meds on hand. Not because of the nation shutting down. More because if you do get it you would have to stay quarantined for two weeks so you don't spread it. Also family would have to stay quarantined too since they could unknowingly spread it,

Yes. Fever reducers, meds you typically use when you have a bad cold or the flu. Foods you eat when you're sick and your throat hurts. If you have it at home already you're keeping the virus at home too.


I have a friend who has lived in China (Wuhan actually) for the last several years. She's been part of their mandatory quarantine and I have been watching her Facebook posts of how things are going for a few weeks now. I'd rather just have the stuff on hand and not need it than wish I had it.

 

[indimom]

No. I'm a nurse. It's not like I'd be staying home if it hit anyway.