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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/25/2008 3:04:10 PM
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doinkdom
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yeh, it's terrible
It is if your a restaurant owner and are trying to buy supplies.
But it's Costco...wouldn't a restaurant use a food distributor?
 Hmmm...maybe not if they're a small place.
I was thinking more of the individual family, not business owner.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/25/2008 3:09:59 PM
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It's a wholesaler and it's usually just as cheap if not cheaper to use Sam's or Costco than it is to use the food distributor, especially for the independent mom and pop restaurants.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/25/2008 3:49:36 PM
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Nope.
1. I think the "panic" is media driven. I have definately seen prices rise in the last few months, and it upsets me, but we are not running out of food. I have even heard someone talking about stores "rationing" food and I think that is bogus. Occasionally stores will limit what you can buy, either because they belatedly realize they should have ordered more, or because they are selling it for a real good price and don't want greedy horders snapping up their entire stock in the first 5 hours of the sale.  For instance, a local store occasionally sells bags of flour for .99c. That is an *awesome* deal, and they limit it to two per transaction to make sure everybody gets a chance to buy some.
2. I don't have storage space or a freezer even if I wanted to stock up.
I am buying lentils and rice in bulk because it's just easier, so if the world falls apart next week, we'll be good for a week or so until we can figure out what to do next. Lucky me, dh knows how to grow food, so we won't starve if the worst should happen.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/25/2008 5:36:30 PM
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I like those thoughts, steph & auben, but am afraid it's wishful thinking!! Scares like this normally cause people to make changes for a short amount of time, but don't seriously impact their lives.
Yes, most people, but this is a good chance to talk it up and maybe a few who haven't thought about it will learn something and make some changes.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/25/2008 6:11:53 PM
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I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the encouragement to not be negative and make assumptions.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/26/2008 11:09:48 AM
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/27/2008 10:52:42 PM
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I remember one time when we knew my husband's job was iffy so I bought a case of pork and beans and a new electric razor. Didn't that just save the day 
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/28/2008 8:34:45 AM
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I remember stocking up on food for Y2K, which of course, turned out to be nothing. I don't think we would have done too well on what I had stocked up, anyway, though. It didn't take us that long to run out of of some of the items, and some of the other items we had went bad before we could use it all up.
I don't think it's a bad idea to have some extras on hand for short-term things, such as power outages. Since we have an electric well pump, it's good to have some bottled water to drink if the power goes out. It's also to have a little extra food in the winter in case we get snowed in and can't make it to the store.
In the past we've gardened and put up food for the winter, and although we haven't been able to in the last couple of years, we're looking forward to doing that again this year.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/28/2008 8:54:37 AM
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Some things I always buy in bulk (flour and other baking things, cereal, rice, potatoes, canned goods like tomatoes, butter, etc) but more because I want to decrease my trips to town (and gas usage) than because I'm worried about the food supply.
I'm not stockpiling and I certainly wouldn't buy rice right now because of the prices. I'd take the time to shift to local foods I can depend on (where I live that's potatoes, onions, veggies, local meat) rather than worrying about the food that comes from far away.
I hope that this scare makes people seek out local sources of food.
 I agree... I stock up to avoid trips to the store, and I'm going to make another trip in the next day or two. When the prices drop, I'll buy more. I'm also stocking up slowly for hurricane preparation. I might try growing some veggies, but I've got a brown-thumb.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/28/2008 3:04:35 PM
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I did go stock up on rice. I'd say we have three months worth if we eat it two nights a week. I just heard that the price of rice was going to go up, so I'm hoping maybe it will go down by the time we run out. I wasn't afraid of running out food, just didn't want to have to pay an arm and a leg next month buying rice.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/28/2008 4:02:35 PM
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Well I'm always a stockpiler anyway (combine coupons and sales to stockpile - why pay full price for something that I need right now, when I could have gotten it for pennies on the dollar three weeks ago and had it on hand?) but yes, I have made more of an effort in the past few weeks to step up the stockpile on some things in case the grocery budget has to get even tighter than it already is.
I'm not panicking, just being frugal like I always am. 
Oh and I'm also making an effort to send more to the food pantry than I usually do too.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/28/2008 4:07:22 PM
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Jumping in a little late, but yes I have been buying extra to stockpile. This is not out of fear of some major catastrophe though, its for the simple reason of saving money. If an item goes on sale really cheap even if we don't need it at the moment, but will in the future I stock up on it. I am doing the grocery game at the moment and that is what she recommends, but no I don't do it for the reason mention in the OP.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/28/2008 5:19:39 PM
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I stock up, although it's not out of fear. We actually live in a very good area for being self sufficient, and even if the world as we know it ended and every grocery store within 3 states blew up, we would not starve. God has put plenty of food out in our neck of the woods.
I stock up because I hate to go grocery shopping, and the fewer times I have to do that unpleasant chore, the better. 
However, I do think it's important to be prepared. There are many verses in the bible that admonish us to plan ahead. The woods near me is full of food, but if you don't know what to eat, you could starve in the midst of that abundance. I personally am more comfortable if I and my family members know how to forage for edibles, grow a garden, and raise animals for milk and meat.
I do sometimes worry about the "city folks"  who have never seen a tomato plant and who think all meat originates in styrofoam and plastic wrap. If they're comfortable with that, it's fine with me. I just don't want them knocking on my door if the grocery stores are suddenly empty.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/28/2008 7:10:44 PM
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I dont buy extra but in the summer I stock up by canning everything I can--last year I canned 5oo quarts---sure saves on the grocery budget!!
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/29/2008 10:19:38 AM
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After reading the posts here I am amazed at the faith in the future regarding food supplies.
Myself I like to feel safe rather than sorry so yes we are stocking up. After living thru hurricane Rita and lack of food and water was a real hardship; reading the news about missing honeybees going to effect our crops and other predictions we are preparing just like before Y2K with freezer dried food, extra canned goods, and water purification tabs. After doing all we can it is easier to not worry at each new onslaught of bad economic news.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/29/2008 11:17:01 AM
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But did anything happen with the Y2K scare? No. I went to the grocery store on January 2nd or 3rd and had NO trouble whatsoever getting what I needed.
If by chance there are items I can't purchase because they are sold out - then I find a subsititute or we go without.
I don't have faith in the future regarding food supplies BUT I DO have great faith in a God that has promised to take care of his people. Does that mean things will always be easy? absolutely not. But he's not going to let his children starve. And quite honestly it would do many americans good to learn to make do with less. Now if there were a possibility of natural disaster such as a hurricane in my area - then certainly I would have a stock of supplies out of necessity. I do sometimes do that when we are expecting a nasty snowstorm. The way it is I could likely make do for a few weeks with what we will have on hand after I do some grocery shopping later this week - except for pershiables like bread, milk, and eggs.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/29/2008 9:40:32 PM
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I am curious...how many of you have extra food stores in case of national emergencies where the distribution of food may be hindered?
With escalating food prices, gas prices, falling home values, higher unemployment, gigantic consumer debt, and little fear of God in this nation...
...I found myself the other day buying two large bags of rice and two very large bags of flour. Someone in the store commented that it was going to be a big cake :)
Is it panic time? Time to batten the hatches?
I guess I am sensing some urgency to protect my family's [dietary] well-being.
How about you -- do you have a larger-than-usual pantry? And why?
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Is it panic time? Time to batten the hatches?
I guess I am sensing some urgency to protect my family's [dietary] well-being.
How about you -- do you have a larger-than-usual pantry? And why?
I don't think it's panic time just yet. However we do keep extra items instock in our food pantry at all times. i hate to run out of anything. We have built up a good supply of what we use on a regular basis. We kind of set a reorder point on all our grocery items. We never go lower thant three cans of anything. Although we are having a crisis with our favorite brand of Pizza Sauce. Our local store has been out of it the past few times we have gone shopping.
When you have a family of five you don't have to worry about rotating your stock in your food pantry. Most things move pretty fast. We also do stock up on specials as well. So to answer the question, we always have a little extra on hand, but no, we are not hording everything we can and stocking up for a major disaster.
Look to the Lord for guidence on this. He always provides for us, and gives us the wisdom to hunt down the specials and bargans according to what we need and use.
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RE: Are you buying extra food? - 4/30/2008 1:52:01 AM
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After reading the posts here I am amazed at the faith in the future regarding food supplies.
Myself I like to feel safe rather than sorry so yes we are stocking up. After living thru hurricane Rita and lack of food and water was a real hardship; reading the news about missing honeybees going to effect our crops and other predictions we are preparing just like before Y2K with freezer dried food, extra canned goods, and water purification tabs. After doing all we can it is easier to not worry at each new onslaught of bad economic news.
Rita was a real witch. They were rationing gas and food was hard to get because of storm damage. It's not a bad thing to be prepared, especially if you live in an area that could face a real natural disaster on top of a possible shortage due to short sightedness of our wonderful elected officials.
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) but it is highly unlikely to happen in America, in the near future, barring, say, the USA becoming a nuclear wasteland, in which case, we won't be around to starve. 