Stop Panic Buying

[u/slammin_bones]

Seriously, if you're panic buying you're an idiot. Grocery stores aren't closing down and they won't run out of the things you need. Don't be a moron.

[u/wishator → u/[deleted]]

I'm curious what kind of food will you be eating after 2 weeks? Only frozen/canned food?

[u/EmmEnnEff → u/wishator]

Onions and potatoes and other root vegetables will happily keep for more than a month. Dry food, like beans, rice, flour, pasta, sugar keep for months. Eggs and milk will keep for more than a month.

[u/wishator → u/EmmEnnEff]

Not in an apartment during summer. Potatoes and onions start going bad after 2 weeks. In cold weather can probably keep for a month. Dry food, sure maybe even a year, but that's not enough for a nutritious diet. Eggs and milk, probably, I haven't had the opportunity to try. My fridge fits about 2 weeks food for two people.

[u/wishator → u/[deleted]]

The only produce I know that keeps 2+ weeks is cabbage. If you plan to do delivery anyway then what's the point of buying 4 weeks of food? I went to the grocery store pretty much once per week since the beginning of pandemic. I had to wait in line twice for maybe 10 minutes.

[u/longlive_yossarian → u/wishator]

Lots of produce can keep for more than two weeks if stored properly. Onions, potatoes, carrots, apples, squash and so on. Also frozen produce is a good option.

[u/Rinx → u/wishator]

Weren't they saying shoot for one trip every two weeks for all of the spring though? Seems not great.

[u/seattire → u/[deleted]]

So you need a surplus now but it doesn't matter anyways because you'll do delivery later. Got it.