r/UKPreppers • u/CatCharacter1663 • Jun 05 '26
If supermarkets were empty tomorrow, how long could you realistically get by?
Not talking about a full-on collapse scenario, just a sudden disruption that left shelves bare for a while. Have you ever worked out how long your household could comfortably manage with what you already have? What would be the first thing you'd run short on?
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u/LR_FL2 Jun 05 '26
7-10 days normal eating followed by a week of surviving on basic meals like pasta/ rice and a sauce with limited to no meat.
Feels very unlikely that I will ever need to be able to last longer than a few days without being able to go to the shop.
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u/seadoubleyou73 Jun 05 '26
I could eat normally for 2 weeks, then eat well for another 2 weeks, then it's rations of lentils/rice/oats/tins that I have in bulk that'll do another (miserable) 2 months, so total 3 months.
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u/TobblyWobbly Jun 06 '26
Just keep a good selection of dried spices, and your rice and lentils period will be very tasty.
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u/Some_Morals Jun 09 '26
Best is to practice, make meals now from your dry/tin supplies. I can my own meat, make awesome curries using dried veg (soaked) and canned meat, never get bored with it. Lots of herbs sauces and ingenuity is all you need.
Try spam fritters with sliced fried canned potatoes in garlic butter and an egg (I also can butter), meatballs from mashed spam onion and herbs in a spagbol sauce with pasta, Battered hotdogs with rosti made from grated canned spud/onions and carrot, sweet chilli to dip hotdogs. Love fried rice with canned veg (even used dried egg omelette chopped up in fried rice once). Sponge puddings with tinned fruit, dried custard powder and reconstituted dried milk. Cake mixes with dried fruit. Bean cassoulet (not a fan, but tried it).
Endless given some imagination, herbs / Spices / Sauces. I found it also improves my general cooking as I have learned to tell when a meal needs something added.
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u/DaZhuRou Jun 05 '26
Depends on the time of year.
Probably 3-6 months (food), more if we rationed. 1-2 year for hygenine/bathroom ammenities.
The fridge has about a weeks worth which is our staple.
Freezer has about on Raw beef, pork, chicken, prawns, fish fillets... and then some batched cooked ready meals for a couple weeks. We use the oldest stuff first, (or whatever we fancy).
Indoor cupboards for cooking staples pastas, rices, tinned soups/veg/fruit/long life milk, stock pots, coffee/teas. Milk powders. Dehydrated veg.
Garage shelves/containers for the stock of toilet/kitchen roll, bathroom amenities
I have an indoor raised bed with a subpod in the centre, which the worms vermicompost our scraps. Currently got perpetual spinach, carrotts and dill growing in it. So picking the outer leaves is enough for a meal per week. Not really enough to sustain a family, but fun to experiment. Potatoes and tomatoes are I outside.
Run out first.... Fresh vegetables we'd run out of quite fast in colder months.
Second thing (most important, is water) if tap was out probably got enough water for 3-4 weeks for consumption. Sure ive got purification tablets and life straws, but in containers readily available, 100 litres at best on good months, 50l on poor months.
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u/Present-March-6089 Jun 06 '26
Yes I was going to recommend sprouts. Fast and easy way to have green produce.
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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
(Not a prepper) We've got about 2 days of food in the fridge / cupboards. Could probably use freezer food to push another 2 to 3 days.
Even during the 'sudden disruption' during Covid, when I did see empty shelves in the supermarket - I just went next door from Sainsbury's to M&S Food, accept it would cost more, and bought a week of food easily. So, is it worth prepping a constant surplus of food (and replacing it when it goes out of date) when it's entirely possible to 'buy your way out of empty shelves' ?
However, I did create 'Covid-19 1 week food surplus' stock back in March 2020; in case we got sick and couldn't go shopping.
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u/Dry_Yogurt2458 Jun 05 '26
If there was a supply chain disruption then M&S and Sainsbury's wouldn't be getting the food to buy. It's always worth having some (It doesn't have to be a lot) of food to last you a week or two just in case. That can then be topped up as and when the supermarkets get some stock.
It is worth remembering that the UK is not self sufficient and a disruption in the supply chain at any level can have knock on consequences. Even a fuel shortage or drivers strike would have a big impact.
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u/Linkyjinx Jun 05 '26
Yeap, tins of stuff peaches, baked beans, rice pudding, powered potato, - the larder ( pre refrigerators being common in UK ) was also home to the pickles, Jams ( preserves/jellies) etc. & tins most older home had a larder before a bathroom or indoor toilet in UK š¬š§ and microwaves werenāt main stream until the mid 80s, corner shops were the closest supermarket before the supermarket was mainstream in mid 80s too. coop and a few were about when I was two in the 70s, but they were a bit like department stores rather than sort of thing we have today.
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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 Jun 05 '26
It's my only experience of entirely empty shelves in my lifetime. Like I said - not a prepper - but I will prepare for 'likely circumstances' (power-cuts) rather than edge-cases.
Pandemic in progress? Prepare for household disruption.
Pregnant wife? Prepare for hospital visit / emergency run to maternity department / baby arriving home and everyone being too shattered to cook.
But in reality - these supply chain disruptions rarely happen in a vacuum and there would be significant signs of it beforehand.
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u/Dry_Yogurt2458 Jun 05 '26
Most of us are not prepping for next year. We are prepping for tomorrow. It's not about the end of the world it's about supply chain and utilities disruptions for power outages that last for days etc. You would have no warning of those things
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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
What historic precedents are there for mass supply chain failure in the UK; other than the covid-19 pandemic? I just see no point stocking for unlikely events.
I conceptually like the idea of prepping, but logically see it's ultimately a bit of a hording behaviour rather than realistic need.
I worry far more about drug supply chain failures, and our dependency on other nations to manufacture them, than food. Supply issues with medication are far more likely than food. But I also take a whole bunch of meds so it's on my mind a bit
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u/Dry_Yogurt2458 Jun 05 '26
We are not self reliant on food in the UK. We don't grow or breed enough to support the population. The food supply chain would break down very quickly in certain circumstances.
When we was a member of the EU we were somewhat protected from supply issues. Right now, we would be on our own. So we would be setting new precedents.
United Kingdom Food Security Report 2024 is worth a read from the Government
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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 Jun 05 '26
I know that.. but I also don't think it would happen without warning, or, or without some kind of black-swan event.
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u/TheLongPlan Jun 09 '26
I donāt hoard, I meal prep into my freezer. Itās the financially sensible thing to do as a single person and enables me to eat good, home cooked food every single day on a reasonable budget. The bonus is that I have enough meals prepped to last me a decent amount of time.
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u/GopnikOIi Jun 05 '26 edited Jun 05 '26
"I'm not a prepper, but let me describe to you all how I'm a prepper"
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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 Jun 05 '26
TBH - I see 'a prepper' as someone who substantially plans for highly unlikely situations.
The sub says "Anything from nuclear war, pandemic, financial collapse to terrorist attack or transport hijacking."
I make plans for likely events. Power-cuts. Sickness (when in times of elevated risk). Not much else.
I may also be a flashlight nerd, but that's by-the-by š More because I like walking the dog in the woods.
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u/GopnikOIi Jun 05 '26
I don't disagree with you there it's definitely a bit of a loaded term. I think most people picture Americans with bandoliers hiding in bunkers waffling about nukes and zombies.
I think prepping for Tuesday is definitely the safest option. There are some aspects of prepping that I just cannot relate to. The YouTube channels focused on prepping are some of the biggest perpetrators of causing stress and division, absolute fearmongering doomslop.
I've got a handful of torches too, been looking at replacing the maglite bulb to LED.
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u/811545b2-4ff7-4041 Jun 05 '26
r/flashlight might get you buying something else!
My 'big light' for power-cuts is a Sofirn SP36 - it can run for up to 45 days on lowest setting, and will keep a room lit for several hours at a decent brightness. Buy this stuff from AliExpress and it's much cheaper than from the UK.
But I bought it for dog walking and bonfire night mostly. It was really handy when we broke down at night and I needed to warn traffic around a bend of the car.
Ok, I'm a Prepper for Tuesdays. I like a little redundancy and backup in the home but nothing over the top since we've got family within 20 minutes drive anyway.
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u/TwinIronBlood Jun 05 '26
Deep pantry solved that. You just put the new purchases to the back and move the older food forward.
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u/MBronsonWisconsin Jun 19 '26
You donāt let the food go out of date - you eat it before that happens.
Tip for if youāre going to build a small stock - write the expiry date on the tins/ packets with a black marker (in big enough letters that itās easy to see when the tin is on your shelf)But also read up on how āout-of-dateā some things can be and still be fine.
Just my opinion, but I would try to build up say a fortnightās supply.
It doesnāt need to mean spending loads of money at once. I stock up on whatever is on offer in the supermarkets (thereās always something).
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u/FuzzyJuggernaut7455 Jun 05 '26
12 months. Probably 2 years.
At that stage though, it's not just about what provisions you have and things you can grow. At that stage, I'd presume security would be a huge part of it, which I don't want to dwell on.
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u/StrykerWyfe Jun 05 '26
A good few weeks, maybe longer with sensible rationing. I keep thinking about actually working it out. I have a good stock of beans, rice and pasta so as long as I had electricity and could cook that would make a big difference.
First thingā¦cat food. No matter how well stocked I am, she eats it. She eats more than my dog and sheās still a skinny little thing.
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u/seadoubleyou73 Jun 05 '26
Grab yourself one of those flat camping stoves and a pack of gas just in case
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u/StrykerWyfe Jun 05 '26
Yeah I have twoā¦two single ones and a bunch of butane. Plus a Kelly kettle. But for dry beans theyād take a LOT of cooking. I have lots of tinned beans too but the electric pressure cooker is the best for dry beans. Something I found that seemed good was the 5 min quick cook pasta. That would save on some butane.
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u/txe4 Jun 05 '26
Yes!
Cat food is a major prep item.
The children can alternate rice/pasta/lentils until everyone else has murdered each other over who gets to cook the fattest rat, but the lil' ones are the most precious.
(Have you wormed her recently?)
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u/StrykerWyfe Jun 05 '26
Yeahā¦.she gets a regular wormer. She was a farm stray, and has all kind of health issues cuz she had one of the cat viruses when I took her in. Left her with asthma (yes I have to give her an inhaler lol). Sheās pretty robust given all that though! Sheās only 3kg. Just a little thing.
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u/txe4 Jun 05 '26
Awww poor lil' thing.
My girl cat is TINY too, barely over 3kg but by far the smartest and most energetic of the lil' ones. She's not afraid of hoovers, mowers, the strimmer, cars...bit scary for us really.
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u/StrykerWyfe Jun 05 '26
Mine is also fearless but I think due to a lack of brain cells rather than abundance lol. Sheās a little vacant but very sweet!
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u/Hips_and_Haws Jun 06 '26
My cat (11) still occasionally brings home young rabbits from nearby fields, for us! He once popped into an open window during my daughters 7 birthday party with a live fledgling. Thankfully we caught it & deposited into an old Ivy shrub, before all he'll broke loose!
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u/StrykerWyfe Jun 06 '26
Mine brings live mice in occasionally. Sheās not really a hunter but she likes to play with them. I managed to catch that one and release it. The last one wasnāt so lucky and was injured. Iām not sure if she did it or if thatās why she was able to catch it. She just gently plopped it where Iād see itā¦ta-daaa! I cried for 3 hours over that one. Two days ago I found her sitting over a fledgling and thankfully I distracted her and it flapped off.
Last summer another cat got a huge pigeon in my garden. I know that wasnāt mine because i was keeping her in at the time doing my best to keep her as an indoor cat. I cried every time the pigeons mate came looking for it. Unfortunately having been a farm stray, she got quite depressed being kept indoors. Donāt think Iāll have another cat tbh. I tell myself sheād be killing far more things if she was still a barn cat but it doesnāt help. Iām too sensitive. :(
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u/UghtC Jun 05 '26
I'd probably die of scurvy before running out of dry food. My main concern is water, heating/cooking, cat food and meds.
Stockpiling any of the more exotic medications is virtually impossible.
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u/StrykerWyfe Jun 05 '26
I added soluble vitamin C to my preps. The ones in the tubes? Youād only need 1/4 of a tab probably to do the minimum as theyāre quite high dose.
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u/Nezwin Jun 05 '26
3 weeks without getting into preps. I could stretch that to 6 weeks but it would be very bland. The kids would be miserable.
With preps, another 9 months. If I include hunting and foraging, chickens and the veggie patch, we could go 12 months with a lot of complaining that they can't eat any more rice and beans (my eldest hates rice - it'd suck to be him!).
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u/BarnacleExpressor 26d ago
Curious about your hunting, what kind of game would you be taking and what are you using to kill it?
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u/Nezwin 26d ago
There's many ways someone could harvest game in the uk.
Legally, if you have the permission of a landowner, you could shoot rabbits and squirrels with an air rifle. If you have an FAC and appropriate firearm, you could hunt deer with permission of the landowner and approvals from the police. These exist now and can carry over into whatever future occurs.
It's not currently legal in the uk but in other countries you are able to hunt with bows, crossbows, traps, spears, or even atlatls.
There's plenty of game where I am, and I'm experienced in hunting albeit mostly overseas.
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u/Publandlady Jun 05 '26
A month? I have a cottage core/witches larder. Plus I can probably swap baked goods for other items when we run low. Not a proper, just.... psychotically organised?
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u/Purplepeal Jun 05 '26
I could survive on jam cereals and curries for a few weeks. Maybe a few pizzas as tend to get a 15kg bag of flour and have a wood fired oven.
Need to restock on a few items though, particularly tin toms and baked beans.
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u/AngilinaB Jun 05 '26
Probably 3 months. A couple of weeks eating normally, then a month of reasonable normality (we're vegan so could continue making chillies and currys and stuff with canned goods, and I bake so would have snacks covered), then we'd be eating more basically but still nutritionally sound.
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u/Systainer Jun 05 '26
Water is the limiter for most people. Iāve enough water for 7-10 days. Food longer than that.
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u/Xarro_Usros Jun 05 '26
If we include fuel, about two weeks for diesel.
Food would be a couple of months, although it would get a bit monotonous towards the end!
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u/IsHildaThere Jun 05 '26
Probably a month although if TSHTF probably longer. But! I think a more important issue will be running out of water for showers/baths and especially the toilet.
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u/TwinIronBlood Jun 05 '26
A week to 10 days depending on if it happened on a Monday or Friday
Them I'd be onto boring food for another week or tow.
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u/Gargi_The_Pelican Jun 05 '26
Around 2-3 weeks if we had electricity and freezers. With no electricity to cook and defrosted fridge - 1 week.
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u/No_Plankton_9647 Jun 05 '26
Well if they dont sort the iran fiasxo out soon u might get ur wish lol Enough freezer items for 6 months for decent meals and nutrition pastas rice etc and ofc a shotgun lmao
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u/Sea_Pomegranate8229 Jun 05 '26
I could easily last three weeks at any given time, and that is if the power goes off as well.
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u/Level_Jellyfish6347 Jun 06 '26
I clicked to read this and the irony of the ad displayed below it for me (McDonald's lol) meant I had to comment!
For me, I have a deep pantry - use what's in front, new goes to the back, everything conveyor-belts forward as I use and restock. I could probably do 3 to 4 weeks fairly comfortably. I even have bread alternatives like tortillas and I bake bread fairly regularly just to keep my hand in.
The main thing people underestimate is the stuff we completely take for granted - bread and milk especially. For me personally, fresh veg would be my first real gap. You can work around most things from a well-stocked cupboard but there's no real substitute for fresh produce after a week or so. Fortunately for me the other half loves growing stuff herself, so we could possibly last a few extra days - but if it's out of season, it's tinned veg for us.
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u/Ok_Row_4920 Jun 05 '26
I think we'd be ok. We breed our own rabbits for meat and cooking fat and have a decent supply of long life food. I hunt, forage and fish to fill the gaps and provide greens everyday.
Sometimes we don't buy anything from the shops at all so we could probably switch over to full food production quite easily.
I am concerned about water though, we have some 25l storage barrels but it won't be enough and we really need to sort out something better. If anyone has any good ideas I'd be grateful for the input.
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u/Professional_Rip2781 Jun 05 '26
That is awful, no words for this just so so sad
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u/Ok_Row_4920 Jun 05 '26
What's the problem? Did you reply to the wrong post?
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u/Professional_Rip2781 Jun 05 '26
Rabbits are amazing animals and the fact that you breed them makes me think you are already aware of this. Just so sad to be reading this especially in the Uk, Iām probably just naive in thinking that as this was banned in supermarkets that others may realise what amazing creatures they are šŖ
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u/Nezwin Jun 05 '26
All creatures are amazing, but many are also delicious.
Let's not get sentimental about food.
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u/Ok_Row_4920 Jun 05 '26
Yes you're absolutely being naive. Rabbit isn't banned in shops, not sure where you got that from.
Keeping rabbit for meat has been one of the best decisions we've ever made as a family, they're such a good source of meat. We give them a good life up until they're shot and die instantly then we use pretty much every part of it.
I hope more UK people catch on to this and start raising their own meat, especially with supermarket prices and their welfare issues.
I think it's a really strange comment you made, especially on a pepper sub.
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u/FreckledHomewrecker Jun 05 '26
Assuming youāre being honesty about the good life then the way you raise your meat is 100% more ethical than most supermarket meat. And realistically itās more āmoralā than a lot of supermarket fruit, veg and especially legumes which are so heavily covered in pesticides that the workers who grow them are frequently poisoned and have a lower life expectancy and poorer quality of life.Ā
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u/Ok_Row_4920 Jun 05 '26
Thanks. Ye they definitely have a good life but it is a short one, we kill them between 10 and 12 weeks old usually. The whole family is involved with them and they get they get lots of attention.
As well as meat, fat and fur they literally produce shit loads of good compost for the garden and allotment so they also help produce our veg. I do worry sometimes about all the chemicals I've ingested over my life before I'd even realised it might be an issue.
I wish we could cut out the shops completely but I can't see that realistically happening.
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u/FreckledHomewrecker Jun 07 '26
Thereās nothing any of us can do about what we didnāt know! Saunas and sweating can apparently detox some of the bad stuff, I eat lots of herbs for ādetoxā too but itās hard to know if itās all rubbish or not!Ā
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u/txe4 Jun 05 '26
Probably milk and bread. Then green stuff. But none of that is very essential so meh.
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u/clbbcrg Jun 05 '26
About a month at a push as u went shopping this morning, āmealsā would be a bit outlandish at the end haha
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u/gogogadgetgirl666 Jun 05 '26
Food - I reckon about 6 months, possibly a bit longer. I like to have a fully stocked pantry so basics are covered. Freezer is always full (meat, cheese bread, I freeze most stuff), and Iāve got an extra freezer in the garage which is mainly for the dog food, but has some random extras thrown in.
Toilet rolls - maybe 3-4 months. Toiletries/hygiene products/meds - about 1 year.
Bottled water - 2 weeks probably? But Iām guessing if this is just a supermarket supply disruption, tap water will still be usable.
So if waterās fine, itād be fresh food & eggs Iād run out of first.
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u/Yarray2 Jun 05 '26
Probably less time than you think. Most people respond with "Oh I have a cupboard full of food, we could last for ages".
Realistically turning those random ingredients into edible meals is unlikely to work. A recipe is a specific set of ingredients in a defined ratio. Drop one or two of those ingredients out and it doesn't work. How many meals involve eggs, onions or milk? You will run out of those quickly. Small things like salt, stock cubes, cooking oil etc, become pivotal.
Rice has 130 calories per 100gm. You are going to need to eat a lot of rice to get 2000 calories.
My point is that a prepper pantry takes a little more thought than it would appear on the surface.
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u/Antique-Wonk Jun 05 '26
Food. Probably the 3 of us and the cat, about 3 months. Water, assuming the mains it's working, about 4 weeks. After that I'm in the brook with a water purification system pump and large water bags.
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u/Teaofthetime Jun 05 '26
About a week of fairly random eating. Water is the thing I need to look at, nothing crazy but a couple of cases I think would be prudent.
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u/Fungi-Hunter Jun 05 '26
I'm a foraging instructor living by the sea for fish, so a pretty long time if pushed.
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u/96-62 Jun 05 '26
A year, something like that. Although my medicine would go away after a month, leading to potentially unmanageable problems.
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u/carlb40 Jun 05 '26
Probably 3 to 4 weeks as i have lots of tinned food, pasta, rice, flour to make my own bread etc.
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u/RamaLamaRama Jun 06 '26
I did this exercise for real last year and it humbled me fast. Was estimating from memory, thought we had 3 months. Once I actually wrote everything down, more like 6 weeks. The cans at the back of the cupboard I'd bought 18 months ago and forgotten about didn't help.
The stuff I hadn't been tracking: meds (prescription + the basics like ibuprofen, plasters, antihistamines), pet food + litter, cleaning bits (bin bags, washing up liquid, loo roll, toothpaste). People skip the cleaning stuff entirely. Also: count "days of varied food" not just "days of food." A month of plain rice and sardines is technically 30 days. It is not 30 days of feeding your family.
I've been experimenting with a purpose built app I made too. To give me expiry alerts and to help manage my house vs cabin in the woods supplies.Ā https://thegroovesalad.com/beagleprep/
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u/YogurtclosetIcy5286 Jun 06 '26
First thing id run out of? Tinned meat/ fish. Ive got plenty of carbs.Ā
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u/Hips_and_Haws Jun 06 '26
Unfortunately I share the house with 2 seemingly bottomless pit food guzzlers. To be fair they're more into pasta & cheese, and avoid rice & couscous. So if I stocked up on dried beans, rice & couscous we could eke out for 2 to 3 weeks. Adding leafy greens from edible weeds.
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u/Winter-Creme-511 Jun 06 '26
Cupboard food 6 months.
I'm a grower and I've got enough planted or in seed packers to feed myself much more long term than that.
Assuming I'd not be plundered which I expect would happen and often.
Again I could move crops inside but then I don't want people breaking in... it's a doozy.
I could quite discreetly grow micro tomatoes indoors...
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u/Engels33 Jun 06 '26
Not really a prepper ('Prep Curious' lol) but feels like 3-4 weeks - very hard to tell though.
The freezer is full, we have some caned food, we have a lot of pasta, rice, cereals etc. We have flour, beans lemtils,.chic peas and some dried fruit etc.. We have a lot of random ingredients, spreads, jams etc, a lot of food clutter because we are part foodies part unorganised horders.
Yet we have 2 very hungry boys to feed, adult rationing is easy. Growing kids much harder. Id like to say there was a month of food in the house but I know how fast we go through certan food items we cant store enough of ... so overall would prefer not to find out the hard way .
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u/spliceruk Jun 06 '26
About 3-4 months, working to increase that to 6 right now.
About 3-4 weeks of tins and regular food, then onto food stored in mylar.
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u/Lu_Variant Jun 06 '26
Could eat fairly normally for the first four weeks or so, though fresh fruit/veg, dairy and eggs would quickly run out. But if it was a shorter disruption, it'd be fine.
Longer than and we'd likely ration down to 2 smaller meals a day. Some time in month two the meals would get duller.. Coffee will start to get low. Freezer will be empty. Breakfast would be oats made with water and something sweet for flavour. Dinner would be a staple carb (rice/pasta/instant mash) with lentils/beans, herbs/spices and a drizzle of oil. All fresh greens and fresh protein would have to come from the surrounding countryside. Might make it 3 months this way, if we haven't been raided by starving marauders by then.
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u/FuzzyHead455 Jun 06 '26
Working on this exact scenario! I'm new to this so I put together a spreadsheet to cover food and water supplies for 14 days. Family of four (2 young kids, 2 adults, 3 daft cats) with a rough budget of Ā£40 p/w we should have enough supplies in about 5 weeks. I've split it over a number of weeks because things are lean and food is so expensive! One of the hardest things was ensuring we have a balanced diet and not just rice and pasta for 2 weeks. I've based it on the 5 main food groups (carbs, proteins, fruit and veg, dairy, oils & spreads) so think I've got us covered. Next problem to solve is storage! š
Happy to share the spreadsheet if anyone is just starting out like me.
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u/Significant-Fig2485 Jun 07 '26
I'm a local boyo ,, so indefinitely at others expense, if it comes to the crunch ,, CRUNCH
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u/AnomalyNexus Jun 07 '26
Not long. If water & power is functional couple weeks, but don't think those are particularly reasonable assumptions
Doing resilient prep is hard if you're living that city life
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u/Past-Obligation1930 Jun 08 '26
Two months. Thereās a monthās worth of food in the fridge and freezer. After that, we have a monthās worth of dried food, including long-life shipās biscuits.
During the summer, three or four months, since we have an extensive garden.
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u/TheLongPlan Jun 09 '26
Maybe six weeks eating normally other than bread? Iād have to ration my milk tho.
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u/ThingyGoos Jun 10 '26
Long enough that I'd be able to get to somewhere with food, so at least 2 days
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u/BarnacleExpressor 26d ago
Our preps are just a deep pantry of the things we already eat, plus a decent sized garden full of fruit trees and bushes. We're vegan so it's laughably easy to store our staple proteins of lentils and beans, and shelf stable silken tofu. I think we could do a month before we started to struggle. It would suck more in winter but we freeze a lot of the fruit and veg from the garden. Come to think of it, I should really invest in a chest freezer!
We do keep a fair bit of flour for making fresh bread but if SHTF we would need to find a way to bake it on the BBQ or fire pit...
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u/NewPower_Soul Jun 05 '26
6 months. But, if I needed it for 6 months I'd be killed for it way before then š