Government asks stores to stockpile food

GASMON

Ministers are in talks with supermarkets about emergency food reserves in case fuel protests lead to shortages at shops.
The government wants to ensure retailers and suppliers can continue to sell basics such as meat, bread and milk if hauliers bring the country to a halt.
They have asked supermarkets to make contingency plans “in case the infrastructure of the country breaks down”.

Among those who have taken part are farmers, dairies, bakeries and supermarkets. more of the story
Front page story. Frightening.
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newbonic

I must admit that over the last couple of years I've started to stockpile a few days worth of food for my family. Stuff like rice, tinned stuff, powdered milk, and the like - plus a camping stove with enough fuel to cook it. I've also got a solar battery charger and rechargeable batteries (but that may just be because I'm mean Very Happy

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Maybe a weeks worth.

And I've taken a few other measures like installing a 150L water butt, and buying sterilisation tabs that would render the rainwater drinkable.
The odds of needing that stuff are low, but something like an all out truck strike may make it a lifesaver.

forbin · Tar Sands Joined: Jun 16, 2008 Posts: 26

hmm, yes I have stocked up as well with the similar stuff - wfie thinks I'm daft but pasta and rice keep and we eat them anyways
the stove was a campa one on the pretext we may go camping .....
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pedalling_faster · Intermediate Crude Joined: Dec 10, 2005 Posts: 925

roccman

Hmmm...so the trucks that currently are striking (or cannot afford to haul currently) are being asked to help stores stockpile food.

Anyone else see something odd here?
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wisconsin_cur

And how much can these stores stockpile anyway? I mean if they have transitioned to a just in time system do they really have the empty warehouse space sitting there yet to be utilized? Or did they get rid of the extra space over the last 20 years?
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CarlosFerreira

Not good, this. We've had a pretty bad strike in Portugal, lasted 4 days but nothing was coming through - and the result was not exactly widespread panic, but indeed stressing. There was a bit of a run on petrol stations, not on the stores.

People have become so used to having stuff at the shelves, nothing can make them fret.

Anyway, it's good. We won't be able to rely on long distance transportation at a cheap price somewhere in the future, so it's ggod if people learn what they have forgot they knew in the past - how to store food, storing thinking of a rainy day.