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"15 Food Items To Stock Up On For The Coming Shortages"
by Epic Economist
"If there's a place where we can see with our own eyes the challenges our country is facing that place is the grocery store. Inflation is pushing the prices of everyday goods to levels last seen when our grandparents had our age. Today, we're paying almost 40% more on a carton of eggs, 20% more for a pound of chicken, and 100% more for a pound of turkey compared to just one year ago. Supplies of several staples are disturbingly low, and food manufacturers are already doing everything they can to boost production. But there is only so much they can do in a year of poor harvests and extensive crop losses. The bare shelves and insane prices we're facing right now are a reflection of a food supply chain that has been broken and never recovered. At this point, pretty much everyone in the industry is telling the public that conditions will continue to deteriorate as we head into 2023 and beyond.
With food supply chains profoundly disrupted, the best strategy in such a scenario is to do our best with the products we can still find and afford. Just a few years ago, if anyone said the vast majority of the U.S. population would be scrambling to afford food and other basic necessities, we wouldn't have believed them. But within a little over 24 months, the damage that has been done to our economy was so severe that many lives were turned upside down. Things have become much more uncertain and unpredictable.
And considering that grocers are announcing that more price hikes are on the horizon and also that food banks are already overwhelmed and struggling to meet demand, it's safe to say that we won't have much relief this winter.
Global leaders are explicity saying that the era of abundance is over, and that food shortages are about to get real. The truth is that we're entering times when food shortages will become far more widespread than most people realize. And before we notice, empty shelves will become far more than just an incovenience, but a painful reminder that scarcity is the new norm.
That's why, in today's video, we decide to step out of the obvious and list some foods we often overlook when we're thinking about stocking up for food shortages. It is important to highlight that some of these items are already or will soon be in short supply, so you might want to start searching for them the next time you go grocery shopping. Don't be surprised if in the next couple of months some of these products are nowhere to be found. Given the pace at which this crisis is accelerating, the best advice we can give is to start acting before it's too late."
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