Tinned food, loo roll and power banks: the Brits following advice to stockpile
Source: The Guardian ·
Government campaign recommends three days’ worth of stores for emergencies, but some are ahead of the gameDried foods, bottled water, medicine stocks and backup power banks: it could be the props cupboard on a disaster movie, but instead it is precisely what some UK residents are stockpiling amid official warnings about Russian “state-sponsored terrorism” and the impact of the climate crisis.The…
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Dried foods, bottled water, medicine stocks and backup power banks: it could be the props cupboard on a disaster movie, but instead it is precisely what some UK residents are stockpiling amid official warnings about Russian “state-sponsored terrorism” and the impact of the climate crisis. The government launched a campaign on Thursday advising people to set aside three days’ worth of stores to deal with a whole range of eventualities, and some are already well under way. “I’m adding a few extra tinned foods and dried foods to each weekly shop to build up a stockpile over time,” said Lawrence Barratt, from Hythe in Hampshire. “Tinned beans, soups, chilli con carne. Dried noodles, pot noodles, rice. Foods I can cook with bottled water, which I’m also buying gradually – aiming to have enough for two people for three days.” He added that he was also putting aside a first aid kit, a battery-powered FM radio and a torch. “I have a portable power bank that I’ve used when camping; that…