Since the economy has tanked in the past few years, people who have suffered losses are taking to stockpiling. What does this mean? Every time they visit the grocery store, they visit the sales and use coupons to find the bottom of the deal. Free or almost are acceptable, paying full price is not.
So who are these people and why are they doing this? These people are your next door neighbors, yourself, or your friends. In some groups of women, it is kept private what you stockpile. In some communities, it is never spoken about outside of the home. Seems more like a secret society to me? to you??
Many people have lost jobs and savings in the past few years and money now is very scarce. To be able to go and get something for almost nothing is very empowering. It is almost like a drug, the feeling of many carts from the store following you to your car, oops, truck!
Since we live in the South, this practice is less frequent. Heat and bugs are something that can kill a warehouse of food in a matter of 24 hours. What a heartbreak that would be.
However, in the North and mid West, this type of shopping is common. People keep this practice to themselves in fear if an event occurred and food was scarce, they could be raided.
Keeping food and other items in fear of some event may have you guarding your home. What happened to the many people who stockpile and found themselves with damaged stock after the recent rain events on the east coast? Are you having to throw out thousands of dollars of ‘stuff’? Would you replace your stock again? Or are you the lucky one in the area and can eat off your stock while others are at food giveaways?
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Posted on September 12, 2011