Storage requires economic activity though. Storing frozen food requires an economy to generate electricity and maintain power lines. Storing dry goods requires

Storage requires economic activity though. Storing frozen food requires an economy to generate electricity and maintain power lines. Storing dry goods requires electricity to process those goods into something useful or a fossil fuel supply chain or a wood cutting insustry. Also, food production requires year round economic activity. Pausing for one week would mean mass starvation even if everyone had food stores. People keep talking about disrupted supply chains but nothing could be further from the truth. Food is widely available as are all needed consumer goods. In my city, restaurant supply companies have shifted to producing direct to consumer boxes in a matter of days. I love to garden and am attempting to grow a lot of my own food because I'm a bit of a prepped, but even I can see that we are not anywhere close to a true SHTF moment. For the most part the economy is operating as normal for necessary goods. Most people can still go to the same store they always do and get everything needed or go o line and have it delivered.