Britons rush to buy £700 emergency food kits as sales quadruple
Sales of pre-packaged long-life emergency food kits costing around £700 have reportedly quadrupled in recent weeks, as worried shoppers look for a ready-made alternative to stockpiling.
Worried Britons are increasingly turning to ready-made emergency food kits costing around £700, with sales of the packs reportedly quadrupling in recent weeks. The rise suggests that a growing number of households want to build a reserve of food but lack the time or inclination to assemble one themselves.
The kits are pre-packaged supplies of long-life food designed to be stored and used in an emergency. Rather than shopping for tins, dried goods and other staples over several weeks, buyers can purchase a complete set in one transaction. The price point, at roughly £700 per kit, places them well above a typical household grocery shop, which is one reason the trend is drawing attention.
The increase in demand appears to be driven by public anxiety. Stockpiling behaviour has been prompted by concern about what might lie ahead, and shoppers who might otherwise have gradually built up their own supplies are instead opting for the convenience of a bought-in package. The buyers in question are described as people who want an option for stocking up without the effort of planning and purchasing each item separately.
There are limits to what can be said with confidence about the scale of the surge. The size and duration of the rise in demand are not clear from the reporting available, and the specific sellers involved and the precise sales figures have not been independently verified. What is consistent across the reporting is the direction of travel: more people are looking at emergency food as something to arrange in advance, and some are willing to pay a substantial sum to have that handled for them.
Source: dailymail.com
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