Freeze dried foods have long shelf life and take up less space that bulking up on grocery goods.
www.thereadystore.com is an excellent site that sells freeze dried foods and emergency planning kits. Back in the summer I ordered about $800 worth of food and supplies. That entailed a year supply (for one person) of freeze dried corn, sweet peas, and green beans in #10 cans; 6-month supply (for one person) of freeze dried dinner entrees ranging from lasagna to seafood chowder; and also a popular camping/hiking micro water filter pump that enables one to be able to drink water from rivers or streams. We order these supplies back in July and it took about 6 weeks to receive them. These type of businesses are going gangbusters. Back in mid September before the start of the economic meltdown, we have been making large Costco runs and stocking up on many of the things that have been posted in this thread. For our family of 4, we have at least 4-6 months of food. I would love to be able to be stocked for a solid year. It's lots of money though to do it in one fell swoop, so we've been continuing to keep it going. It's hard to say what will happen in the next several months. I was thinking that an economic emergency would have been declared and martial law would happen before the elections. It still could happen before January 20 or after that. One thing for sure is that there are going to be pretty rough times ahead. Lots of layoffs. My business may not be bringing in much money next year, which means that we'll be having to eat our emergency supplies if all we can afford is to pay our mortgage.