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Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by Larrikin »

14 wrote: post #29
ksec wrote: post #17

>The idea is that no one should be more than 50 km from such a store and it should prevent hoarding/panic buying as people will know basic food will be available in an emergency. I dont think that is how it works? That is assuming people wont flock out to buy everything in the emergency store. And do people visit it every day or are these "Emergency Stores". After all they need to replenish stock. Or are these simply…

We all saw what happened with Covid and panic buying. I remember when initial reports about it started coming out and something about it told me this might actually become something serious. So I went and loaded up on flour and yeast, rice, cooking oil, lots of non perishable items and a bunch of meat in a huge costco run before it took off. I had enough to last me a good year if my family had to ration. Then it spre…

It was gone because of people like you.

Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by malfist »

neets wrote: post #40
quantummagic wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The economic collapse of the west. The great reset is coming...

If this is the sentiment on the Silicon Valley Bulletin Board that is Hacker News it may be time to take this stuff seriously

Silicon valley is hardly an oracle of all things to come

Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by 0xWTF »

In case you haven't contemplated this logistics challenge before: the key is you need to stock shelf-stable products in these stores and at some point in their shelf life, transfer them out to other stores for actual consumption and back fill the emergency stores with fresh lots of new shelf stable products. You're just buying more shelf-stable supply once and then managing the transit through the supply chain with speed bump before the last mile.

Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

ambicapter wrote: post #35

Wait, so we're now approaching risk levels high enough that's its economically feasible for businesses to prepare for situations where their stores lose power, telecom, and resupply? Are we already preparing for land war across western Europe?

I don't think Denmark in particular is preparing, because at the end of the year their national postal service will cease to deliver letters (after the government removed the legal requirement for it to do so), and more than 85% of Danes will only be able to receive government and commercial letters in digital form via a privately owned cloud service (e-Boks). That is an alarming level of concentration. If I were hypothetically in control of a state that was planning to go to war with Denmark and had the resources for hybrid warfare, I know which company's servers I'd want to take down first.

Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by et-al »

neets wrote: post #40
quantummagic wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The economic collapse of the west. The great reset is coming...

If this is the sentiment on the Silicon Valley Bulletin Board that is Hacker News it may be time to take this stuff seriously

This is a perennial topic:

- 2018, https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/feb/15/why-silicon-val...

- 2022, https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/sep/04/super-rich-prep...

It’s tougher to quantify and building a connected community than just profiting off users, though.

Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by TazeTSchnitzel »

maxbond wrote: post #39
ambicapter wrote: post #35

Wait, so we're now approaching risk levels high enough that's its economically feasible for businesses to prepare for situations where their stores lose power, telecom, and resupply? Are we already preparing for land war across western Europe?

Everyone should give that some thought but look at Texas. In 2021 they were devastated by a snowstorm. This year they were devastated by flooding. Not to pick on Texas, they aren't the only ones caught under prepared for severe weather. Wildfires and drought in the western states is another thing we're under prepared for. And look at the hoarding of toilet paper etc. in 2020. I presume there's been problems in Europe…

Just this last week, all the major cargo train lines in northern Sweden suffered big derailments simultaneously, and several dozen roads were made unusable. This was all from a single incident of unusually heavy rain. The country will have badly damaged logistics on the North-South axis for weeks to come, maybe months. https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/vasternorrland/stora-probl...

Preparedness is vital!

Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by amarant »

ambicapter wrote: post #35

Wait, so we're now approaching risk levels high enough that's its economically feasible for businesses to prepare for situations where their stores lose power, telecom, and resupply? Are we already preparing for land war across western Europe?

I sure am! And as a strategical prepper, I've left the entire continent behind well before shit hits the fan.

Hopefully I'll have my new life sufficiently set up to help those I love and left behind, and even more hopefully they'll be able to get out, once the shit actually hits.

I'd like for them to come to me earlier, but I don't think I'll get more than visits until bombs start falling. If I'm lucky some of them will already be here visiting me when that happens. Then they can just stay. The rest will at least know they have a safe haven if they can just manage to get here.

Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by mh- »

neets wrote: post #40
quantummagic wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The economic collapse of the west. The great reset is coming...

If this is the sentiment on the Silicon Valley Bulletin Board that is Hacker News it may be time to take this stuff seriously

> Silicon Valley Bulletin Board

The participating commenter base on this site has been much wider than could be described that way for many years.

Re: Danish supermarket chain is setting up "Emergency Stores"

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Post by Izikiel43 »

amarant wrote: post #58
ambicapter wrote: post #35

Wait, so we're now approaching risk levels high enough that's its economically feasible for businesses to prepare for situations where their stores lose power, telecom, and resupply? Are we already preparing for land war across western Europe?

I sure am! And as a strategical prepper, I've left the entire continent behind well before shit hits the fan. Hopefully I'll have my new life sufficiently set up to help those I love and left behind, and even more hopefully they'll be able to get out, once the shit actually hits. I'd like for them to come to me earlier, but I don't think I'll get more than visits until bombs start falling. If I'm lucky some of them w…

Asia, Australia or south America?
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