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

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Post by oceanplexian »

throwaway31131 wrote: post #38
bigiain wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As much as I detest organised religion, the Mormons have a pretty good take on this. They strive to have a six month supply of food/water/cash on hand at all times.

I get it. But on the other hand, if you in a situation that requires a six month food supply, because there is no resupply available and you can’t relocate, you have bigger problems. Like the mob of hungry people outside your house.

I'm in Utah and the idea isn't that you're going to be a lone wolf and somehow survive in a bunker then come out in 6 months. The point is that you should have plenty of extra supplies on hand for your family, friends, and neighbors. Instead of a mob people are more likely going to work together instead of fighting over a bag of rice.

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

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Post by TowerTall »

Eupolemos wrote: post #112
TowerTall wrote: post #82

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Denmark are. Only two days ago the danish PM on public TV said the had ordered the head of the danish military to "buy, buy, buy" [1][2] [as many weapons as the can get their hands on]. This is repeatition of of what she said 6 months ago[3] [1] https://www.dr.dk/drn-video/67b5f9f966d82a0507aeda6a [2] https://www.berlingske.dk/politik/mette-frederiksen-vil-slaa... [3] https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/denmark-boos…

Not 2 days ago, but in February, iirc. We are thankfully on quite the shopping spree, we have also decided to include women into conscription (and that conscripts can be used for real missions, iirc) and we are financing and building Ukrainian weapons like the Flamingo. Also, Scandinavia has pooled our airforces into one airforce, surpassing the UK, France etc. in size.

She repeated it two days ago on live danish TV. See link 1 and 2 in my previous comment

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

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Post by numpad0 »

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?

It doesn't have to happen as last-ditch everyone gets a pike situation right on Danish soil, could be downstream effects of e.g. China closing all international ports. I think that much would be starting to get within realms of possibilities now.

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

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Post by clan »

walthamstow wrote: post #153
netfortius wrote: post #122

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> FILO Hard to address the consumers' tendency to "reach out in the back", to get longer expiration time products.

Honestly it seems like I am the only one in my local Aldi who does this. I see people picking up fish that is three days older than the one at the back.

Around here it is quite common to do with dairy products.

I however choose not to do so quite deliberately. I want to avoid food waste. I just check the date is "good enough". My regular shop has a good enough flow that I usually pick from the front.

Food waste is a trending concern around here. But I think you and I who cares about shelf life belongs to the same minority. The majority has enough other worries and does not spend bandwidth to care as it is usually good enough.

I consider fish a "fresh" item and care more for looks and smell.

Same as with vegetables. But I hate people who prod everything - that is detrimental to the product.

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

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Post by ssl232 »

walthamstow wrote: post #153
netfortius wrote: post #122

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> FILO Hard to address the consumers' tendency to "reach out in the back", to get longer expiration time products.

Honestly it seems like I am the only one in my local Aldi who does this. I see people picking up fish that is three days older than the one at the back.

The greatest downside to online grocery delivery is that you can’t then do this.

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

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Post by Symbiote »

TazeTSchnitzel wrote: post #55
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 hyp…

From next year, national post will be handled by a different company than currently does the job.

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

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Post by emil-lp »

andyjohnson0 wrote: post #159

Its not clear to me whether this is stores as in "shops" where you can go to buy things, or as in "storage" ie distribution hubs. Anyone know?

> beredskabsbutikker

be-red-skab-s-butikk-er

Prepper store (as in grocery store).

Butik, from French boutique.

Beredskab, From German Bereitschaft.

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

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Post by anabab »

XorNot wrote: post #98
anonym29 wrote: post #79

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Precious metals fill all of your requirements. They do have other challenges, some shared with FIAT, some unique, but we've had the "technology" to solve this problem for thousands of years.

Tell me, what weight in gold do I exchange for a loaf of bread? Do you have a way to measure and subdivide it to hand? Do you trust the scales being lent to execute this?

Check "valcambi combibar". Its a gold plate pre-divided into 1g pieces you can break away (like a chocolate bar).

1g is ~100 of money today, which would be enough for a weekly supply of groceries for a person in HCOL areas.

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

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Post by Symbiote »

ReptileMan wrote: post #162
wojciii wrote: post #85

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This is because of the Ukraine war. We as a country are exposed to being attacked by Russia. Be that cyber attacks or destruction of assets by sleeper agents. So instead of decentalizing the electrical grid and making sure it's secure someone at Dansk Supermarked thinks it will earn them money to be prepared for some future crisis. I find the article native.. it says they trust Nets (payment company) to work offline…

>We as a country are exposed to being attacked by Russia. No you are not. First - no one can find you on a map. You are so tiny. Second for a conventional warfare Russia will have to go trough many many countries to get to you, no matter which road they take (also anyone that thinks Russia is a credible threat is smoking something strong - they don't have the capacity to subdue backwater as eastern Ukraine, let alone…

Denmark's kingdom includes Greenland. It's the 12th largest sovereign country.

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

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Post by throw7448488 »

chvid wrote: post #147
jamesblonde wrote: post #129

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In Sweden, we have Swish, thank God. We don't have Greenland either, so people aren't as worried about 'exogenous shocks'.

Denmark is in a crazy situation where what we saw as a key trusted partner (the US) all of sudden is extremely hostile towards us due its re-ignited territorial ambitions in Greenland. In public discourse this is being met with riducule and disbelief but I believe behind the scenes in government it is being taken quite serious. And obviously having our payment infrastrcture in the hands of an adversarial nation is un…

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