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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 walthamstow »

guappa wrote: post #269
walthamstow wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did the guy above source their made-up number? For the positive, see Finland, which is working hard to be a very well-prepared nation. Heavy buy-in from all across the populace. Exactly the kind of nation I was talking about - their survival depends on it. Poland, Sweden, Denmark all doing similar. For the negative, see UK and US during COVID. The individualism that has underpinned society since Thatcher/Reagan as ma…

I live in sweden and I can tell you that over here it's all idle talk, nothing and nobody is prepared for anything at all. And the only ones who do buy-in are gun lovers and preppers, which are not a major demographic.

But if the time came, would you trust your neighbour to do the right thing? Sweden is a high-trust society based on friends in London and from visits there, especially outside Stockholm. The UK and US are definitely not.

I thought I had read that Sweden had made some changes to military service recently, is that not true?

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Post by olau »

guappa wrote: post #229
wojciii wrote: post #202

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A cyber attack is still an attack. Sabotage by agents is an attack. Russia is a terrorist state and will attack this country sooner or later. It's just a question of time.

I don't think denmark has any moral high ground while holding greenland as a colony.

Greenland can become independent if they wish. There would be some things to work out, but the legal framework has been in place since the 1970es. And they seem to be working towards the goal.

The reason it hasn't happened yet is that they'd either have to increase tax income greatly, or reduce public spending greatly with financial support from Denmark. As I gather, infrastructure up there is really expensive.

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Post by walthamstow »

jon-wood wrote: post #240
walthamstow wrote: post #153

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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.

I can only speak for myself here but I don't bother rummaging around for longer expiries because generally I'm buying food that I'm going to eat within the next 2-3 days. It just doesn't make any difference to me.

Even if you're eating it tonight surely you want the freshest item? Most foods deteriorate after harvest.

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Post by TrojanHookworm »

guappa wrote: post #249
TrojanHookworm wrote: post #236

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Greenland is an autonomous territory, not a colony. Hasn't been since 1953.

Poteto potato…

Not really. Since Greenland is a county, not a colony, their government has self-rule (albeit limited), including the option of pursuing independence, and their citizens have access to the amenities of the metropole (healthcare, education etc.).

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Post by lm28469 »

walthamstow wrote: post #268
guappa wrote: post #216

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Source for this obviously false statement?

Did the guy above source their made-up number? For the positive, see Finland, which is working hard to be a very well-prepared nation. Heavy buy-in from all across the populace. Exactly the kind of nation I was talking about - their survival depends on it. Poland, Sweden, Denmark all doing similar. For the negative, see UK and US during COVID. The individualism that has underpinned society since Thatcher/Reagan as ma…

Have you been to these countries lol ? It's not like they're all preppers who could be fully self sufficient in case of an alert, not even for 3 days.

The people in Warsaw, Stockholm and Copenhagen aren't more prepared than the people in Madrid or NYC, most people in medium/large cities give 0 shit about these scenarios, they're the same as everywhere else. Having studied in Denmark I can tell you that if anything the Danish youth is even more oblivious to risks in general given that they live in such an utopia. The state and older generations might be more aware of their perilous position but that's about it.

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Post by helsinkiandrew »

This is eerily similar to Finlands scheme: https://www.azernews.az/region/239068.html

Which is backed up by stock piles of essential goods: https://www.huoltovarmuuskeskus.fi/en/organisation/the-natio...

The 72Hour emergency preparedness sites suggest every household have some emergency cash: https://72tuntia.fi/en/

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

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Post by walthamstow »

lm28469 wrote: post #276
walthamstow wrote: post #268

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Did the guy above source their made-up number? For the positive, see Finland, which is working hard to be a very well-prepared nation. Heavy buy-in from all across the populace. Exactly the kind of nation I was talking about - their survival depends on it. Poland, Sweden, Denmark all doing similar. For the negative, see UK and US during COVID. The individualism that has underpinned society since Thatcher/Reagan as ma…

Have you been to these countries lol ? It's not like they're all preppers who could be fully self sufficient in case of an alert, not even for 3 days. The people in Warsaw, Stockholm and Copenhagen aren't more prepared than the people in Madrid or NYC, most people in medium/large cities give 0 shit about these scenarios, they're the same as everywhere else. Having studied in Denmark I can tell you that if anything th…

I've been to most of them, though since COVID only to Denmark. I have friends in London from all of them too, and my cousin from London lives in Stockholm.

In my opinion, and that's all I have here, they are much, much more likely to do the right thing for their neighbour in an emergency than a Briton or American.

All of my friends from Baltic nations are concerned about Russia. All of them. Maybe its an age thing, we're early 30s and some have children.

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Post by olau »

emil-lp wrote: post #177
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.

Prepper store is potentially misleading, it's shops that are prepared to respond to a crisis for those that didn't prep.

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Post by walthamstow »

ssl232 wrote: post #262
matsemann wrote: post #193

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I work for an online grocer, and I really do think it's not really an issue due to two things for us: * the amount of stock going through one fulfillment center instead of landing on shelves in smaller stores, means we never have old products laying around. The cucumber you get from us came in a few hours ago. The one in your store has been laying there for days and touched by many. 10 stores each need their own buff…

Some supermarkets in the UK (e.g. Waitrose) literally just pick items already out and on display in the local store to give to delivery customers. So you’re getting whatever is at the front of the shelf in your local store, which is the least fresh.

I know for a fact that the orange supermarket encourages pickers to pick the least fresh item
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