In 2020, supermarket shelves emptied of pasta, flour, and tins within 72 hours. Not because there was no food — but because the supply chain has almost no buffer. The average UK supermarket receives deliveries every 24 hours. Miss one cycle and staples are gone.
By the time most people think to stock up, the shelves are already bare. And even if you have tins — do you know what to actually cook with them when the cooker doesn't work?
That's the gap this book fills. Between normal life and genuine crisis, where most families live completely unprepared without realising it.
