Tried to talk my mom into giving me a shopping list now, even though she has a minimum of a months worth of food. Also told her to start rationing what she has to spread it out or so that she knows exactly what she has and how long it will last her. I'm finding it very difficult to change her thinking w/o panicking her. 2 days in a row Ive asked for a list and she keeps being dismissive
I keep a simple spreadsheet with qty, calories, servings, food type, water required to hydrate, and exp date for all my dehydrated SHTF meals. Very simple to keep stock that way. Anytime I order new stuff I add it to the list, print it out, and hang it in my pantry. When I use stuff I mark it off. Same as we have done in any shop Ive run.
What I don't do is restocking dates nor do I keep track of any of my perishable foods and I need to get on the ball w/that. I used to have to do that for a liquor store I managed and that was always fun. Hard part now is you can't factor in the time it takes to get new stock. Guess to little and people get pissed when you run out of their beer on the 4th of July. Too much and it goes bad. Little more important if thats whats feeding you.
