General Discussion

My daughter and I began stocking up in November right after the election.

We reinstated what began in 2020 as "the pandemic grocery" out in our garage and it's now rebranded "the tariff grocery." Not really hoarding ridiculous amounts of things, just been buying basics like coffee, toothpaste, ketchup, garbage bags, canned food and cat food etc. whenever we find a good deal on them. Shopping on websites like martie.com and visiting Costco and Grocery Outlet for multiples of things that have a long shelf life (with the added bonus that Costco is HELLA blue and GO as a company is mostly-blue, with our local franchisees having no record of political donations and a long history of contributing to local food banks).

We also have replaced our refrigerator and dishwasher and my 2018 desktop computer (which were all still functional, but getting older) and bought extras of small appliances like the juicer and crockpot at a local small business that buys pallets of stuff from Target/Walmart/Amazon and sells it for pennies on the dollar (and which is run by THE NICEST guy who is also a hardcore progressive).

Have had a few small projects done around the house that I've been putting off before labor/materials costs skyrocket. We're also trying, with mixed success, to start growing some vegetables and herbs.

Realize not everyone can implement all these strategies and I'm very thankful for what we have been able to do, but continuing to be frugal and doing anything we can to make ourselves less dependent at this point is the goal. I agree with Dunc's take that it's probably about to get pretty bad, so just do whatever you can afford to do.