Extended supply shock kit
A slow, undramatic event: shops thin out, fuel queues lengthen, your pharmacy is out of two things you need. A calm kit for the household, not the bunker.
Supply shocks rarely arrive as a single event. They arrive as a series of small frictions — a shelf with fewer brands, a delivery delayed by three days, a queue that did not used to exist. The fix is not panic-buying; the fix is a small, rolling reserve and a system for using the oldest first. The kit below is built around the things that go missing first.
Why this kit, not a generic 72-hour list
A supply-shock kit looks more like an extra two weeks of your existing groceries than a bug-out bag. The personalisation matters most in the medical and dietary categories: what your household actually takes daily, what dietary needs cannot be substituted at short notice, what the pets eat. Our wizard asks those four questions and adjusts the list accordingly.
What this kit usually contains
A representative slice of the kit a typical European household receives for this scenario. Quantities are tuned to your household and climate when you run the personaliser. Estimated total cost for the items below: €411.
| Item | Quantity | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|
| Diaper / nappy 30-day reservecritical A 30-day reserve of nappies in the size your infant currently wears. |
30 * 6 nappies | €40 |
| Feminine hygiene productscritical A 3-month supply for any menstruating household member. |
1 reserve | €25 |
| Drinking water reservecritical Sealed potable water in cool, dark storage. Split across multiple containers — if one spoils, the rest survives. |
(adults + childrenCount) * 2 * days L | €12 |
| Shelf-stable no-cook food (3 days)critical Nuts, bars, tinned fish, peanut butter, dried fruit. Food that needs no heat, no fridge, and almost no prep. |
(adults * 2000 + childrenCount * 1500) * days kcal | €35 |
| Manual can openercritical A simple, reliable can opener that does not need power. Keep one in the kitchen and one in the evac bag. |
2 units | €6 |
| Basic first-aid kitcritical Adhesive dressings, sterile gauze, tape, gloves, scissors, tweezers, antiseptic, paracetamol/ibuprofen, ORS sachets. |
1 kit | €25 |
| Headlamp + spare batteriescritical A hands-free LED headlamp per person, plus enough spare batteries for one full set. |
adults + childrenCount units | €18 |
| Battery / hand-crank radiocritical A small radio that works without mains power and receives AM/FM and (where available) NOAA/EBU emergency bands. |
1 unit | €30 |
| Extended pantry reserve (90 days) Three months of shelf-stable staples: rice, pasta, oats, tinned protein, oil, sugar, salt — rotated continuously. |
(adults + childrenCount) * 90 days | €120 |
| Personal-hygiene 90-day reserve 3 months of toothpaste, soap, deodorant, razors, shampoo — keep a backup of each in a labelled bin. |
1 kit | €40 |
| Toilet paper reserve (90 days) A 90-day reserve of toilet paper, stored dry and accessible. |
(adults + childrenCount) * 3 rolls | €30 |
| Menstrual products reserve (6 months) Six months of the menstrual products used by household members — disposable, washable, or cup-based. |
1 set | €30 |
Three habits this week
- Increase your usual buy of three specific items — coffee, toilet paper, and any medication you take daily — by 50% this week. Stop when you have a 14-day reserve and rotate normally.
- Print a small "what we use in a week" list for your household. The next time queues form, it is the difference between a calm shop and a panicky one.
- Identify one alternative for each of the three items in your kitchen that you would miss most. Substitutability is the single biggest habit a supply shock rewards.
Personalise YOUR supply shock kit — 90 seconds
The list above is the universal half. The wizard asks 6 short questions about your home, household and climate, then adjusts the items and quantities.
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