{"id":9420,"date":"2012-03-13T20:49:10","date_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=9420"},"modified":"2012-03-13T20:49:10","modified_gmt":"2012-03-14T03:49:10","slug":"wal-mart-haven-of-preppers-whodathunkit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2012\/03\/13\/wal-mart-haven-of-preppers-whodathunkit\/","title":{"rendered":"Wal-Mart: Haven of preppers (whodathunkit?)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Couple of weeks ago, I blogged my surprise at buying freeze-dried and dehydrated storage foods<\/a> at Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n

Well, today I went back and bought a couple more #10 cans. This time the shelves (nearly denuded at last visit) were chock full and topped with placards that could be seen several aisles away: “Prepare for Emergency.”<\/p>\n

As I was checking out the selection and prices, a man wandered by, looked at the big buckets of rice, concluded he didn’t need that much, and headed off. A few seconds later, a woman’s voice said, “I wish they had these in smaller cans so I could try them.”<\/p>\n

I explained, “Oh, they do on their website. The prices aren’t as good as here, but they’re really nice people and the foods are good quality.” Augason Farms should pay me a commission for the sales pitch I gave the lady. Packed in the U.S. Family-owned company. Most items preservative-free. Etc. etc.<\/p>\n

As I went on, I realized that the woman was a Wal-Mart employee. So I told her it was uncommon for Wal-Marts outside of Mormon country to carry storage foods and that I’d even written a letter to thank the manager for doing so. She seemed proud that “her” store was pioneering.<\/p>\n

At that point I noticed that the rice man had circled around and was listening in. “They’re probably doing some market testing,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It must be working, then,” the employee nodded, “The product is really selling.” <\/p>\n

The man, who had dismissed rice buckets minutes earlier, picked up a can of butter powder and remarked, “With what they’re doing to the dollar, we’re all going to be needing to eat this sort of stuff soon.”<\/p>\n

I swear, I’m constantly surprised at these little encounters that reveal so much interest and awareness among ordinary folk.<\/p>\n

If fedgov paranoids want to hunt for anti-government subversives, they don’t need to do it in woodsy militia enclaves, at protests, or among sovereigns or Tea Partiers. Or tattoo parlors, surplus stores, hobby shops, or banks<\/a>, for that matter.<\/p>\n

Just stand in the food aisles at Wal-Mart.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Couple of weeks ago, I blogged my surprise at buying freeze-dried and dehydrated storage foods at Wal-Mart. Well, today I went back and bought a couple more #10 cans. This time the shelves (nearly denuded at last visit) were chock full and topped with placards that could be seen several aisles away: “Prepare for Emergency.” As I was checking out the selection and prices, a man wandered by, looked at the big buckets of rice, concluded he didn’t need that much, and headed off. A few seconds later, a woman’s voice said, “I wish they had these in smaller cans…<\/p>\n

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