The pandemic will make it hard to find these foods:

Remember last spring, and just how much fun it was racing frantically through the grocery aisles, hoping to find something edible left on the shelves? Well, brace yourselves. Not only winter, but perhaps the Hunger Games Part II (holiday edition) may be on the horizon.

The good thing is, grocers are aware of the possibility of food shortages this time around, and many are preparing by assembling “pandemic pallets” of those food items they think are likely to sell out quickly and/or be difficult to re-stock at short notice. We’ve all had many months by now to assess what happens when people are forced to stay at home for long periods of time, either due to the fact that they’re self-quarantining, or because there’s nowhere to go since businesses are shut down, or else due to the weather being cold and wet so who wants to go out anyway?

Still, before the weather (or pandemic) closes in, you should make one last grocery run to stock up on supplies. Here are a few items you might want to squirrel away before hibernating just in case the whole world goes nuts once again.

Can’t wait for a repeat of the Spring.

I guess I should aim to get all the baking supplies ASAP.