FOOD PRICES ARE UP 25% SINCE 2020. THEY ARE NOT COMING BACK DOWN.
Eggs up 38%. Ground beef up 21%. Orange juice up 23%. Coffee up nearly 12% in a single year. Tariffs on imported goods pushing prices higher still. Supply chains that proved, during a global pandemic, that they can break down within days.
THEY WARNED US ABOUT THE PRICES is the calm, practical, non-fearmonger guide to building a real family food stockpile — written not for survivalists or preppers or doomsday believers, but for ordinary families who are tired of being at the mercy of a grocery system that has proven, repeatedly, that it cannot always be relied upon.
Marcel Victor is not a survival expert or a military contractor. He is a practical homesteader and father who has spent a decade quietly building the kind of food security that most families only think about when it is already too late. This book is what he learned — written in plain language, without the fear, without the jargon, and without the assumption that you have a basement the size of a warehouse.
INSIDE THIS BOOK YOU WILL FIND:
• Why food prices keep rising — the real causes explained in plain language
• The psychology of preparedness — how to think about this calmly rather than anxiously
• White rice — the single most important food to store, and exactly how to do it
• Dry beans — the most nutritious and affordable protein you can stockpile
• Cooking oil — which oils last longest, how to store them, and how much you need
• Powdered milk — the underrated pantry essential and how to make it taste good
• Canned goods — what to buy, what to avoid, and the brands that are actually worth it
• Yeast and baking basics — how to bake real bread when the shelves run short
• Pasta, oats, and whole grains — the staples that round out a complete pantry
• Salt, sugar, and honey — the preservation trinity your grandmother understood
• Storage containers — Mylar bags, oxygen absorbers, food-grade buckets, and what actually works
• Buying in bulk — when it saves money and when it does not
• Budget stockpile plans — building your reserve on $10, $20, or $50 a week
• Water storage — how much, how long, and what to do when it runs out
• Cooking without power — the skills and tools that matter when the power goes out
• The three-month, six-month, and one-year pantry — complete plans for each level
• Feeding children, elderly parents, and family members with special dietary needs
• And the most important chapter of all: making peace with preparedness as an act of freedom rather than fear
Bonus Chapter: The Prepared Family Resource List
This is a unique book,
Most preparedness books are written for people who already believe the worst is coming. They are heavy on military gear, tactical advice, and scenarios that make most ordinary families feel like outsiders in the conversation.
This book is different. It is written for the parent who just wants their family to be okay. For the household manager who watches the grocery bill and wonders how much higher it can go. For the person who has been meaning to buy a few extra bags of rice for two years and just needs someone to walk them through it, step by step, without making them feel like they need a bunker.
The family with a well-stocked pantry weathers hard times differently. Job loss, illness, supply disruption, severe weather, economic shock — all of these land differently when you are not immediately dependent on a grocery store that may or may not have what you need.
The first book in The Prepared Family trilogy. Book Two — Grow Your Own — covers vegetable gardening and seed saving. Book Three — Rain, Roots, and Resilience — addresses water harvesting and full household food independence.
Start building your family’s food security today.
