{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"PrepareCast","title":"What If Food Shortages Begin at the Checkout?","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/d1f9a983\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":470,"description":"A full shelf does not guarantee an affordable meal. When package sizes shrink, prices rise, and one missing ingredient breaks a recipe, a household can lose workable lunches and dinners before food visibly disappears. This PrepareCast Brief examines what happens when grocery disruption collides with school pickup, work schedules, dietary limits, and a fixed budget. You will learn to measure a basket by the meals it can produce, not by the number of familiar packages it contains. Test three low-cost meals, identify two workable choices for each uncertain ingredient, and compare a usual basket with a flexible basket by complete meals. The episode also shows why a substitute requiring another store or extra hour may not be cheaper—and how to rehearse checkout decisions before the total starts flashing.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/ZeLeqKPPCLaXlukKPRVm5IylejsS2_rgCmDKLGzw7kI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iYTU4/ZTc0ZWM0OTNjYzIx/OThjYWY1YmEwMmJm/MThhZi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}