Costco’s ‘emergency food bucket’ is a hit with apocalypse-minded shoppers

For about $80 you can have a pail-full of food pouches with a 25-year shelf life to help cope with disasters of all sorts

The growing threat of climate change and the increase in unpredictable natural disasters that comes with it is leading survival-minded shoppers to a bucket of possible salvation from Costco.

The big box warehouse club retailer is selling the Readywise Emergency Food Bucket" for around $80 to its US customers.