Root vegetables stay fresher longer, so onions, potatoes, turnips, carrots will last and so they are welcome when food is scarce.

Your family's morale will go to shit unless you are smart and buy a a simple dessert mix or have canned apples or preserves or honey or similar. They need the calories and little treats created the illusion of normality. Every there family is wigging out and your family has apple cobbler and is managing their emotions.