Why don't you by the meal now?
Even if you don't go the survivalist route and buy purpose made storable food, regular old canned items last a long time. Read the "best by" dates on tuna in oil or any canned food next time you are in the market.
Just the fact that food will continue rising is enough of a motivator to buy long term shelf life stuff now.
Died beans, pasta, canned pasta sauce, rice flour.....you get the point.
Might sound kooky and extreme now but it will look like a prudent move later.

I agree on your point. The reason why I decided on silver is because it is much easier to hide the months worth of food equivalent than the actual food itself. Because when THSTF there will be a large majority of every person for themselves mentality. It is much easier to hide a small box than a small room from the hordes. Because if people find out that you have food, some will want to take that food by force. Just look at every TV clip of refugee camps when the food truck arrives. Any semblance of order is short lived and then turns to chaos. It might seem dooms dayish, but I am just going with the general trend that I see. I would like to think that people are better than that. But when it comes to filling the belly, all nice and fuzzy feelings about humanity disappear.