So, to start with, just ask yourself 'what obstacles currently prevent me from being better prepared?'
Here are 3 main obstacles I came up with -
1. Lack of knowledge/planning
2. Lack of money
3. Lack of space

LACK OF PLANNING/KNOWLEDGE
So, first thing. What do I put in my food storage? What does my family normally eat? What meals can I make from food storage?
Below, you'll find a 28-day meal planner and corresponding recipes. You can also work in those recipes your family can't live without!

Are you one of those who visits the supermarket more than 4 times a week saying to yourself 'what shall we have for dinner tonight?', or does the clock constantly say '4:45pm' before you've even thought about what to make for dinner that evening? Running out of ideas to spruce up dinner time?
After a couple years of fine tuning and endless searching on the internet, (by the way, one fo the best websites you'll ever find 'allrecipes.com' let's you search recipes by ingredients...great way to use up all your leftovers!) I came up with this 28-day meal planner and having been using it successfully for around 3 years. I also switch up the meals whenever we feel like we've had enough of one particular one for a while.
Whilst being pregnant with my first child Alex, I couldn't stand a huge percentage of any meal being just meat, or having huge chunks of meat in them (apart from a good steak of course!) and so for many of these recipes I 'use meat sparingly', you can put more meat in if you so desire. Also, living on a small budget when we first got married, I tried to work it so that we used a different type of meat each day, and only use each type once a week. You can work in any great vegetarian meals you have to fill the gaps, and of course, Sundays at our house is usually either roast beast or chicken...due to it being that way in my house growing up!

You'll find that planning meals and only going grocery shopping once every 2 weeks (or once a mth if you can!) saves you tons of money. Of course you'll have to go in between those times for fresh milk and fruit and veg, but less frequent visits mean no more impulse buys and lots more 'portioning'. For example, If I have a few meals that week that need diced tomatoes, I'll buy a huge can and portion it, using some for my meal that night and freezing the rest for the next time I need it. Vegs freeze just fine! When I buy any meat, I portion it right away before freezing it, and thus you I don't have to try and pry my sausages apart 'because I only need two of them!'. I buy hamburger meat in bulk, separate and store in Ziploc bags and roll each bag flat with a rolling pin because it stores so much better in your freezer than big round balls or meat. Portioning saves money!

On a side note, try to learn not to completely rely on your refrigerators and freezers for ALL your ingredients, thus making emergencies and electrical outages a lot less catastrophic!

In the event of job loss or financial difficulty, if you already have most of these canned/dry and frozen ingredients stocked up, that will mean only having to visit the store for fresh ingredients...unless you have a garden then you'll only visit for milk....unless you have a cow, at which point you've definitely become the epitome of a self sufficient Mormon woman!

Bread machines, bread machines! I once picked one up at the thrift store for $5, practically new and simply called the company who made it, who then e-mailed me a user manual! Simple! and much tastier than the 'empty' value pack bread.

So, having dealt with the lack of knowledge, you hopefully now have a little more money each week to set aside for food storage, thus getting rid of obstacle number 2.

LACK OF MONEY
If you're still having trouble finding the extra money in your budget, ask yourself, 'What luxury could I do without?' If an earthquake struck and you hadn't any food to get through the aftermath, would you still be glad you got your nails done the day before, or would you kick yourself for not having given that little luxury up sooner? I'll generalize and say that most people have at least one luxury they could afford forgo in order to create extra food storage funds, and YES, it really is that much more important!

If you find you don't have time to go shop for food storage, one of the best times we found was after our FHE, one Monday a month. When we tried to buy it at the same time as our main trip to the store, the carts got WAY to full!, so try one designated monthly trip. Likewise with 72-hr kit shopping.

Bear in mind that be it $5 or $50 a mth, we are blessed for obedience to the law in any way shape or form.

LACK OF SPACE
DE CLUTTER! A plank of wood for a shelf and a couple of wall brackets really isn't that expensive! Just purchase sturdy, inexpensive storage solutions.
Whilst being in the US, I've also noticed how many of the newer houses seem to have an extra space between the fitted wardrobe (or kitchen cabinets) and the ceiling, so what do we go and do? We fill it up with plastic vines, floral arrangements and fairy lights! and I think 'nooooooo, what a waste of valuable space'. Perhaps you can find a way to store food AND hide it with a nice floral arrangement.
Call in some of 'spatial' friends to take a look and see where you can make room for storage.
Failing that...does anybody have any tips? any good websites that tackle storage?