Bulk Survival Food Purchases, which company?

[Exile_D]

I know, I know, I know, "they are all rip offs!" "Do it yourself and save money!" "Prep what you eat normally!" Etc. etc. etc. ALL great advice we should have been following the last several years! BUT what if you absolutely HAD to buy a bunch of the premade survival food? Who would you buy it from?

People seem to like Mountain House, other then the complaints about high sodium and the new recipes/calories per serving. They seem to be more of a short-term/hiking/camping food product rather than a long-term survival with most nutritional needs met type product.

 

[REELDOC]

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Amazon.com : long-term food

Others like Sams, Wallmart, Costco have stuff too. Just depends on what you want.

 

[fieldgrade]

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[Bigdave0924]

In for suggestions. I can’t find anything I’m willing to shell out the $$$ for.

I’ve got a “working pantry” and just started stocking up on a bunch of rice and beans past few months but I’d like some variety if it comes down to actually eating this stuff.

 

[REELDOC]

Buy some canning supplies and head to the farmer's markets.

 

[Goofyfoot2001]

Canned foods will stay good for five years easy. Just start buying canned goods and eating or rotating. Much better tasting too. The freeze dried stuff is all empty calories and it's all potatoes and pasta. Pasta lasts forever if you vaccum pack it.

 

[foopid stucker]

check out legacy foods, supposedly better nutrition/portions opposed to most.

 

[Exile_D]

check out legacy foods, supposedly better nutrition/portions opposed to most.

I have heard decent things about them. You do need to buy their protein packs separately though, correct? They aren't included in the meal buckets.

 

[Bigdave0924]

I just found this link on arfcom. $1440 for a pallet delivered (480 meals). They also offer individual cases on eBay.

HDR MRE pallets - sporting goods - by owner - sale

Large quantities of Humanitarian Daily Rations (HDR's) available by the pallet with free delivery included anywhere in the continental US. Each case comes with 10 HDR MRE's Each HDR package contains...

dallas.craigslist.org

 

[Armed4defense]

I'm going to revisit this thread with a question -is there any hack to moderate the salt taste in these survival foods? I bought a LOT of it from GoFoodsGlobal in 2014. Just been sitting in storage - being retired and bored, thought I would break some out and see what it was like. Terrible is the first word that comes to mind! Salt is so high it will cut a hole in your throat! Hate to throw it out but can't eat it as is. Company has gone out of business - Gee wonder why?

 

[Herk]

I can, dry, freeze dry, put beans and rice in mylar with oxygen absorbers etc. but I also have purchased several items from mypatriotsupply.com and they are fair priced, ship quickly, and I've tried some of the products out and they are good. If you are just getting started it's a quick way to get some food stored. The freeze dried stuff is called Ready Hour.

 

[Flashpoint]

Canned foods will stay good for five years easy. Just start buying canned goods and eating or rotating. Much better tasting too. The freeze dried stuff is all empty calories and it's all potatoes and pasta. Pasta lasts forever if you vaccum pack it.

I have some buckets of rice, beans, wheat, etc. But I also have a couple of buckets of commercial freeze dried food and yes it's practically all carbs. So about a year ago I filled up a couple of buckets with canned meats from the grocery store as a supplement. Keeping all this in a cool but not climate controlled basement so I threw in a bunch of desiccant packs to keep the cans from rusting, as well as a Bluetooth temp/humidity monitor in one of them. Currently it's holding just under 30%.

 

[Herk]

I have some buckets of rice, beans, wheat, etc. But I also have a couple of buckets of commercial freeze dried food and yes it's practically all carbs. So about a year ago I filled up a couple of buckets with canned meats from the grocery store as a supplement. Keeping all this in a cool but not climate controlled basement so I threw in a bunch of desiccant packs to keep the cans from rusting, as well as a Bluetooth temp/humidity monitor in one of them. Currently it's holding just under 30%.

I have purchased a bunch of Keystone canned meat from Ingles and Walmart. I bought some survival meat from an online place for about $20.00 a can and it doesn't have an expiration date. I soon figured out that it was made by the same plant and they have to put expiration dates on the cans sold in retail stores (but they are way out to 2027+). The Keystone stuff is 1/2 the price of "Survival Cave". I feel confident, that properly stored, they'll last a long time. Also look at Corned Beef, canned ham, and canned salmon - they all have long shelve lives.