I've been to several websites selling long term food storage items such as MREs, 5 gal buckets of grain, and #10 cans of dehydrated foods. The sites that I go to are all sold out and on back order.
What are some of your favorite places to buy food for long term storage?
Should I buy the mylar bags to put into 5 gal buckets and then the food along with an oxygen absorber?
Last year I was like every other sheeple on the planet; oblivious to what was going on. Now it seems a veil has been lifted and I'm afraid it is too late to do anything......just a bit scared and panicking! I'm really stressing out here!
I plan to grow a garden, get some chickens and rabbits this year. I've got 10 acres. All this middle east crap and the price of oil......nervous!!
If anyone could give me sites where they buy their long term food stuff that isn't freakin' sold out and on back order....I'd appreciate it! The one site that I did order from Emergency Essentials and nearly all #10 cans and 5 gal buckets are sold out !!
You could look up any local LDS group.They are experts at long term food storage and are friendly and helpful to everyone. They can get hold of anything and help you do it the right way.
Ditto on LDS. I just checked their online site and they have everything in stock. You can only order beans ,rice, oatmeal and wheat, but the prices are good and the service is great. Quick and free Shipping! I've also ordered their mylar bags and they are the heavy duty ones.
mredepot is good. You can sign up for their emails and they will let you know when they have an item in stock if they are out. Use code "calguns" to save 21%. The canned bacon is great!!
Get your friends and family interested, then buy in bulk. I've been talking with my family and have been surprised how many are ready to purchase items with me. Then # 1 rule start eating what you buy and rotating it. Good luck! You could also form your own purchasing group.
Emergency Essentials is so expensive, but when your desperate... If you have the room or the know how start canning and preserving what you can on your own without buying it. I've been canning for years and recently went up on what I want for future use (meaning a bigger garden or growing some things inside ), I also started making my own spices and tomato sauce and ketchup the past couple of years. I hunt so I've been experimenting with different ways mostly old school ways of keeping meat and not just in the freezer in case the power grid goes. Just this year I started making my own cheese and wines too. That only leaves things like sugar, flour, and some of the basics which are much easier to get in touch with. Also save your dryer lint. It is a wonderful easy way to start a fire for warmth or cooking if things take a turn for the worst. Phone books, I never recycle as they will make wonderful TP some day... Hope that helps your dilemma... and you are not along, we are all scared...Good luck and stay safe.
+1 on Augason Farms. If you are a Sam's Club member, they have 57 or so Augason Farms products available for online ordering. Cheaper price too. My stuff arrived 7 calendar days after I ordered it.
Costco, BJ's, Sam's Club, Feed stores are always places that you can get bulk food locally. Army/ Navy stores or gun shows usually have MRE's. LDS canneries are good too, if they are still selling to non members. (You could always convert). Even local grocery stores can have many items that you can get cheaply. More so if you use coupons.
About the only thing I get off the internet is stuff I can't find locally, like dehydrated foods. Always check shipping charges since it can get expensive.
I am packaging my own, but I did buy some dried cheese and butter. Search Emergency Essentials on the Costco website. Shipping on some of it is free. You do NOT need a membership... but there is a small extra fee if you don't have one. If you are buying a lot, the the membership would be worth it.
I have been buying my MRE's from Armygear.net for a few years now for $89.98 for 2 cases. I think that they have the best price on MRE"S I have ever seen and I have spent many of hours looking for the best price for my money.
Buy lots of mountain house packets. And #10 cans of foods that have essential vitamins and lots of protein if your on a budget. They get really expensive though but readypro.com is a good site to buy lots of things, not just food.
I do live in the country...But too many people are starting to move in around me. I guess maybe I should consider moving, but I've never liked doing that.
I buy canned goods and rice and flour from the grocery store. Rice and flour gets stored in the freezer.
I also have a garden, fruit trees, 4 chickens, and usually a bee hive or three (I lost my last hive to illness, and I hope to catch a swarm this year in a bait hive).
If you can find a long-term storage place, fine! Your grain will last 20 years! Though my frozen flour and rice and canned goods will last quite a bit also!
We purchase food from Costco and a local restaurant supply store. We also know a nice local Mormon lady, and inquired about purchasing food from the LDS cannery. It turns out that it is no big deal and they do it all the time for outsiders. They are really super cheap on bulk stuff, and you volunteer a couple of hours of your time to help put it in #10 cans. The rules for the canneries are different depending on where you go; here, you have to attend with someone who is in the chuch, but you don't have to be LDS yourself. They are very down-to-earth, decent and kind people.
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