Mark Ducati
03-11-2011, 11:12 PM
Lots of talk about "Food For a Year" regarding storage, taste, backing your intestines up, etc... a lot of you just say to buy double your canned goods at the grocery store every week of the food you already eat.
I'm looking for biggest bang for my buck for "long term" storage....
I've been teetering on buying the CostCo "Food For a Year" for one person for $999 + shipping + tax + $50 bucks non-member surcharge...
Guess what I found at Sam's Club?
"Augason Farm's Food Storage" - Most likely the same exact stuff at CostCo, just a different label... THEN, I remembered my wife had a Sam's Card/Membership from before when we were married (just found the card in her wallet)... no shipping charges, no non-member surcharges... just $20 some dollars in taxers...
85 #10 cans for $913 bucks delivered as a "Sam's Club Member"... this beats Mountai House #10 cans!
http://scene7.samsclub.com/is/image/samsclub/0040635088919_A?wid=206&hei=200&op_sharpen=1
As I said before, although this is labeled as "Food For a Year" for 1 adult... with rationing, and some supplemental hunting of small game (we also have plenty of water)... I bet this year's supply could actually sustain two adults...
Right now, my wife and I really only eat one meal a day as is... My 4 and 7 year old growing kids are a different story though...
But with this one last purchase, I'd be willing to bet that with rationing for OUR family of 4 along with some supplemental hunting/fishing/gardening/scavenging AND the already canned goods/Rice/Beans we stock... I just got enough food for the 4 of us for 2 years now :)
I thank God I've got more than enough room to stash this stuff in my vault in the basement...
6-8 months later... IF prices remain the same or reasonable with 2012 approaching (CosCo's had the same prices for a year now), I'm going to buy one more "Food For a Year" 1 adult supply...
FWIW, I have tried a lot of this dehydrated and freeze dried food... YES, it will be an adjustment and initially I do expect us to have some bowel problems for a couple if not a few weeks... but do believe that if hungry enough, it will taste good and our bodies/constitution will adjust.
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You guys might be wincing at the though of eating this stuff... but for the $$$, 85 cans for $913 delivered is a pretty darn good deal at $10.74 a #10 can! That is roughly HALF the cost of Mountain House #10 cans on average!
I'm looking for biggest bang for my buck for "long term" storage....
I've been teetering on buying the CostCo "Food For a Year" for one person for $999 + shipping + tax + $50 bucks non-member surcharge...
Guess what I found at Sam's Club?
"Augason Farm's Food Storage" - Most likely the same exact stuff at CostCo, just a different label... THEN, I remembered my wife had a Sam's Card/Membership from before when we were married (just found the card in her wallet)... no shipping charges, no non-member surcharges... just $20 some dollars in taxers...
85 #10 cans for $913 bucks delivered as a "Sam's Club Member"... this beats Mountai House #10 cans!
http://scene7.samsclub.com/is/image/samsclub/0040635088919_A?wid=206&hei=200&op_sharpen=1
As I said before, although this is labeled as "Food For a Year" for 1 adult... with rationing, and some supplemental hunting of small game (we also have plenty of water)... I bet this year's supply could actually sustain two adults...
Right now, my wife and I really only eat one meal a day as is... My 4 and 7 year old growing kids are a different story though...
But with this one last purchase, I'd be willing to bet that with rationing for OUR family of 4 along with some supplemental hunting/fishing/gardening/scavenging AND the already canned goods/Rice/Beans we stock... I just got enough food for the 4 of us for 2 years now :)
I thank God I've got more than enough room to stash this stuff in my vault in the basement...
6-8 months later... IF prices remain the same or reasonable with 2012 approaching (CosCo's had the same prices for a year now), I'm going to buy one more "Food For a Year" 1 adult supply...
FWIW, I have tried a lot of this dehydrated and freeze dried food... YES, it will be an adjustment and initially I do expect us to have some bowel problems for a couple if not a few weeks... but do believe that if hungry enough, it will taste good and our bodies/constitution will adjust.
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You guys might be wincing at the though of eating this stuff... but for the $$$, 85 cans for $913 delivered is a pretty darn good deal at $10.74 a #10 can! That is roughly HALF the cost of Mountain House #10 cans on average!