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Offline kunkmiester

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emergency food storage on overstocked
« on: October 07, 2014, 09:24:42 PM »
http://www.overstock.com/Emergency-Preparedness/Emergency-Three-Person-1-year-Food-Storage-Pail-Kit/7924101/product.html
Seems they have all sorts of stuff.  Pails or cans?
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Re: emergency food storage on overstocked
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2014, 10:15:49 AM »
I've been lead to believe that these commercial, pre-packed pail and bucket storage systems use a lot of space per calorie. Don't get me wrong, at $105+shipping per month per person this is a pretty good deal but you better have a lot of storage space.
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Offline kunkmiester

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Re: emergency food storage on overstocked
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2014, 01:26:19 PM »
That's not the only set they have, just the one I linked--easier to link the product than the search list.  They have cans too, I suppose that might work better from what you say.
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Re: emergency food storage on overstocked
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2014, 04:52:09 PM »
Kunk save the shipping cost, buy your cans at WM westside. they have it about as cheap as buying it from Auguson Farms.
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Offline kunkmiester

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Re: emergency food storage on overstocked
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2014, 04:30:18 PM »
Shipping is free, looked at the cans, they come out to about 15 bucks each, iirc that's a bit better than walmart.
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Re: emergency food storage on overstocked
« Reply #5 on: October 16, 2014, 12:01:35 PM »
I strongly recommend reviewing the nutritional data for any LTS foods.  Wise foods is the worst i have seen but others are also guilty.  "Serving size" from many suppliers is less than what the Nazis fed interns at Auschwitz. Also the labels are a bit misleading..."cheesy", "beefy" and such are not referring to the animals in the dish.  Rather the flavour of the soy protein in the package.

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Re: emergency food storage on overstocked
« Reply #6 on: October 17, 2014, 09:05:34 PM »
Augason farms doesn't look too bad, and it's better than having nothing.  I'm looking at getting #10 cans, and building off of it later.  As I understand it most preservation techniques do result in some loss of nutritional value, but that's part of the price of having food that will last for 30 years.
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