Thanks for the mre- info.
NP, I’ve given this a fair amount of thought. MRE’s are handy but generally the most expensive way to store food. Generally you won’t eat them unless you have to so they may get thrown away in 5 years.
Store what you eat and eat what you store. I store quite a bit of canned food, bags of rice, bags of beans. Working on the bulk side now.
Freeze dried foods are cheaper than MREs and more flexible. You can mix them in with your recipes and have normal food.
I think a combination of food sources is probably the best but it depends on your needs and what the future holds, IMHO.