He sure brought us all together! ;-)
Posted on 04/05/2011 8:48:26 PM PDT by blam
“Mountain House has received a huge contract from the Federal Government. Because of this contract they are not supplying their dealers with any new product until at least September 1, 2011. “
That's NOT a tinfoil headline, folks.
And Knorr isn’t expensive. Add some canned ham, and a really tasty dish is done in minutes. ;)
speaking of moths, we had an invasion of ‘pantry moths’ that lasted several months before we discovered the phermone traps (which was the ONLY thing that killed the buggers). We pulled one of those traps out and within an hour the trap was surrounded by dozens of males just waiting to get stuck to the sticky tape.
So I’d highly recommend ‘pantry moth’ traps as part of basic food storage.
(I also now deep-freeze flour, corn flour, pancake mix, beans, peas, etc for two weeks prior to dry storing so as to kill the bugs they all contain)
good one
Yup.
One of the local outlet stores(Winco) often have them on sale for 88 cents a pack.
So when they are on sale, I usually pick up ten or so and toss them in storage..
Did Michelle get priority on her order for the gourmet, organic stuff?
I’ve easily gotten more than months, by vaccuum packing my dehydrated stuff in canning jars and adding an oxygen absorber to the jar. Should easily be good for two to three years. True rice and beans are more nutritional value, longer storage life and so on, but pretty bland by themselves, throw in a cup of mixed dehydrated vetables in your rice, dried peppers in your red beans or dried onion in your white beans, or a can of spam fried up with some dehydrated onion and potatoes and you got a much more palatable dish.
He sure brought us all together! ;-)
Being able to raise rabbits or chickens would help too.
According to two distributers that I’ve been buying from for about a year or so, Mountain House was selling their goods to anyone and everyone. They had several hundred resellers carrying their products. As demand rose, none of the resellers was receiving enough product.
Mountain has chosen just a very few distributors to handle their products and now it’s a matter of building inventory between those distributors. At least that was the way it was explained to me.
Just yesterday I received parts of an order (3 cases of #10 cans) that was placed over 6 weeks ago. There was no indication of when the rest of the backorder (about 15 cases) would be filled. I have every confidence that it will be filled, the company (Emergency Essentials.com) seems to be on top of customer service, it just takes some patience.
If emergency food storage is something you have thought about, I suggest starting now. I would rather be ready years too early, instead of one day too late. It really does take some thought though, plan your work, work your plan. If you live in the country and have a garden, livestock, etc., those #10 cans are what you may need. If you live in a condo in the city, you have a whole other set of circumstances and you may want to preposition those cans in a location that you intend to bug out to when the SHTF. In that scenario, you need to have a backpack preloaded with MRE’s, first aid supplies, and other emergency supplies. You will need to have some fuel stored as well as emergency cash. There won’t be any gas stations open or ATM’s.
I’ve been stocking up on Spam lately.....and amazingly many stores here are out of that too.
So much for the recovery which is supposedly happening.
That’s “not true” now. I call BS. FEMA offers an RFI then doesn’t buy anything, yet freeze dried food is sold out for months.
Sure!
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In response to the recent concern of FEMA purchasing Mountain House products:
FEMA posted the following RFI (Request for Information) on 1-20-2011. In the RFI, FEMA was asking for information for 14M/day for 10 days. They then withdrew the RFI on 1-27-11. The RFI is a request for information only. It is not an order. In addition, this RFI was never sent to Mountain House. This is to confirm that Mountain House is not supplying FEMA or any other Government agency with Mountain House #10 cans or pouches.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) procures and stores pre-packaged commercial meals to support readiness capability for immediate distribution to disaster survivors routinely. The purpose of this Request for Information is to identify sources of supply for meals in support of disaster relief efforts based on a catastrophic disaster event within the New Madrid Fault System for a survivor population of 7M to be utilized for the sustainment of life during a 10-day period of operations.
As you know we have removed #10 cans from our website temporarily. The reason for this is sales of #10 cans have continued to increase. OFD is allocating as much production capacity as possible to this market segment, but we must maintain capacity for our other market segments as well.
Currently our inventory for both cans and pouches is all being shipped to our retailers. Once all of our retailers are back in stock 100%, we will put items back in stock on our own website. For our #10 cans, we do have a small number of dealers that you can contact for future ordering of our food storage items. Although they are not taking any orders at this time, we do suggest you contact them to see how you can be notified as soon as they are in a position to once again accept new orders. For a list of those dealers, please contact us at MH-Info@ofd.com
We expect this situation to be necessary for several months although this isn’t a guarantee. We will update this information as soon as we know more. We apologize for this inconvenience and appreciate your patience. We sincerely hope you will continue to be Mountain House customers in the future.
Oregon Freeze Dry
mark
I keep a few of their freeze dried pouches in each of my tshtf bags.
So who is buying up all of the Mountain House supplies?
Citizens who are overtaxed, paying too much at the pump, and unemployed?
You believe that they are the ones causing this shortage?
Everyone: The fact is THERE IS A SHORTAGE of these items. Obama adds a little to the fear but the point is PEOPLE ARE PREPARING FOR DECEMBER 2012. The MSM isn’t covering the story about how a huge number of people are preparing, but you see the evidence right here in the shortages.
Me and my friends.
Most grocery stores stock No. 10 cans in the institution section.
I wait for sales on smaller cans and buy what I need. A No. 10 can of beans is a whole lot of whoopie cushion.
One can also buy small freeze-dried packages of spuds, dried soups and cake mixes. I find them more sensible than No. 10 cans. I just can’t see myself baking a cake that’s 10-feet long.
Everyone's needs are different.
Common sense will help you make the right decision.
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