Good deal on food at Costco? 1yr supply

[CommandoJoe]

I'm not familiar with this particular brand and don't know if it is a good deal or not but 20% off seems like a decent discount to me, so I thought I would post it up in case anyone is interested... Don't know if they carry it in the local stores, but it is free shipping either way.


$799.99 after $200 OFF
Shelf Reliance THRIVE™
1-year Supply
Dehydrated & Freeze-Dried Food
1-year Food Supply For 1 Person
5,011 Total Servings
84 #10 Cans
Item # 443250
$799.99
Shipping & Handling included *

Costco - $799.99 after $200 OFF Shelf Reliance THRIVE? 1-year Supply Dehydrated & Freeze-Dried Food

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[Wenis]

I think the better deal is the Mountain House 18 #10 cans also on sale right now. This sale happens about twice a year.

 

[Decker]

I think the better deal is the Mountain House 18 #10 cans also on sale right now. This sale happens about twice a year.

So... yeah I'm lame I think because I was just peeking at the MH site and can't find that sale. Help?

-d

 

[mxitman]

maybe its this one... it's made by oregon freeze dry.. same as MH.

Costco - $279.99 after $60 OFF Easy Meal® Combo Kit

 

[spectra]

Not sure on other people but my son is allregic to peanuts so I have to really look at what I get. All the mountain house products contain no allergins. Most every other product I have found contains something or is made on shared equipment with peanuts. It is a pain to deal with but in SHTF situation I wont have time to read all the ingredients

 

[Wenis]

maybe its this one... it's made by oregon freeze dry.. same as MH.

Costco - $279.99 after $60 OFF Easy Meal® Combo Kit

That's the one. The 1-person year kit is mostly single item bulk food which is much cheaper. The Oregon Freeze Dry is the best deal on a Mountain House product I've seen yet, even more than beprepared.com's 25% off sale that just happened.

 

[BearAspen]

I think the better deal is the Mountain House 18 #10 cans also on sale right now. This sale happens about twice a year.

you know when this will be happening?

 

[Wenis]

you know when this will be happening?

I've watched Costco.com long enough to know how frequently certain items go on sale. It's usually too early for Christmas shopping (late Sept-early Oct) or after Christmas when everyone is financially tapped out (the end of February). This particular sale ends Oct. 10th.

 

[mxitman]

sale is on right now, I ended up ordering 2 of the 18 can packs, I plan on adding a couple of 5 gallon buckets of Beans, Rice, Pasta to the mix. Should be able to make the packs last longer. I already have a full pantry and close to 6 months of food for 2 people based on caloric count saved up in my pantry. $560 is quite a bit of money but when I was comparing that to buying another AR upper I figured I would rather have the food. Can only eat a bullet once... And I need to eat everyday... never been in a gun battle...

 

[Sun195]

The Mountain House is a really good deal - thanks for posting. It's easy to spend $200 on just one case of their food.

ETA: One of the reviews says this package has 50k calories. So @ 2400 per day, that'd last one person for roughly 20 days. Just something to consider. I think this is fine; just best to know what you're getting.

 

[gettersideways]

maybe its this one... it's made by oregon freeze dry.. same as MH.

Costco - $279.99 after $60 OFF Easy Meal® Combo Kit

Definitely picking some of these up. Thanks man!!

 

[mwcoleburn]

Main problem is that you are storing food you wont rotate through. Unless you are eating what you store and storing what you eat you are basically making a big one time investement in food thats going to sit there just in case. Better idea is stocking up on things that you already eat and buying a rotation system like those shelf reliance sale, or just building a double sided shelf in your garage that you can stock from one side and pull form the other. IMHO every time I've seen someone buy a stockpile of food (Y2K anybody) It sat their and went to waste.

 

[Bazooka Joe]

ETA: One of the reviews says this package has 50k calories. So @ 2400 per day, that'd last one person for roughly 20 days. Just something to consider. I think this is fine; just best to know what you're getting.

There is a similar issue with the 1 year Thrive product in the OP. When you work out the calories it's only 1220 calories per day for a whole year, so if you are expecting to need 2000 or 2400 per day, you'll need to adjust accordingly.

 

[mxitman]

Got my stuff the other day; here's some pictures.

Here's one of the boxes of 18 cans; the other one is in the background.






Some other good deals I found at Big Lots; $1.50 Corned beef good until after 6/2014 & $0.75 Sardines In Oil, good until after 11/2015.



This is my latest 2 crates I have filled (only one is pictured, but the other is identical), My house pantry & storage is full now so I'm expanding to my garage into easy to load crates. I've counted all Calories, Fat etc. and keep a book inside the house listing the contents. Also have a list on the outside of the container and these are part of my rotation.


And just a side note from comment on buying what you eat/store. Got 6 months food/water in the house. Have another 6 months at secondary location and now have 4 months in my garage that we can load very quickly if we have to. With additional long term Mountain House foods I have 4+ months in addition. This gives us (2 people) enough food for at least 20 months +/-.... or 4 people 10 Months @ 1800 calories per day. Plus I got a few chickens that I'm not counting...