The cheapest place

[SShepherd]

To buy long term storage food?
I'm not talking about stuff in buckets or already in containers. 25# bags of beans, etc that you can pkg. yourself.

Anyoner have a good place for that?

 

[bczoom]

LDS is very highly recommended by everyone I've talked to.
http://www.providentliving.org/channel/0,11677,1706-1,00.html
Most of their locations are open to the public so you don't have to be a member of their church.
Not sure where you are in MI, but they have a location in Farmington Hills.
Order forms and such are on the left side of the aforementioned site page.
In most locations, you make your selections and can/bag the stuff yourself (with their guidance as needed).

 

[snow dog]

MRE and you have to give up taste

 

[SShepherd]

MRE and you have to give up taste

i think MREs' are great if you have to "bugout", GTFOD, etc. But I think it's a bit more economical to store drygoods.

 

[SShepherd]

LDS is very highly recommended by everyone I've talked to.
http://www.providentliving.org/channel/0,11677,1706-1,00.html
Most of their locations are open to the public so you don't have to be a member of their church.
Not sure where you are in MI, but they have a location in Farmington Hills.
Order forms and such are on the left side of the aforementioned site page.
In most locations, you make your selections and can/bag the stuff yourself (with their guidance as needed).

Thanks

I'll compare they're prices and see how they look-- and report back

 

[SShepherd]

hmm, i can't get any price info on that site

here's what i have found;

http://www.foodservicedirect.com/

http://www.shoporganic.com/

http://truefoodsmarket.com/


I've been looking at buying canned goods by the case- anyone have wholesale supplier links?

 

[Erik]

Sam's club - if you already have the buckets and gamma seal lids, you can't beat their price for bulk rice, beans, sugar, spices, & flour.
otherwise, providentliving and beprepared.com aren't bad.

 

[SShepherd]

Sam's club - if you already have the buckets and gamma seal lids, you can't beat their price for bulk rice, beans, sugar, spices, & flour.
otherwise, providentliving and beprepared.com aren't bad.

no dice here none in stock

 

[Erik]

got any asian groceries?
they usually have 25 & 50# bags of rice and lentils.

 

[SShepherd]

rice is easy..

i'm picky about rice though. i buy mine nitrogen packed from the factory, shortgrain only.

 

[Erik]

cool.
where?

 

[SShepherd]

cool.
where?

japanese grocery near me- the bag is purged and vacume packed.

it's in all japanese, si it does me no good to try and figure out the name.

this is good stuff too
http://www.icrestjcp.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=35

if you really like shortgrain rice, here's a start
http://www.lamtc.com/topic/topic.php?id=78

 

[Erik]

cool.
thanks for the links - I'll have to look for some of that here.