Mtn. House confirms shortage

Good to know and food for thought. Thanks!

 

So does this mean that some of the sheeple are finally waking up? :dunno: We can only hope.

 

Didn't realize Mountain House had #10 cans of freeze dried foods, interesting. I saw plenty of the servings for 2 @ Walley World, Cabelas and Gande Mtn. this week.:scratch

 

Got my two loads for one year each back in Y2K at $750.00 a load, it is my understanding that they now cost a hell of a lot more.

 

that seems counter-intuitive, with the deflated dollar and greater demand, wouldn't prices go up? :confused: if there's a greater demand at MH then there more than likely is an unreported greater demand across the board

 

Green Giant is 10 cans(14oz) for five dollars in our supermarkets this week,Aldis has been .39 a can for most vegs except beets,

 

At my local Aldi's the older label cans are .39, the new improved pretty label cans are .55 each!

 

They could be smaller can's to. The old repackaging trick is going on all over now. Just a tad smaller for a little higher prices. :scratch

 

A few of the radio host have started 'a push' for people to be parpared (and stock up) ... So I say yes, a some of the sheeple are waking up.

 

Perhaps it's merely semantics, but they're no longer sheeple when they wake up to the fact things might get bad and they start acting upon that belief.

They become potential allies, resources and/or competition.

 

I wonder how our Canadian reps for freeze dried food are doing. Is Briden experiencing a backlog with their Thrive product too or are we still slightly better off than U.S.
I'm thinking I better put an order in quickly if we're not suffering from a shortage too.

 

You can also make your own. LTFS, dehydrating.

 

Even though we buy in bulk we also were buying the sales. We would take the canned and frozen foods, drain and/or thaw and dehydrate. Less space is used and we don't have to worry about cans going bad. We put everything in jars and then seal with our foodsaver.

 

Most of MH "packages" are in #10 cans. like the years supply for one and such. Normal price depending on the product ranges between $22 and $38 a can. BUT they have a shelf life of around 25 years. We have around 7-8 months worth for the wife and I. Actually several of the foods are not bad. Their oatmeal is good as well as most of the fruit products. The meat products however IMO leave a bit to be desired. However in an emergency situation they are edible.

 

Last catalog I recieved from them the "basic" years supply for one was $1,800 plus shipping.

 

I waited 2 weeks for a shipment of mountain house, and almost half of it was backordered.

 

They might have more liquid and less vegetable in them too.:scratch

 

I ordered from Briden not long ago. They did not mention having problems getting product, but then again, they mostly sell ingredients, not pre-made meals. They had a shipment held up by a big snowstorm in the States, and have had a surge of ordering (they think it's combo Glenn Beck and Christmas), but they were able to fill my order no problem, if a little late

Edit to add: I am pretty sure most of their product comes from the US, so it will probably hit them eventually, unless the issue is with ready meals, rather than ingredients like FD blueberries or onions or whatever.