ULTIMATE Year Supply of Food Storage

"I've been eating Mountain House freeze dried stuff since I was a scout, better than C rations and takes up little space and is light weight. It is expensive, but the benefits far outweigh the cost. I'll buy another year's worth when I can afford it!"

"I was pleased to get my shipment yesterday and was surprised at how compact it all is, it definitely stacks tall in my garage but the amount of floor space it takes up is quite a bit less than I expected.

So far we have tried the chicken alfredo, pilot crackers, and the beef rotini and were very pleased with all of them... now I need to keep them sealed up so we dont eat it all up. I bought the year supply for my hubby and I along with our little 4 yr old. I know it wont last a year for the 3 of us but it should last a lot longer than the little amount of food we had before. I am so happy to finally have a back up plan."

"3 meals a day, 1700 total calories plus fruits, and snacks,and drinks, for $3499.95... thats $9.59 a day.
I challange anyone to beat that!!! I have sampled several of these products and I'm impressed!!! I will be buying the 1 year supply this year."

"Some of the other people reviewing on here have said if you want to save money you can just get plastic buckets of wheat, canned meat from the grocery store, and garden seeds... that's all fine and dandy, but when there is an emergency and they lose electricity and running water, they will be sweating grinding wheat and spending hours of time and a lot of precious fuel making fry-bread because they don't have yeast or an oven to bake with, opening cans of meat that have gone bad after a year or two and having to throw it away or get food poisoning from it, and spending days out in the sun planting and weeding a garden after fifteen years of storing seeds only to have no water to water their garden and 10% of their seeds germinate to get a meager harvest after month's slaving away just to put a few scraps of bland food on the table.

While they are having fun living like they are a serf in medieval England, I'll be living like a king spending 5 minutes and very little of my fuel reserves to boil water, 10 minutes or less to prepare my meal and wait for it to be ready, and then be eating a delicious meal of chicken teriyaki with rice and vegetables, sweet-corn that tastes like it is fresh of the cob, sliced cinnamon apples that remind me of my grandma's kitchen, and I'll be chasing it down with some incredibly refreshing peach drink... oh and cleaning up will consist of rinsing out a couple bowls.... and the BEST PART... all of this after THIRTY YEARS of NOT THINKING about food storage, and NOT SLAVING AWAY preparing the fertile soil in my tiny backyard... (oh wait, I live in a town-home in the dessert WITHOUT a backyard), and NOT ROTATING cans of chicken that I bought at Costco for $4.00/lb on when I could have spent $1.99 on fresh chicken, and NOT GRINDING wheat every week to make bread to rotate through my supply of wheat.

Bottom line is...this supply is great... my 3 and 4 year-old kids love the food... and it is so EASY to prepare... I dont have to think about it... ALL I need is hot water to use it... and it will last longer than me! I mean the stuff lasts more than thirty years! That's crazy.

Now.. I still store wheat, and my wife makes bread every week, and I still have canned chicken for my short-term food supplies, and I know how to garden and have heirloom seeds stored... but if the crap hits the fan and the system falls apart... I don't want to be spending all my time staying alive... I'd rather spend 20-minutes a day doing that and spend the rest of my time trying to IMPROVE the situation and establishing a long-term plan.

That's why I buy this stuff."

"Alternate supplies seem less expensive though they take more space. For example many different kinds of grains (rice wheat oat) and beans of all kind can be dry packed in nitrogen filled Superpails at much lower costs. The veggies can be grown on highly productive sq foot gardens using heirloom seeds. And meats, fish, and other sources of protein are easily purchasable in cans. Thismethod is altogether mote satisfactory than expensive dry frozen foods. Super pails last for many years and give us the comfort of knowing that the food we will have will be those sources from which we usually eat. We have laid back two years supply for four people in our small home. We did buy several freeze dried package one year food supplies from Costco but our calculations indicated these were 900 calories a day.

*From The Ready Store: Jim thanks for the review, there are no doubt less expensive ways to complete a year food supply but at the same time there are trade-offs with each one, if you want to learn about those please call our customer service line and someone will be glad to tell you the pros and cons between the various options. One option that sounds like it may be up your alley is the Seedsafe product line, you should check it out too and would love to hear your review on that too!

Thanks and have a nice day! "

"Like what I see. The products do taste great and are easy to prepare. Wish they were a little less expensive however. "

"I am still waiting for it to show up but I thought I would respond to the previous reviewer that said this is over priced. For one you need to go check out other companies first and then come back and complain as I have looked at over 5 competitors and this was the best one. Others mixed in dehydrated cans and still sold it for near the same price.

As for the afford-ability there is no doubt this isn't cheap but at around $3 a meal I think that is more than fair considering the shelf life, ease of preparation, and the variety. It was a financial stress to an extent for me to buy it but I know the peace of mind is worth it and who knows with inflation the $3 a meal might be dirt cheap by the time I end up using it in 20-30 years."

"The just think that they should tell you up front this is a year supply for one person only. It is costing you 9.59 per day for a year, so if you want to buy 4 of these to cover a family of four for one year you would have to save $1150.00 a month every month for the next year. There must be a better way.

*From The Ready Store: This is the ULTIMATE Year Supply kit with 100% freeze-dried food, this type of food simply costs more than dehydrated food. If you want to save money you can look at the BASIC Year Supply of Food Storage. A great kit as well but it requires more time to prepare for each meal and the shelf life is 10-25 years as opposed to 20-30+ years.

There are more differences than just that so if you are curious to learn about them please call our customer service line at 1-800-773-5331 and a representative will gladly help you find a solution that works best for you. "

"I was surprised how little space it took to store the 1 year supply of food. We tried some for taste before stacking it, and its taste is superb! I have already supplemented the 1 year supply with additional veggies. It gives me peace of mind to know my family will be able to eat in the event of a crisis or disaster."

"Jeesh this is a lot of food, I dont think I could eat this much in a year. For my small family I am sure this will last a long long time. "

"I was a little skeptical of how the food would taste, but I opened one of the cans of Beef Stroganoff and it was really good. And they are right you just add hot water and the meal is ready. Very happy!"

"I love how much food I get in this year supply. Awesome variety and I really like both the Mountain House and Saratoga Farms quality. It has been great for my family!"