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Who are you folks ordering food or storage food related
equipment from?
QUESTION:After a four year hiatus I'm finally updating the Prudent Food Storage
FAQ. At the moment I'm working on the Suppliers section. Since the
last update was back in '99 the number of suppliers who have faded
away or no longer deal in food storage related products was about what
I expected - large.
Before I finish with that section I want to canvas the field to see if
any new, worthy food storage related companies have popped up in the
world. Who are you folks ordering food or storage food related
equipment from?
I've got the usual players already Walton Feed, Emergency Essentials,
Lehmans, Cumberland General Store and so on. Any new storage food
dealers you like? New suppliers of bulk foods, dehydrated or freeze
dried foods, packaging, oxygen absorbers, desiccants, grain mills,
pressure canners, and so on? Send me their URL and I'll check them
out. With few exceptions if they don't have an Internet presence I
don't include them but something really good would be different.
Who do you like and why?
ANSWER: I suppose that as the majority of the survival related sites are US based,
the bias to US sources (or almost total exclusion of non-US sources) is
understandable.
However, there are people from all around the world who would like to see
more suppliers listed for their areas.
Two similar suppliers for the UK are:
http://www.hotpackmeals.co.uk/index.html
Hot PackT Self-Heating Meals offer a cost effective solution for instant hot
food and is the answer for flameless ration pack heating, away from home or
base.
https://clarahost.clara.net/www.hotcan.com/english.htm
Simple, quick and easy to use, HOTCAN represents a real breakthrough in the
ready prepared food market. Whether you are at your place of work or
leisure, from now on you can enjoy a hot, well balanced meal which has all
the gourmet touches of great prepared cuisine.
These both provide meal packs which offer a single meal per container.
The hot packs use a sealed, foil pouch with a water activated heater (the
same style as the MRE heaters).
The HOTCANs have an air activated heater built into the walls of the can,
with the food in a separate section in the middle. Activation is achieved
by piercing the inner seal within the heater section via pre-drilled holes
in the top of the outer container. (Piercing spike included with can.)
More UK suppliers:
http://www.springfields.biz/Index.asp
Springfields offer a wide selection of survival equipment and ration packs.
They sell a variety of dry ration packs from Reiter, as well as seven menus
of 24 hour GP Rations (the sort used by the British army).
http://www.adventure1.co.uk/
Offer a variety of equipment and currently sell MRE's with the following
menu options available.
beef stew -- grilled chicken breast -- beef with mushrooms -- meatloaf --
jamaican pork chops -- chicken cavatelli
http://www.outdoorgear.co.uk/eshop.asp?wci=home
Again, a full range of equipment and survival gear along with food packs,
mint cakes and hydro-packs.
The food packs are pre-prepared meals that can be eaten hot or cold.
http://www.milisupply.com/index.htm
Amongst other army surplus gear is a selection of food prep/serving
equipment including cookers, mess tins, cutlery and so on.
No food is available for sale via this site.
There is a noticable lack of sites offering long term storage equipment
options or even foods for long term storage. The majority of the meal packs
from UK sites have a shelf life of four years or less, depending on
manufacture date.
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