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Thinking about adding a few more #10 cans of freeze dried storage food to your inventory? You might be waiting awhile…
Several recent reports have surfaced regarding food supply shortages from companies in the business of packaging and selling long term storage foods. Reports from Zero Hedge and the site of Chris Martenson offer up a few examples.
From the Mountain House web site,
” We are sorry, due to increased sales, we are currently out of stock on our #10 cans.”
From a Mountain House dealer,
“***CURRENT INVENTORY UPDATE*** There is currently EXTREMELY high demand for all of our Mountain House foods nationwide due to current economic uncertainty and inflation fears. With this increase in demand, our food order processing times have increased also. As Mountain House’s leading distributor, we are receiving huge shipments weekly to fill our customer orders. We are shipping as quickly as we can. Your charge card will not be charged-up until we are ready to process your order.”
No doubt they will get back on track with inventory, but what I find interesting is the miss in forecast. Apparently, Mountain House states that the extreme high demand is unprecedented in their history and is not coming from new demands from a single source (e.g. new military orders, etc…
. Instead, the demand is spread widely and ordinary people are buying lots more.
The current shortages are strictly #10 cans of pre-packaged foods which are sold separately or more commonly packaged together in food storage “kits” which vary in size.
What this tells me is, more people are suddenly becoming worried, and rather than gradually building a food inventory, many are rapidly buying long term food storage kits (an easy way to buy yourself quick food insurance if you can fork out the money).
With the apparent non-stop QE (quantitative easing) pledged by the government and the Fed, and with the ever increasing enormous debt burden, the dollar is sure to devalue much further. In fact, some are worried about an outright dollar collapse, which would itself trigger large scale panic. The grocery shelves would certainly clear out quickly should that happen.
Many other countries are in the same or similar circumstance with their currencies. Although the dollar is still hanging on as the world’s reserve currency, a major devaluation or collapse would bring many others down with it.
Are more of the elite waking up to the ramifications of such a collapse, and possibly becoming worried about feeding themselves and their families afterward? Are they the ones ordering 3, 6, or 12 month kits and draining the inventory? I have a feeling that this may be partly true, but more-so I’ll bet that more ordinary folks are realizing that the current economic system is rickety, weak, and barely held up like an upside-down pyramid.
Having long term food storage is no different from having life insurance. It is no longer considered a quirky thing to do, and is talked about more and more in casual conversations.
You better get yours while you can… #10 that is…
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Thinking about adding a few more #10 cans of freeze dried storage food to your inventory? You might be waiting awhile…
Several recent reports have surfaced regarding food supply shortages from companies in the business of packaging and selling long term storage foods. Reports from Zero Hedge and the site of Chris Martenson offer up a few examples.
From the Mountain House web site,
” We are sorry, due to increased sales, we are currently out of stock on our #10 cans.”
From a Mountain House dealer,
“***CURRENT INVENTORY UPDATE*** There is currently EXTREMELY high demand for all of our Mountain House foods nationwide due to current economic uncertainty and inflation fears. With this increase in demand, our food order processing times have increased also. As Mountain House’s leading distributor, we are receiving huge shipments weekly to fill our customer orders. We are shipping as quickly as we can. Your charge card will not be charged-up until we are ready to process your order.”
No doubt they will get back on track with inventory, but what I find interesting is the miss in forecast. Apparently, Mountain House states that the extreme high demand is unprecedented in their history and is not coming from new demands from a single source (e.g. new military orders, etc…
. Instead, the demand is spread widely and ordinary people are buying lots more.The current shortages are strictly #10 cans of pre-packaged foods which are sold separately or more commonly packaged together in food storage “kits” which vary in size.
What this tells me is, more people are suddenly becoming worried, and rather than gradually building a food inventory, many are rapidly buying long term food storage kits (an easy way to buy yourself quick food insurance if you can fork out the money).
With the apparent non-stop QE (quantitative easing) pledged by the government and the Fed, and with the ever increasing enormous debt burden, the dollar is sure to devalue much further. In fact, some are worried about an outright dollar collapse, which would itself trigger large scale panic. The grocery shelves would certainly clear out quickly should that happen.
Many other countries are in the same or similar circumstance with their currencies. Although the dollar is still hanging on as the world’s reserve currency, a major devaluation or collapse would bring many others down with it.
Are more of the elite waking up to the ramifications of such a collapse, and possibly becoming worried about feeding themselves and their families afterward? Are they the ones ordering 3, 6, or 12 month kits and draining the inventory? I have a feeling that this may be partly true, but more-so I’ll bet that more ordinary folks are realizing that the current economic system is rickety, weak, and barely held up like an upside-down pyramid.
Having long term food storage is no different from having life insurance. It is no longer considered a quirky thing to do, and is talked about more and more in casual conversations.
You better get yours while you can… #10 that is…
If you enjoy this post, topics of preparedness, geophysical – current events – risks, consider our survival blog RSS feed, new posts by E-mail, or bookmark us at Modern Survival Blog
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How to Seal a Mylar Bag in a 5-gallon bucket
Prep for your Pet
Safe Plastics For Food and Drink
How Much Survival Food Is Enough
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How To Mix Powdered Milk
Preps for the Flu or Cold
Shop Smart Save Money – Pasta
Survival Garden Food
Posted on Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:07:59 +0000 at http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ModernSurvivalBlog/~3/tOe3aJVJPbU/
Comments: http://modernsurvivalblog.com/preps/sold-out-freeze-dried-food-number-10-cans/#comments