Just curious where everyone is buying their long term food storage? Internet ordering is ok but can get very expensive. I have a few suggestions that might help, but some of you may already know about and be using them.
I have stocked up some foods when on sale at local grocery and drug stores. Canned foods, canned meats and hams, etc. These items are not real long storage, anywhere from a year to up to maybe 5 years if stored properly.
I also went to the Mormon LDS cannery in OKC which is just south of the airport. Very nice people, open to all, no preaching. They have mainly just staple items. They just want to help people. You can buy a lot of things pre-canned in #10 cans or you can, for a few more months, buy the large bulk bags. Beans, wheat, flour, sugar, dried milk, a few veggie and fruit items. For the next few months you can also can your stuff in their cans with their equipment. Google "LDS food pantry" for a list of available foods and locations, and you can look at what is available. I highly recommend them, you need to call them to find their hours, etc.
I did find one local retailer, a Homeland grocery, that has some Augason Farms freeze dried foods in #10 and regular shelf size cans. I was surprised that the prices were reasonable, considering I think Homeland is usually too high on grocery items.
There's also Sams, and if you live in Southen Oklahoma, Costco is DFW too. Neither has a whole lot of variety of items but you can definitely get some things worth storing up.
I am familiar with a huge company called US Foods, they are a national wholesaler of all kinds of foods, dedicated to restaurants, cafeterias, restaurants, etc. However they just opened a retail store in OKC on I-240 & Walker, northwest corner. I was in there today and was impressed. Keep in mind they are oriented to large scale purchases by institutions, but this one location is open to the public and you can buy smaller quantities. I'll be back in the next day or two to pick up some items I just couldn't find at Sams or elsewhere that should store for a couple of years, maybe longer.
So this is my contribution. Does anyone know of any other place that is selling food items and supplies that would be good for prepping?
I have stocked up some foods when on sale at local grocery and drug stores. Canned foods, canned meats and hams, etc. These items are not real long storage, anywhere from a year to up to maybe 5 years if stored properly.
I also went to the Mormon LDS cannery in OKC which is just south of the airport. Very nice people, open to all, no preaching. They have mainly just staple items. They just want to help people. You can buy a lot of things pre-canned in #10 cans or you can, for a few more months, buy the large bulk bags. Beans, wheat, flour, sugar, dried milk, a few veggie and fruit items. For the next few months you can also can your stuff in their cans with their equipment. Google "LDS food pantry" for a list of available foods and locations, and you can look at what is available. I highly recommend them, you need to call them to find their hours, etc.
I did find one local retailer, a Homeland grocery, that has some Augason Farms freeze dried foods in #10 and regular shelf size cans. I was surprised that the prices were reasonable, considering I think Homeland is usually too high on grocery items.
There's also Sams, and if you live in Southen Oklahoma, Costco is DFW too. Neither has a whole lot of variety of items but you can definitely get some things worth storing up.
I am familiar with a huge company called US Foods, they are a national wholesaler of all kinds of foods, dedicated to restaurants, cafeterias, restaurants, etc. However they just opened a retail store in OKC on I-240 & Walker, northwest corner. I was in there today and was impressed. Keep in mind they are oriented to large scale purchases by institutions, but this one location is open to the public and you can buy smaller quantities. I'll be back in the next day or two to pick up some items I just couldn't find at Sams or elsewhere that should store for a couple of years, maybe longer.
So this is my contribution. Does anyone know of any other place that is selling food items and supplies that would be good for prepping?
Wierder even is I'm smack in the middle of you two ... 
