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Emergency Essentials has free shipping until 10-31-07 on orders over 100.00 I was able to get the super pails of wheat for less than 40.00 per pail, not bad. I went ahead and got a few more things I've been wanting, with the free shippings, comes out pretty good.

Email from MRE depot, cheese and butter prices going up.

Hi All;

Unfortunately, I don't have my usual good news or new product announcements this time, sorry. I promised many of you personally that I would keep you informed in advance of any drastic changes - and I'm afraid to say that this is the first time I've had to share some not-so-good news.

For the first time in our history with the Red feather Canned Butter from New Zealand and Red Feather Canned Cheese from Australia we are going to have to raise our prices. The world dairy market has been hit hard over the last 6 months, and supply is tightening because of it. Plus, the rising cost of fuel and the weakening US dollar have made importing from New Zealand and Australia much more costly.

We have absorbed 3 separate price increases since June of this year without passing the cost on to you - in fact, our prices have come down, largely because of the fact that our volume has increased so dramatically. But this most recent container, which was delivered to us last Monday, had a cost increase of more than $14 per case. That means we have seen a rise on our wholesale/import cost of more than $20 per case on both the butter and the cheese since we first began our exclusive agreement to bring both of these fine products to you.

Rather than let you notice the price increase after the fact and force you to pay more without any warning, we feel it is only fair that we give those of you that have stuck with us over the years a chance to purchase at the old pricing for a while longer.

Monday morning (10/15), we will be forced to increase our price on the butter and on the cheese by $10 per case. If you have been putting off stocking up on any more butter and cheese, you will want to act quickly to make sure you purchase what you need at the old pricing before Monday.

Please accept our apologies in advance for having to raise our prices for the first time in my recent memory, but thank you in advance for your understanding of the situations that are beyond our control. I assume you are seeing the same thing at the grocery store that my wife and I see here - unfortunately I think rising food costs will be a fact of life for a while.

Warmest Regards,

-Steven

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They have a 15% discount too, if you order with the code.

I have been very pleased with their service and products, I think I'm going to get another case of each.

Looks like decent prices, thank you for sharing.

I've done that too Holly, I even gave up a shoe closet for an "extra pantry." Now I've given up my guest room closet too, and starting to put stuff under a bed, not to mention another location or two also. It just grows on ya, the more you get, the more you realize you need so much more. Glad to have you with us, and I love knieves too. ( so does Vic!)

I have tried to Bega cheese and it is great!! With a 10% discount using the code warrifles a case of bega cheese 36 cans and a case of butter 24 cans came out to 172.34 including shipping. I ordered another case today, I loved the cheese!!!

Yeh Vic, me too. I think I will order a case this week, a friend of mine said she would split it with me. That is a good price too.

I have liked dealing with MREdepot.com, have had very good service with them.

I had a few cans that were damaged in my shipment from honeyville grain, and they promptly replaced the damaged ones at no cost. I was pleased with their service.

Thanks Cookie, can't wait for the report!!!

I gave up a shoe closet, and then a gift/ wrapping station/junk closet to store prep items.... Now my guest room closet is also being pared down, non necessary stuff given away, donated etc. to make room for life sustaining necessities.

I find that I have changed, and that I view life differently now. Instead of storing home decor items, that I used to love, and might want to use again, I weigh that against the need to sustain my family through hard times.

My storage items are very important to me and seem to take a lot of time, planning, purchasing, logging, rotating etc., but the cost of time and money invested is nothing compared to the importance of keeping up with the plan.

I received my cheese and butter today!! I ordered 10-19-06. I am impressed!! The cost comes to 3.06 per can including shipping. I am going to try some tonite, and will probably order another case of each!

I entered in on this for the cheese and butter, 1 case of each and the cost including shipping is 183.63. I got a confirmation back quickly, and am very pleased with this so far. I am so glad this was shared here.

Off to search the stores.

Question for all of you experienced dehydrators. We live in a very high humidity area. I have considered and looked at dehydrators but never purchased one because of my concern about the high humidity here and being able to store the food. Would this be a problem? If so, how could I correct it so I could store dehydrated items? What is the average shelf life of a dehydrated food?

Mother wrote

Turned in my segment on death, I think. Is it ok? Need to add more? Need to change something? I'm not listed as having turned it in. If it needs more work, let me know.

I'm the one that recommended lahar be added in the booklet. I can write up something for that, if you wish.

We didn't eat meatloaf for years because I couldn't fine a recipe that we liked until this one:

1 T. veg. oil

1/2 cup finely chopped onion

2 1/4 pound ground chuck

1/2 cup ketchup

3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs

1 1/2 t. salt

2 t. minced garlic

1 Tablespoon prepared mustard

1 1/2 Tablespoons worchestershire sauce

1 egg

1 Tablespoon dried parsley

4 slices raw bacon

Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees

In small skillet, heat oil; add onions and garlic. Cook over medium heat about 4 min. Set aside to cool.

In large mixing bowl, combine remaining ingredients (except bacon) and cooled onions and garlic.

Oil pans. Put in mixture.

Wrap bacon around loaf, tucking ends under loaf.

Bake 1 hour.

Let it rest 10-15 min. before slicing.

I've made large hanging planters as well as small ones. Sold

a bunch and gave a bunch away at Christmas time. Fun to do.

It's time consuming. Haven't macramed since the 1980's except for a few things for myself.