MRE supply places

[Highlander]

(20 August 2013, 11:29)River Song Wrote: @mosskii88

don't suppose you could send the original link on eBay.

I know it's expired but it would be useful to know what to look for


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Here you go River
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/US-Army-MRE-Ra...3f24d3008c

[MCavity]

Just ordered these: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-x-Ration-pac...OU:GB:3160

Will let you know how they work out.

[Mooski88]

I don't have any links for it at the moment. But each day go on eBay and type in the search engine - rations job lot. MRE job lot. Army job lot. Military job lot. Try each one because people put the items under different headings. Happy hunting.

[bigpaul]

if anyone is interested on Ebay at present is bulk buy pack of 16 Wayfarer "real food, ready to eat" food packs for £45 with free postage, singly they sell for £4.50 +£1p&p, so you would seem to get them for about half price this way.

[River Song]

bp - cant find it - only single packs

link pls?

[bigpaul]

(21 August 2013, 15:55)River Song Wrote: bp - cant find it - only single packs

link pls?

my links are never that good! go onto Ebay and put in the search box: BULK BOX OF 16 Wayfarer warm in the bag food....its should come up first on the page...I've tried it three times and it comes up each time. enjoy.

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if I hadn't spent my entire allowance this month I would have gone for it myself....apart from the fact its all the spicy menu's, I prefer the hotpot type meals myself....I can get them locally for £5 each and pick the ones I want.

[Barneyboy]

I like them better to eat them than bugger all. the British rats are best ,you get more for your money ,the MREs from the states are good but there is only 12 hours of food in them and 24 hours in the brit packs ,the oat block is lovely very nice with a cup of tea

[MikeA]

If you can find them, go for the British Ration pack, American "MRE's" usually have an even higher postage price and be far more likely to be out of date, not that it matters with temperature sealed food, but you will have to rotate it eventually. If you consider one meal in a bag from say, GO Outdoors is 5.99-8.99, £15 for a whole day, which believe me, you can make it stretch for 3 is relatively cheap. Ebay's a very good source, never seen 40 for £20 though.

[Binnie]

(21 August 2013, 13:17)bigpaul Wrote: if anyone is interested on Ebay at present is bulk buy pack of 16 Wayfarer "real food, ready to eat" food packs for £45 with free postage, singly they sell for £4.50 +£1p&p, so you would seem to get them for about half price this way.

All the wayfarer meals i've tried are exactly the same as the british army ration packs.

thats a decent deal on pouches, though i prefer packs as the sundries and suchlike are brilliant.

[CharlesHarris]

MREs are OK for short term, but not as a steady diet. I prefer military LRP-CW rations for long term storage
http://www.freezedryguy.com/default.aspx...ortdir=asc

But for the most part my food storage is what I normally eat, either stockpiled from the grocery store, or supplemented with dehydrated or freeze dried items in #10 (2.5L) cans from an assortment of vendors:

"Beginner level" issues of stocking a pantry:
http://frugaldad.com/2010/08/09/the-frug...y-project/ There are some good things to take away from the comments.

More food pantry planning info on LDS web site
http://www.providentliving.org/channel/0...-1,00.html

Reliable companies I use as sources either for individual food items and assembled "food units"

http://www.internet-grocer.net/foodpack.htm
http://freezedryguy.com/index.html
http://freezedryguy.net/Store/tabid/536/Default.aspx
http://www.freezedryguy.net/Specials/tab...fault.aspx
http://www.freezedryguy.net/Store/Produc...fault.aspx
http://www.readyreservefoods.com/home/

For emergency rations I carry lifeboat rations such as Seven Oceans or Mainstay,
http://www.bestglide.com/Mainstay_Emerge...tions.html

and plastic jars with peanut butter, jam, in winter adding a tin of Red Feather butter
http://www.canned-butter.com/

and another of SPAM or Bega cheese, along with instant coffee and/or teabags.
http://www.grfoodsinc.com/storable.html