One of the earliest posts I did was on a fabulous food storage calculator. I loved it. Unfortunately, that address went bad a few years back. And I haven’t seen a good one since then. I just spent half an hour looking for anything else that might be good. I didn’t like any of them. Most looked like copies of the others, just with a slightly different screen display.
Let me share what I really appreciate about this particular new food storage calculator:
- The food storage calculator is for the long-term basic food storage staples sold through the Home Storage Centers operated by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. It lists only those items sold by the Home Storage Center. Other recommended items and amounts are listed at the bottom.
- This calculator comes with a video tutorial that explains the food storage amounts for adults, teens, children, and infants, and can be adjusted for the number of months you wish to prepare. Most other calculators online count those over the age of 8 years with the adults, and lump the infants with the 7-year-olds. It’s hard to calculate accurately with that kind of discrepancy in caloric needs.
- You can print the pdf and take it to a local home storage center. There the friendly volunteers will fill your cart, take your credit card payment, push the cart out to your car, load your car, and take the cart back. The main advantage of going to the HSC in person is being able to purchase in the exact quantities you desire—1 can, 2 cans, or a full case. There are some items only available in the Home Storage Centers: hot cocoa, pancake mix, bulk bags of wheat. An advantage of going directly to the home storage center used to be the ability to pay in cash; that’s no longer an option. They only accept credit cards now.
- Other advantages of this calculator are that it will total the cost as you go, it’s perfect for beginners, and it’s also available in Spanish at the click of a button. You can also share it with your friends/acquaintances. You don’t have to teach them how to use it yourself or engage in discussions you’d rather not have.
Online Ordering Option
For those who live far from a Home Storage Center, you can save yourself gas and time and pay a whopping $3 to have your entire order, regardless of size, shipped to your door using the order form at this site. However, items are only sold by the case. Unfortunately for those who’d like to keep the contents private, that’s not an option. Each case is clearly labeled. And also unfortunately, you can’t purchase the hot cocoa, pancake mix, or bulk bags of wheat online.
What is the best buy at the Home Storage Center? In my not so humble opinion, it’s the milk, whether in store or online. I’ve never found a lower price for powdered milk (other than the rare clearance items at the grocery store), and no brand is more nutritious.
Keep in mind that as with many other preparedness products, once there is a whiff of political or economic instability in the air, supplies sell out quickly both in store and online. It happens with most presidential elections and any time people perceive nuclear threats or something like COVID.
Reference:
https://emergencyprepper.xyz/long-term-food-storage
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