Price Comparisons
Below is our spot price comparison. We update this page periodically to demonstrate that our prices have consistently been lower then our competitors.
We have been in this business for over 16 years now. Our listed retail prices are lower then ALL of our competitors, and have always been lower, bar none. We are not aware of any other seller of bulk dehydrated or freeze dried foods that even comes close to our pricing. Many people have found this out - we invite you to compare the actual delivered price you would pay from any other company to ours. Don't be fooled by false claims and slick snake-oil advertisements! Go look for yourself, we consistently have the best prices nationwide! No other company comes close to the variety and number of custom food units we sell!
We are often asked about other companies out there. There are a huge number of new companies in the food business these days, many of them 'fly-by-night' operations. Most have not been around very long, and we've simply never heard of them. Others make outrageous claims on their food units, selling you units that are terribly small as "one year food supplies". We've checked these out and have consistently found the following: misinformation on the number of servings, higher prices, and lower calories. These units do not meet their advertised claims of the time they will last -- you WILL eat this food far faster because you need sufficient calories to stay healthy, making these units overpriced, misadvertised and misleading at best.
Glen Beck has been promoting foodinsurance.com for months now, but we are substantially cheaper. Our units are bigger, better and cost less. We're not trying to "sell" -- we're interested in making sure you have what you need.
It's actually shocking for us to review what others are claiming. Their pricing is considerably higher then ours, their units are much smaller, which means you get far less food, and in many cases simply not enough daily calories to keep you healthy. They also make wildly erroneous claims on the total number of servings and calories contained in the products they sell. Often times this is achieved by making their suggested serving size extremely small so as to inflate the numbers in order to make the product appear more favorable. We have seen claims of 1/3 to 1/4 of a cup per serving - ask yourself, would your appetite be satisfied eating a meal based on a 1/3 cup of beans? In some cases, it is not even physically possible for the containers to hold the number of servings being advertised! Some are so bad that it is flat out embarrassing to think that thousands of well meaning customers are being literally ripped off.
What is going to happen when these customers actually go to use those units? They will quickly run out of food, but the need for daily healthy nutrition will still be there. That will never change, you need a decent amount of calories to stay healthy.
Here are our comparisons, using an item by item comparison:
- E-Foods Direct "Alex Jones Listener Special" 1 Year Family Pack for $4995 -- our price is only $3987.50 -- $1007.50 less, while offering 1779 more servings!!!
- E-Foods Direct "Freedom Unit" for $1789.00 -- our price is only $1685.37 - $103.63 less!!!
- E-Foods Direct "Liberty" unit is $1668 -- our price is only $907.35 -- that's a $760.65 less!!!
- E-Foods Direct "One Year Stowaway" unit is $1788.00 -- our price is only $1527.20 -- $260.80 less!!!
- E-Foods Direct "Liberty Non Soy" unit is $1668.00 -- our price is only $1150.00 -- $518.00 less!!!
- E-Foods Direct "Wheat Supply" of 6 buckets of wheat in 5 gallon buckets is $119.95 (222 lbs @ .54 per pound) -- our price for 6 gallon Super Pail (mylar bag inside) is .52 per pound -- in the better 6 gallon Super Pail bucket. Additionally you are not forced to buy a 1 year unit (required by E Foods Direct). Be sure to read the "Storable Food Watch" scam below, run by E-Foods direct.
- Honeyville Grain Empty 6 Gallon Food Grade Bucket $14.49 -- our price is only $8.73 -- $5.76 less!!!
- Honeyville Grain Freeze Dried Banana Slices, #10 can $26.09 -- our price is only $17.88 -- $8.21 less!!!
- Honeyville Grain Beef TVP, #10 can $12.99 -- our price is only $8.44 -- $4.55 less!!!
- Honeyville Grain Hard Red Wheat, 6 #10 cans $59.99 -- our price is only $23.26 -- $36.73 less!!!
- SafeCastle Non-Hybrid Seeds $53.00 -- our price is only $34.89 -- $18.11 less!!!
- SafeCastle Hard White Wheat, 6 #10 cans $78.75 -- our price is only $22.06 -- $56.69 less!!!
- SafeCastle Enriched White Flour, 6 #10 cans
$90.00 -- our price is only $29.49 -- $60.51 less!!!
- SafeCastle Banana Slices, 6 #10 cans $175.00 -- our price is only $102.18 -- $72.82 less!!!
- Freeze Dried Guy, Quick Rolled Oats, 6 #10 cans $59.50 -- our price is only $28.58 -- $30.92 less!!!
- Freeze Dried Guy, Dehydrated Eggs, 6 #10 cans $225.00 - our price is only $103.53 -- $121.47 less!!!
- Freeze Dried Guy, Dried Milk 6 #10 cans $177.50 - our price is only $82.73 -- $94.77 less!!!
- Freeze Dried Guy, Pinto Beans 6 #10 cans $95.50 - our price is only $44.33 -- $51.17 less!!!
(we are substantially lower on all their dehydrated
products, this is just a tiny sample.)
- Pleasant Hill "Security FoodPak 1" $1312.00 -- our price is only $1250.00 -- $62.00 less!!!
- Pleasant Hill "Security FoodPak 2" $938.00 -- our price is only $819.00 -- $119.00 less!!!
- Auguson Farms 3 Month 2 Person Kit $745.95 -- our price is only $611.66 -- $134.29 less!!!
- Ready Made Resources One Person 1 Year Deluxe $1749.00 -- our price is only $1699.00 -- $50.00 less!!!
- Ready Made Resources 4 person 1 Year Deluxe $2995.00 -- our price is only $2578.83 -- $416.17 less!!!
- Ready Made Resources offers the Country Living Grain Mill for $429.00 -- our price $395.00 -- $34.00 less!!!
- Shelf Reliance (Thrive) Grains and Beans Deluxe package $1142.99 -- our price is only $570.65 - $572.34 less!!!
- Shelf Reliance (Thrive) Basic 1 Year Food Storage $1211.99 -- our price is only $908.08 - $303.91 less!!!
- Shelf Reliance (Thrive) Basic 1 Year Veggie Supply $301.99 -- our price $239.34 -- $62.65 less!!!
- Shelf Reliance (Thrive) 6 Month Supply $643.99 -- our price $498.08 -- $145.91 less!!!
(Sometimes on display at Costco. Most Costco units should be considered seriously inadequate food choices.)
We could do this all day long, having found many, many more examples advertised online. In each case, we consistenly offer a better price, more servings and more calories.
Wise Foods - We're amazed at the claims this company is making. Extremely expensive for what you actually get. Their units are incredibly small (look at the weight for starters), with daily calories as low as 600 - 700 per person per day. Consuming this food over the advertised time will quickly lead to poor nutrition, sickness and even death if you had nothing else to eat. Most people would eat this food 3 - 4 faster then what it is being advertised at and with good reason -- adequate calories to maintain proper nutrition are essential for health. Therefore, these units are only good for 1/3 - 1/4 the "time" advertised, or for far fewer people then advertised, which makes them incredibly expensive for what you are getting. They're also highly repetitive (limited selection which leads to food fatigue) with high carbohydrate items (6 out of 13 total items are pasta, 3 are cereal, 2 soup). We also do not recommend anybody store their food in square buckets. They lack a gasket lid and do not increase the shelf life of pouch food, making their claims of "25 Year Shelf Life" dubious at best. Simply put, Wise Foods makes an excellent choice for a rather expensive starvation diet. There is nothing "wise" about this product line.
I've saved (nearly) the best for last - Patriot Food. Their 135 lbs package (in mylar bags which they try to pass off as "better" then hard sided cans) that sells for "only $725" which they claim "others sell for $3,000". This is a ridiculous claim. We sell comparable foods for only $425. They also claim that this is enough food for two people for one year with a 10 year shelf life (none of these claims is even remotely true, several of these products won't last that long, mylar bags are not better or rated for the same shelf life as cans, and 135 lbs for two people for one year is not even remotely close to enough food to keep you healthy (or alive), even "with meat" that you must also add to their unit).
It gets worse -- their pearled barley is $60, ours is $33.23, their hard red wheat is $84, ours is $17.97. But wait, there's more! Heirloom Seeds in a "100 year time capsule" for only $179.95! Good grief, the deception never stops.... Seeds will not last that long buried in the ground, they contain live enzymes and have a limited shelf life of 5 - 7 years in reality! You can buy the same package from us in a #10 can for $34.00 (depending on supplier, we have several).
The Mother of All Scams - Storable Food Watch
This is a extremely deceptive website, supposedly "dedicated" to telling you about food storage companies, but the truth is far different. Owned by E-Food Direct, this site gives negative ratings to all of their competition, including us. Read the facts!
"The Storable Food Watch website has been created, as a public service, by The J. Michael Stevens Group and eFoods Direct."
Their intention is to paint only themselves in a positive light, while pretending to offer a fair and unbiased "review" of their competition. This company has NEVER contacted us to verify anything, and what they've posted is simply blatant lies. This is a vile and despicable website spreading false information, passing itself off as "Fighting for Truth, Justice and the American Way!"
Much like Wise Foods, E-Foods Direct is notorius for 'trolling' the internet and forums with fake user accounts and deceptive guerilla marketing. Be careful whom you support with your hard earned dollars! There are many, many scammers out there who will resort to various tactics, all exceedingly unscrupulous to gain your business. We've long documented the signs of greed on our blog.
No need to go on -- Be CAREFUL who you trust with your money. Food is not something you can skimp on and it's getting more expensive all the time. Be sure you are getting the best deal out there and don't fall for the hype and propaganda that some web sites are resorting to. Many sites are actually selling you "starvation" units, meaning they have barely enough calories (at high prices) that will only keep you from actual starvation. This is not a joke - their techniques to "selling you" a food unit are downright shameful while reaching their hands deep into your pocket. History is full of crimes just like this, but there is absolutely no reason whatsoever that this should be going on here today.
We are consistently lower on prices, offer larger units, more variety, and more calories and servings -- all for less money!! |
Regarding all of the above: We do NOT recommend these units however, as many of them are very small when it comes to calories and actual number of servings. They average only 1300 calories or less which is a "starvation" level of calories (the "Freedom" is around 1391 calories). At best, they are six month food supplies -- at substantially higher prices then our generous 1 year food supplies. Our units offer more food, better variety and at substantially better prices.
Some competitors offer a "claimed" lower shipping rate - while charging 3 or even 4 times our product prices. What they are doing is stacking the deck by substantially inflating the product prices in the hopes that you aren't smart enough to notice! This means that everyone is paying grossly inflated product prices in every shipping zone in America by these companies.
Low shipping charges seems cheap, but is it? Not always - not when you consider what you are actually getting. In almost all cases, actual order costs are actually less by paying the actual shipping rates. More product means more meals and more food servings, all at a lower cost to you. Our shipping isn't padded like our competitors, nor are our prices. We have had low prices for over 16 years now and continually strive to bring those low prices to you. Shipping charges are actual costs. With the steady increase in oil prices, shipping has gone sky high. We are right up front about these costs.
It is possible to make this comparison on many other products (and competitors). In case after case, we are less. The savings grow with larger orders, saving you hundreds or even thousands of dollars!
Our dehydrated food plans are an excellent example of our low costs. We can say with assurance, we have never seen anyone offer the same plans for our prices. We have seen cases where you could buy two of our food plans with shipping for the price of their one. Why pay more and get less from those other guys?
Still don't believe us? In case after case, we have compared our packages to our competition. Here is a recent example we found: This is supposed to be a "10 year unit" or "9 - 10 person" 1 year unit, supposedly weighing in at 7,000 lbs. But is this true? We've run the actual item numbers for these products and put them into our database. This package only weighed in at 2800 lbs which is "remarkable" because it is 4200 lbs less then was originally advertised! and still costs $800 more then our prices for the exact same items! Update: Seems our claim received some notice, now they reduced the weight to just 2800 lbs and the food quantity, yet still claim a 10 year supply. Go figure! These guys are trying to pass off only 280 lbs of food per person per year!! That's ridiculous - and flat out dangerous. You will STARVE TO DEATH in short order if this was your "food storage".
GET REAL! A real 10 year food supply needs to be HUGE. Ours is 1,012 #10 cans, 17 #2.5 cans and a case of honey, and is simply, the very best in the entire industry, bar none.
Even our 4 year food supply weighs in at 1638 lbs and is a fantastic deal. Extend this out by increasing the number of units and a real 10 year supply of dehydrated food would easily weigh over 4,000 lbs! You simply CANNOT skimp on product and number of servings and pretend it's going to somehow last longer then it possibly can.
Someone recently told us about the "Family Unit" that sold for $4358.95 by a would-be competitor. We priced everything out, right down to the last item, and can offer the exact same package for only $1927.11. That's a $2431.84 savings!
We could do this all day long and into next week (and have; this is why this page exists). In case after case, what we have found is higher prices and a lot of misrepresentation (and worse). Unfortunately, there are also a lot of ill-informed customers who "think" they have gotten a "good deal", but have not properly done an actual comparison, or run the calories, or taken a hard look at what they are really getting. We urge you to go look for yourself, you will be shocked at what people are claiming and what you are actually getting.
The age old rule still exists: you get what you pay for. It's simple economics, and if something looks too good to be true -- it probably is.
We see a lot of this kind of thing in this industry. We have been doing this for over 16 years now and many companies come and go. Our advice to you is to make sure you know what you're actually getting.
Why do we do it? Because we can, and because we have been on the other side of the table before and made the same mistakes many others have made with unscrupulous dealers. We keep our overhead as low as possible in order to pass the savings on to you! We've made it our goal to specialize in the storable food industry. Thousands of our satisfied customers know. We can do the same for you too!
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