11/20/09 - Current Cannery to Ship Time Estimates

This page is REQUIRED READING for all customers placing orders -- we want you to be fully aware of the current cannery shipping times.
Our published ship times are estimates, as accurate and as truthful as we can make them.

(Each product description contains the cannery abbreviation, RD = Rainy Day, MH = Mountain House, AA = Alpine Aire, RM = Richmoor)

Rainy Day shipments: 1 - 2 Weeks ** SA14F, SA15F, SA17 & SA18 - See Update Below!! Buckets can take the longest, cans are faster!
Mountain House pouches: 3 - 7 days, Mountain House is pretty fast.
Mountain House cans: 7 - 10 days, Mountain House is shipping very fast (right) now. Large orders can take a bit longer.
Richmoor pouches: 1 week.
Alpine Aire pouches: 1 week.
Alpine Aire cans (any size cans): 1 - 2 weeks.
Alpine Aire Systems: 1 - 4 weeks should be expected. Systems are the Alpine Aire "units".
Country Living Grinders / Parts: 1 week.
SuperSpectrim: still super fast, 1 day!

Check out our new free shipping Food Units!

** Rainy Day -- Rainy Day says "1 week" right now, and we're seeing orders take anywhere from 1 - 2 weeks right now. Buckets take the longest. The pre-packed bucket units (SA14F, SA15F, SA17, SA18) can take longer to fill then the estimates above (and they will), so if you order these particular Rainy Day units, please be patient.

This is an EXCELLENT time to order, as our shipping times have not been this good in over 2 years. If you plan to order food, now is the time. This fall we expect to get hit pretty hard again as the H1N1 flu swings back into high gear. Global reports expect upwards of 2 billion people to be infected.

** The economic doom has many people very nervous about future food supplies. Food demand will remain quite high, worse then last year by far as priorities and 'basics' get sorted out and everyone realizes that eating definitely comes first during times of crisis.

We do not guaranteed the availability of any product due to declining global food production, which is significantly down this year according to published reports. We have no control over volume or developing shortages occuring throughout the world. Wholesalers are reporting the complete and total disappearance of some items and we've seen stock levels decline precipitously this year already.

Please make sure your order is accurate. All orders must be placed through our shopping cart, or sent through the US mail.

Shipping times are NOT guarantees - they are simply estimates for new orders now being sent in. We try to be as accurate as we can, and update this page every few days. Older orders are still subject to the shipping times estimates at the time they were ordered. Ship times change according to product availability and volume, which remains extremely high. We are as honest as we can about what is really happening with the canneries we deal with and their order volume. Order cancellations for any reason are subject to our order policies.

For over three years, we have been warning the general public on our blog that global demand for global food will outstrip the available supply. This is now happening worldwide, over 47 countries are now in severe food crisis (this number has gone up every few months), with starvation conditions now killing thousands per month. This will not get any better, ever. Food shortages are now occurring all over the entire world.

The latest economic news is very bad. We are now expecting a total collapse of the financial system. The main stream media is churning out conflicting reports on this, but the main theme is "down, down, down" with last quarter 2009 through 2010 to be a world wide depression. Additionaly, consumer goods including food are spiking tremendously in demand and price as people flee the failing economic systems worldwide and seek to provide themselves with some levels of basic and essential protection.

Oil is also very volatile, bouncing all over the map on price. The current temporary price reduction isn't going to last long. Mexican oil imports (our 2nd largest importer in the U.S.) is in serious irreversible decline (Cantarell oil field), is now already at 50% decline since 2004 (and accelerating). We expect this to cause significantly higher fuel and transportation prices once again. Petroleum decline is also happening in oil fields all over the world. Food IS oil -- we cannot farm, fertilize, produce, ship or distribute even 10% of the world's food supply without abundant cheap oil. This means famines are going to become a very real part of life on Earth. The temporary price drop in oil as of today is TEMPORARY.

We expect oil prices (and food) to go much higher (again) as we continue to deplete global energy supplies. Price increases last year were over 54% already. This, combined with global drought conditions means food shortages are now a fact of life in some nations, and already severe in over 47 countries (last count) and worsening, month by month. In other words, food prices will never be this cheap again. We suggest you order sooner rather then later, while availability (and cannery demand) is still relatively good.

Expect to see prices continue to climb as the global crisis deepens (on everything). Global food reports reveal huge price increases on staples, grains, dairy and most consumable commodities. This is happening worldwide. Projections are for much higher fruit and vegetable costs this year. Shipping rates jumped, again and again, production of petroleum and world wide outputs continues to fall as energy resources decline (the ongoing credit crisis is also impacting this quite largely). Food production (agriculture), transportation, processing and packaging is highly dependent upon oil. As oil declines, prices increase, dramatically.

Prepare today, for tomorrow's crisis. Most storable foods will last several decades, making this a wise investment today.