Current Orders Being Filled
869 ViewsThere has been a rash of inquiries lately and a few cancellations regarding existing orders. This post is to ensure that the record remains straight regarding order fulfillments. It’s crossed my mind someone is spreading false rumors.
All existing orders are being filled. I’m am now accepting new orders, the shopping cart has been switched back on.
Mountain House, Rainy Day Foods and Alpine Aire remain backlogged, but they are filling all their back orders as fast as they can. All the canneries fill their oldest orders first. New orders simply get placed at the end of the line, which has continued to grow ever longer.
Cancellations are possible at any time — you will be refunded your funds according to our cancellation policy.
If you cancel your order and reorder elsewhere, you will simply be getting in line somewhere else. We all buy our food from the same sources, no matter what another website may tell you, their shipping times are not any different when it comes from the same source.
The canneries have told me of some “switched” orders from some customers, which really doesn’t make any sense, and they’re as puzzled at this as I am. My prices are cheaper, with free shipping to boot on all freeze dried foods, and the wait time if you’ve already been waiting, will be substantially less.
I have received several hundred request now to resume taking new orders. Ok, I will do so (now enabled), just be sure you have read the shipping times page and our ordering policy page is all I ask (it is REQUIRED reading on the shopping cart checkout page).
I’m only interested in accepting orders from customers that understand and agree to the cannery situation. They remain extremely busy with their products in extreme demand. It is not a situation that can be helped anymore, essentially most everyone ignored all the warnings early on and they are now “rushing for the exits”, which created an instant clog.
I know it’s hard to be patient when the news remains so bad, but patience is called for here. Get your orders in and forget about it, move on to something else that needs doing. I assure you, there are plenty of other things to solve as we all watch our world devolve.
June 27th, 2008 at 7:06 pm
I say please be patient and stay with John here. I can verify (not that you know me, but I know me:)) that he is telling the truth and you will be getting in the back of a new line somewhere else. I was shocked by the speed that goods became unavailable but he called it. I trust but verify when I can. I placed a small order with one of the suppliers and I am still waiting. Other places are back ordered. I believe John knows what he is doing. I encourage everyone to stick with him here. He has seen this before and said it was coming.
June 28th, 2008 at 3:13 am
It sounds like people are panicking, afraid they aren’t going to get food. Every distributer that I know is saying the same thing…Mountain House, Alpine Aire, and other distributors have had all of their supplies gobbled up by “other customers” (Euphamism for “the gummint”?)
In the meantime, do what you can locally. Find a source of local bulk grains, work on your garden, get whatever comfort foods you and your family eats stored away, visit an army surplus store, do whatever other prep work is needed…the more you concentrate on getting stuff done, the less you will panic.
June 29th, 2008 at 9:58 am
AHA!!
I just heard through the grapevine what the official story is (or at least the official story being told to medical professionals). The government did indeed buy up as much of storable food as they could possibly get their hands on and are hoarding them in the case of a bird-flu pandemic.
(Yes, I know…flimsy excuse…)
Anyway, the average time that these food banks will be back to selling to the public should be about October (alledgedly according to this same doctor).
Personally, I’d be more worried about tainted tomatoes, lettuce, and spinach than I would be about bird flu…I like my garden.
June 29th, 2008 at 7:09 pm
Yeah, isn’t it bizarre that Salmonella is being found inside the tomatoes, so forget trying to wash it off.
Maybe we’ll be able to thank NAFTA for this if it’s discovered the offending produce was grown in Mexican sewage.
June 30th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Now the “experts” don’t even know if tomatoes are the culprit, or if it’s something entirely different - guv in action - grow your own if you can. (tomatoes, that is)