Costco trip

[DMGNUT]

Just thought I'd mention that I picked up several more super pails of wheat and oats.
Hard White Wheat, 45#... $16.99
Quick Rolled Oats, 23#... $16.49
A lot better than the prices I was seeing at Emergency Essentials or Honeyville.
I wish they had beans and rice already in super pails.

[Noahs ARK]

Our closest Costco is in Nashville, which is 1-1/2 hours away. I'd love to get deals like that.

We just joined Sam's Club for bulk items and I plan on filling up my Pathfinder when we go.

[threepercent]

due to the shortages, I talked to my boss at work at we were able to find some wheat at a price that allows us to offer it at 14$ for a 50lb bag. we will start the sale on Wednesday. Maceys Pleasant Grove.

[DMGNUT]

That's a great deal Threepercent.
The thing I really liked about the Costco stuff, was that it was already sealed in the super pails.
I know some folks get their buckets free, and with minimal cleaning they're good-to-go.
But if you have to buy them... most places; like Honeyville or where-ever, they cost anywhere from $11.99 to $14.99 each (that's pail and lid, but its even more if you want one of the fancy gamma lids).
Anyway, once you add that to the price of the product and oxygen absorbers, the Costco price was way cool for me.
I'm seriously thinking about picking up 2 more of each tomorrow.
Here of late, I'm being prompted to "beef-up" my food, significantly... like I need way more food than I thought would be needed... maybe I'll be feeding a few more folks than I thought (once things start to go bad).

[mirkwood]

I've got 350 lbs. of wheat that needs to be bucketed. I just don't want to buy the buckets/lids/dry ice. I should just do it, the wheat was free!

[threepercent]

the wheat is not really a good price, thats up 64% from this time last year, but it is better than current wheat prices, that are up 79%.

Any scratch bakery, (including in stores) will produce food grade buckets every day. most will prob be 4 gal buckets, but some will be 5. they will also have resealable lids. most go through so many of these that they will give them to you free. you only need gamma lids for the buckets you get into and out of constantly. so get say 5 BLACK buckets and gamma lids and TRANSFER your product to those when you use them. no need to spend money on gamma lids for storage.


for storage: place a small (large marble) chuck on dry ice in bottom of bucket, place the product (wheat, rice, beans, whatever) in and SET the lid on top, do not seal or it will blow the top off violently. wait till the dry ice has sublimed and then seal. watch the lid, if it starts to bulge, burp it. do this till it does not bulge anymore.

this is call gas flushing and is one of the best and cheapest ways to extend storage life. you will replace all the oxygen in the bucket with CO2, this will prevent mold, bugs, growth. they will still sprout but not the ones that were against the piece of dry ice.

rice is currently at a good price at costco. rice will have to follow wheat and corn as it starts to absorb the shifted demand.

within the next few months is the time to get canned veggies. due to mexico's losses fresh produce is going through the roof (sat lettuce went from 89 cents a head to 2.18) so get canned tomatoes and stuff on sale. many of those prices were negotiated months ago, before the freeze and already paid for so you get that price. I know Maceys will have canned mater products at 50 cents and I will be getting a few more.

FWIW.