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aquaman1208
09-08-2009, 17:18
$5.95 at wal-mart
same things at Dick's sporting goods $7.95
ChinMusic
09-08-2009, 17:29
The ones at Walmart must come from China.....
sheepdog
09-08-2009, 17:38
The ones at Walmart must come from China.....
No I think you can get calico cat and rice just about anywhere.:)
Yet you can savea lot of money when you use all those stray cats
and dogs that use to hang around walmat
:eek::eek::eek::eek:
BlackCloud
09-08-2009, 18:30
:-?My fav freeze-dried food.......
Desert Reprobate
09-08-2009, 19:28
Time to dust off this oldie.
http://www.guzer.com/animations/chowmein.php
$5.95 at wal-mart
same things at Dick's sporting goods $7.95
Bulk rates - Walmart has a lower price than Dick's and as well, chains like Dick's tend to price to the highest they can.
MH meals are US made though.
I bought cases (6 pouches each) of Mountain House meals from Nitro-Pak.com for my hike last June. The prices vary by item, but you can get lasagna or beef stroganoff for a little less than they charge at Wal-Mart. By the time you pay for shipping, it's a wash. It's an option, anyway.
take-a-knee
09-08-2009, 23:57
The ones at Walmart must come from China.....
Complete with melamine...at no additional charge.
I'd wager the MH Walmart meals have even skimpier portions of meat.
take-a-knee
09-08-2009, 23:57
I bought cases (6 pouches each) of Mountain House meals from Nitro-Pak.com for my hike last June. The prices vary by item, but you can get lasagna or beef stroganoff for a little less than they charge at Wal-Mart. By the time you pay for shipping, it's a wash. It's an option, anyway.
Nitro Pak is a good company.
Not that I like MH meals but this is interesting:
"Does Mountain House use ingredients from China?
Mountain House purchases hundreds of ingredients from all over the world. Out of the hundreds of ingredients we use, there are only 3 ingredients from China. These 3 ingredients are used in the following flavors: Spicy Oriental, Chicken Teriyaki, Beef Teriyaki."
http://www.mountainhouse.com/faqs.cfm?faqid=29
More dorky facts:
http://www.mountainhouse.com/about.cfm
They make the Gerber line of freeze dried fruit/veggies and stuff for Nutri System...that I didn't know :p
Shutterbug
09-09-2009, 00:10
$5.95 at wal-mart
same things at Dick's sporting goods $7.95
You can save almost a dollar on most mountain house meals:
http://www.vitacost.com/productResults.aspx?Ntt=mountain+house&Ntk=produ
highfisher
09-09-2009, 01:01
You can save almost a dollar on most mountain house meals
http://www.vitacost.com/productResul...ouse&Ntk=produ (http://www.vitacost.com/productResults.aspx?Ntt=mountain+house&Ntk=produ)
this is a good sight ,but unless you want the large cans, their out of the single serv of most stuff
LyttleBryan
09-15-2009, 11:47
walmart occasionally (OCCASIONALLY) has some very good deals on stuff that's actually useful.
LaurieAnn
09-15-2009, 12:32
Canadian Walmarts (at least in our area) don't have anything like that... not that I would ever buy pre-packaged food again. They do have things like Masa flour which I can't really find anywhere else in our fair city. I don't know about state-side but up here there is a lot of controversy about good old Walmart (but as you can see I still go there).
vamelungeon
09-15-2009, 13:15
I've bought the Mountain House meals at Walmart, they are not any different from the ones anybody else sells. Since there is a Walmart 3 miles from me, it's pretty damn convenient for me.
I'm on a sodium restricted diet, though, so I'm probably not going to be using those meals anyway. And I'm really upset about having to give up my Spam singles.
gunner76
10-04-2009, 21:25
In the 70's I had a friend in teh Army who got me a bunch of freezed dried military food. The military packages were military green and looked just like the Mountain House cilivlian version which was a red package in those days. The only difference I could tell other than the color of the package was the civilian package said meal for 2 while the military version said meal for 1
If you plan far enough in advance when you know a long hike is around the corner you can get some steep price breaks on trail food like MH dehydrated meals at REI. REI discounts their MH foods, as well as their other dehydrated meals, when they near their expiration dates. I'm usually in an REI at least once every two months or so so I check on this regularly. I've purchased MH meals at up to 75 % off or 3/4 the reg price this way. Sometimes the discounted near expiration date meals are only 50 % off. I think individual store managers have some leeway as to how much discount will apply. Be nice. Be kind. Also be respectful. ASK. But wait there's more. I'm not done. Even though the REI website says you receive a 10 % discount when you purchase 12 or more full-priced dehydrated or freeze dried entrees I have always received that additional bulk rate of 10 % off on top of the already discounted original price when I buy 12 or more meals; I used to get up to 15 % off for smaller bulk food purchases but REI has since reduced their bulk food discount. But wait there's more. I also get my rebate on my purchases at the end of the yr. When I've figured out what I've paid for MH entrees purchased this way in the past I'm sometimes getting MH entrees, which need to be used in a timely fashion, up to about 85 % off the original price! That's got to be cheaper than Walmart's everyday price, But, those prices are not regularly available. You have to look for the sales. However, one of the most economical trail foods I do purchase at Walmart are those wild pink salmon packets for around 90-96 cents. Great deal! Combine the salmon with one of the 98 cent Lipton sides sold at Walmart and you got a decent trail dinner for less than $2. Beats the taste of Ramen night after night while on the trail. You can also cut steep deals on dehydrated trail foods, like MH, at outdoor gear shows if you buy in bulk. And, as some of my financially savvy friends always remind me, "everything is negotiable. Never pay retail." It never hurts to ask if a steeper discount applies when large dehydrated bulk food purchases are made or you are dropping a significant sum of money in the store on other things. You are probably not going to get those kind of discounts at Dicks or Walmart though. Discounts also apply at REI on nutritional bars when purchased in bulk or by the case. REI and EMS also feature regular sales on a specific brand or type of nutritional bar. For example, I recently cleaned out the in store supplies of Stinger bars at REI and EMS when they had their featured monthly nutritional bar specials for $1 apiece for Stinger bars. Another way to save big in the dehydrated trail food department, if you have a little time, creativity, and like to eliminate package wt. and cost, is to buy dehydrated, and other foods, from grocery stores that have bulk bins. Create rather inexpensive nutritious dehydrated meals by custom combining ingredients and tweaking portion sizes to suit individual tastes and budgets and to add variety to trail food. Ok I have to eat now.
NitroSteel
10-14-2009, 03:43
I bought some Mountain House meals at a Wal-Mart the other day that were not even close to expiring (years away) for $3.00 each. I think I bought 25 of them. Lasagna, Spagetti, Beef Stew and maybe another kind. These were onsale along with Coleman gas cyclinders for $3.00 (to fit MSR stoves or others), the cheap coleman butane stove was onsale for $10.00.
I bought about $100 of stuff, but when I got home realized how good of a deal it was, then went back the following week to buy more, and the same items (with the same expiration dates) were reorganized in a new section and not on sale anymore. I've yet to find this deal at another Wal-Mart.
Wise Old Owl
10-14-2009, 09:54
Time to dust off this oldie.
http://www.guzer.com/animations/chowmein.php
Priceless...!:banana
Desert Reprobate, reprobate indeed. That was hilarious!