Top Ten Items to Stock?

[Mags]

A store in Lake City e-mailed me about top ten items to stock for CT hikers.


This would be for a grocery / general store. So limited gear items and mainly hiker-type food.

I really don't know the top ten, so I figured I'd ask everyone.

Off hand, my first few thoughts are

1. HEET
2. Fuel canisters
3. Ramen
4. Cous Cous
5. Starbucks Via (hey..a little luxury that's light and easy to pack)
6. Jerky -protein can be hard to get in a packable form
7. Snickers
?????

Other suggestions welcome!

[echoes]

Knorr Sides
tuna packets
tortillas
peanut butter
bars

[Malto]

Ice cream.

[Mags]

Ice cream.

u

While very yummy, hard to pack.

Oskar Blues canned beer OTOH.....

[Malto]

u

While very yummy, hard to pack.

Oskar Blues canned beer OTOH.....

Not to pack.....TO EAT!

[garlic08]

Ditto tortillas and peanut butter. Cheese would be good. Fig Newtons. Cashews. Muffins/Little Debbies. Those peanut butter and cheese cracker things. If they want to get into selling alcohol by the ounce, cool. Is there a hiker box anywhere in Lake City?

[max patch]

Mushrooms and condoms.

[Cookerhiker]

Oatmeal
Cheese
Tortilla wraps or bagels
Granola bars
Tuna packets
Heet and canisters
Nuts (peanuts, almonds, etc.)
Knorr or McCormick sauce packets

[Colter]

1. Ben and Jerry's: Greatly appreciated, good profit
2. Knorrs Sides Plus
3. Idahoan Potatoes
4. Poptarts
5. Granola Bars
6. Fuel: HEET/Canister fuel/White Gas
7. Peanut Butter
8. Snickers
9. Peanut M&Ms (large bags)
10. Tortillas

[heavyfoot]

Nutella, fresh fruit.

[RF_ace]

Justin's nut butter packets

[aaronthebugbuffet]

Small Nido.

[T-Rx]

Mushrooms and condoms.

Very funny Max, obviously you are hiking with some young coeds?

[John B]

1. Rum 2. Beer

[MuddyWaters]

mashed potatoes
Pop tarts
clif bars
snickers
pepperoni
individually wrapped cheese sticks
tortillas
peanut butter
Little debbie oatmeal pies.
tuna packets
Knorr sides

[bigcranky]

Pop Tarts, granola
small jars of peanut butter and other nut butters - mmmm, nutella
tuna packets, jerky
flour tortillas
nuts and dried fruit: cashews, peanuts, raisins, apricots, craisins, almonds
Via packets, but especially the Iced Via. Love those things.
smaller packages of crackers, like the Ritz tubes
dried instant hummus and refried beans
hard cheese
candy - M&Ms, Snickers, etc.
If I'm really dreaming, smaller packets of powdered milk
and yes, fuel canisters would be great, along with alcohol and white gas

[Spirit Walker]

Oreos, granola, Knorr sides, cheese, fig newtons, English muffins, dried milk in small packets, small jars of peanut butter and/or nutella, raisins

[rocketsocks]

potted meat

[Bronk]

You can roll up a pint of Ben and Jerry's in your sleeping bag if its not really hot.

[fiddlehead]

Very funny Max, obviously you are hiking with some young coeds?

(some people might not think it's funny.)
There's a very popular restaurant in Bangkok called "Cabbages and Condoms

I would tell them those "NO Bake Desserts" (cheese cake) are important.
Bread, Bologna, Spices, dehydrated fruits, Ritz crackers, Potato chips, and Iboprofen plus what's been suggested above.