Freeze Dried Food Distributor: Six Month Wait Time Amid Extreme Shortages

Author: Mac Slavo- April 5th, 2011
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If there was ever a sentiment indicator for economic uncertainty and fear, this would be it.

As of April 2011, major distributors of freeze dried food, namely the Mountain House brand, are indicating that shoppers should expect delays of nearly six months on any orders placed today:

***CURRENT INVENTORY UPDATE AS OF 04/05/11*** All Mountain House & Nitro-Pak food storage #10 cans are in EXTREMELY HIGH DEMAND due to national & world current economic uncertainty and inflation fears. With this increase in demand, our food order processing times have greatly increased also. As Mountain House’s leading distributor, we are receiving HUGE shipments WEEKLY to fill our customer orders, but demand exceeds the available supply. Most Mountain House dealers have been been cut off & receive no food, period. Supplies are VERY SCARCE. Like Disneyland, the line is long but still slowly moving. Please be patient. This is a line you do not want to get out of!

All canned food orders and units may take up to 160 days to ship. Thank you for your business!

Source: Nitro-Pak http://www.kqzyfj.com/click-4076323-10363747

Other large distributors we contacted indicated similar shipping delays, with many simply marking their freeze dried food inventory as completely “out of stock.â€