Jul31

does costco know something?

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 costco’s readywise emergency kit has people worried 

While there’s plenty to love at Costco, like the salad kits, sheet cakes, and mini oreo cheesecakes, it has also been prone to some food controversy in the past, including the massive chocolate chunk cookies that were hurting people’s stomachs. Now Costco is stirring up emotions again with its new monster dinner kits that have customers worried the retailer is warning us the apocalypse may be coming.

Costco recently released the Readywise Emergency Food Supply Bucket, which features 150 servings of various food choices. Costco’s website lists the servings as “80 servings of hearty entrées & sides, 30 servings for nourishing breakfasts, and an additional 40 drink servings.”

For $80, this massive meal kit includes 12 servings each of pasta Alfredo, cheesy macaroni, brown sugar and maple multi-grain, apple cinnamon cereal, and 10 servings of white rice. You’ll also find 6 servings each of teriyaki rice, creamy pasta and vegetables, potato pot pie, tomato basil soup with pasta, chicken noodle soup, and crunchy granola. There are also 16 servings of vanilla pudding and orange drink mix, plus 24 servings of whey milk alternative.

The bucket has a 25-year shelf life thanks to being made with freeze-dried and dehydrated foods. You also only need to add water to eat or drink the items. Costco’s website explains that ease of preparation “isn’t just about simplicity; it’s about maintaining a sense of normalcy when the world around you might feel anything but normal.” Naturally, many wondered what this warehouse retailer was trying to get at.

One Instagram user posted about this latest Costco find, calling it the “Costco Apocalypse Dinner Kit,” commenters quickly added their thoughts. One commenter asked, “Does Costco know something?” Someone else added, “If the apocalypse comes, where are you getting fresh water to prepare these dried meals?”

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  1. I have often read about the ‘Preppers’ in many parts of the USA. I suspect this emergency package will find a ready market with them, and grace their shelters for years to come. $80 also seems to be good value for what it contains.
    Best wishes, Pete.

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  8. Costco is in the packaging business. How many tools are required for getting through the packaging? How many trash cans are needed to hold the plastic packaging? Plastic doesn’t burn, or stinks to high heaven and melts metal when it does burn. It is composed of fossil fuels, probably originally a waste product from the oil industry, shipped to China or dumped in the oceans, but now China generates its own waste, so doesn’t buy plastic from US and other countries anymore, except to send us plastic-wrapped “consumer goods”.

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  12. I have a friend who is a “survivalist.” She and her husband have been preparing for the end of the world as we know it for years. Even before COVID, she started freeze drying food to add to their “storage survival shelter.” No water needed for that stuff. But, yes, the fresh water thing is a concern, since humans need water to survive. This reminds me a little of growing up in the late 50s and early 60s, and many families having “bomb shelters” in their backyards.

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  13. Forgiveness if someone already commented on this, but the tagline, “isn’t just about simplicity; it’s about maintaining a sense of normalcy when the world around you might feel anything but normal” is both hysterical and daunting. I mean…some days. I’m feeling ALL of that. Right now. Does that mean I need the Costco food bucket? Maybe so! 😜

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  14. I’m not a prepper by any means, but I do realize an emergency can come in any form at any time. If you ask anyone who has been displaced by a hurricane, wildfire, flood, tornado–they can tell you how vulnerable it is to be left with nothing, especially the basics of food, water, and shelter. We can’t always rely on our government agencies or humanitarian organizations to rescue us. It’s always good to have a week or so of emergency rations on hand. I know we are prepared with food, water filters, and basic camping equipment. I don’t think Costco is part of a conspiracy theory or predicting governmental breakdown–I think it’s offering a common-sense emergency ration at an affordable price.

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  15. Where I live we’ve been told that either a huge series of earthquakes or a Cascades volcano will take us out. Annual reminders tell us to check over and restock our survival gear and stores of food. Costco is well loved here. I can only imagine the garages full of those plastic bins :)

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  16. This seems like a good idea, especially since we’ve been through a lot in Colorado, but it doesn’t jive with my optimistic personality! With a 25-year shelf-life, it probably makes sense to invest in one….

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    • I thought the exact same thing about the choice of ingredients and my mind went right to tang when seeing the orange drink on the list. I don’t go because I only buy small quantities of things, mostly just for me, and live in a small condo. I do have friends that love it though

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  25. The IG comments are definitely funny but I admit I’d get a bucket if I had a family of 4 or more. With all the wild fires, floods, electricity outages, and various weather events, I’d rather have something than nothing.

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