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Product description
With a unique choice of menus, APack Ready Meals are sure to please everyone's tastes. The balanced nutritional content, three year shelf-life and quick heating properties make them the perfect choice for disaster or emergency situations.
Each case of APack Ready Meals contains 12 meal packs (2 each of 6 different delicious varieties):
* Southwestern Style Chicken with Black Beans and Rice
* Pasta with Garden Vegetables in Tomato Sauce
* Homestyle Chicken Noodles with Vegetables
* Spaghetti with Italian Style Meat Sauce
* Creamy Chicken Tetrazzini
* Hearty Beef Stew
Product details
Package Dimensions
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17 x 11 x 9.5 inches; 18.75 Pounds
Item model number
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Ready Meal
Date First Available
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March 27, 2004
Manufacturer
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Emergency Disaster Systems, Inc.
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The service I received from the vendor was fantastic! The electricity in my town was off for about 7 days and during that time no deliveries were being made. I called the vendor and actually spoke with the CEO! He checked on my order with UPS and assured me of prompt delivery. He also showed concern with asking about the power outage by asking many questions and gave verbal support! wow! I got my MRE's about a day later and I share this story with everyone...the MRE packets are great and I will buy them again!
Bought for bugout kit. Haven't used yet. Sampled kit & tasted great. Cannot see why it wouldn't work. It's a simple filter. For me, it's cheap insurance.
Over the past few months I have become interested in disaster preparedness, especially since the blizzard of 09. As a result I went online and ordered a number of half cases of MREs to try with my family in the interest of determining which brands that I should purchase.
To do this I had all three members of my family taste each entrée and rate it on a four point scale: Check plus - very good, Check -acceptable to good, Check minus - I'd eat it, and X - I'd rather starve.
I also had everyone rate the general quality of the MRE on the same scale. This includes the raw amount of food, the overall quality of the side dishes (if any) and the sides, and the overall taste of the sides and snacks.
After eating MREs for the entire New Year's three day weekend these A-Packs tied for first place with the Sopacs. (There was one MRE that did better then both of these, but they are almost impossible to find and are expensive because shipping is not included in the price per case. Since these were originally made for a certain security company that used to be named after dark "water" and were sold after they scaled back their operations in Iraq you can understand their scarcity.)
The quality of the A-Packs is excellent. There is plenty of food. While there is no moist side dish in the A-packs this is made up through an increased number of snacks included in each MRE. The quality and taste of the entrée's was also very good, with one of them garnering an almost impossible to get check-plus. (Heck I'd eat that one pasta dish even if there wasn't a disaster).
With that said I have purchased a supply of A-packs in case of a "rainy day" and I plan on purchasing more in the near future. I also have a few cases of the other two brands on hand just in case. Remember that during a multi -week disaster situation you will need to eat a variety of foods to avoid "menu fatigue" - you don't want to get so tired of eating the same thing over and over to the point that you just don't want to eat anything. Thus it's a good idea to include multiple types of entrees in your disaster store for variety. You also need to remember that the U.S. government has stated that a person shouldn't eat MREs for more then 20 days at the time. So if you're planning to store more then three weeks worth of food you will want to include some freeze dried foods in addition to MREs. You will also need some multi vitamins as well...
Good luck with your disaster preparedness purchases. Remember, you need to prepare now because when a disaster strikes it is too late.
Reviewed in the United States on February 17, 2014
I purchased 2 cases and when they arrived the manufacturers date was 10 months prior. They claim this product is good for 5 years, not so when the items life is almost 20% gone when you receive it. I called and Steve told me he would just send me another case. After waiting two months I called them and a Susan told me Steve was no longer employed at A pack. I shared the info with her and after she checked into things told me they would do nothing. She did tell me all of the product is old. BUYER BEWARE.
Dont listen to the rumors of MRE that is the old kind that wasnt sealed well. if you are a backpacker like me you will want easy stuff to make so you dont carry around a dutch oven and gas stove to just make you get tired MREs are very good and one time i had toffe with walnuts and i hate toffe and walnuts and when i ate it it tasted deliscious and io also had a cookie and one time even craisans and hot chocolate to i mean its the bes my favorite is the meatloaf and gravy with mashed potatoes
as of all i reccomend every back packer to buy an MRE and find your favorite another one of my favorites is the lemon poppyseed poundcake mmmmmmmmmmmm
These are NOT Military rations, they used to be, but have gone down hill a lot over the last 7 years. I would bet a bean counter is running this outfit now. Protein is almost gone, now there is just oatmeal and veggie burgers. Your request for different meals gets an affirmative and the delivery shows a pile of xxxx!!! To Bad, they used to be a good outfit!!
