When it comes to food storage, a deciding factor is often price versus shelf life. Everyone likes a good deal, especially when buying in bulk for emergency preparation, but often that means you have to sacrifice a longer shelf life in the process. At My Food Storage, we made it a top priority to offer the lowest prices we can, with an extensive shelf life; one of the longest available.

Benefits of a Long Shelf Life:

1. No rotation - Rotating your food storage can be a hassle, and can lead to a lot of unnecessary waste. With an extensive shelf life, you’ll waste less of what you paid for.
2. Saving money – Along with the money that goes down the drain once your food storage goes bad, there’s the money you save in the future when it comes time to replace what you’ve lost. Food prices are rapidly increasing; spending the money upfront now on food with a much longer shelf life could save you thousands of dollars later on.
3. Worth your Penny – Making the decision to spend money on something you’ll only need in case of an emergency can be difficult. With a long shelf life, however, it’s much more worth it because you’re covered not just for a few years, but up to 25+ years.
4. The Long Haul –It’s hard to say when disaster will strike, whether it will be in one year or twenty years that you’ll need your emergency storage. Preparing for the future is more than getting ready for the next year or so, it’s preparing for the long haul. With a long shelf life, you’re covered for about a third of a lifetime.
5. Worry Less – For all the reasons listed above, you can rest much easier. Not only are you prepared, but you’re covered for most of the foreseeable future with good reliable food storage.

My Food Storage offers ready-made food storage meals with a great 25+ year shelf life, along with our tasty freeze dried vegetables. Also, our freeze dried fruits give you a 20 year shelf life, and meats have 15 years. Let the longevity of your food storage be the deciding factor, without sacrificing on spend. Our meals are as low as $1.50 per serving.

In the past, storing food has been tedious and overwhelming, requiring shelving and designated storage spaces that take up room many of us don’t even have to spare. This is part of why we introduced a different kind of food storage.

First of all, we eliminated the #10 can. Packing our food in light weight, small Mylar pouches that fit perfectly inside our compact (yet durable) square buckets. These containers are smaller than you might think, only 4-5 gallons in size and weighing just about 15 pounds. And each bucket contains up to 120 servings each! You can squeeze these in just about anywhere. We offer neat and tidy storage that is easy to hide, and in the case that you do need to evacuate fast, you won’t be left scrambling for cans.

If you have a small space and want a big supply, try separating the buckets. Living in a small space always means you're low on storage space; this is something I know a lot about. But once I started considering it, I noticed tons of great spots where these buckets could fit. Keep a few in your linen or clothing closet, under your bed, in the pantry, the porch utility closet, under the sink or even in the trunk of your car. Another option is to take the pouches out of the buckets (this won't affect the shelf life) and keep some in your kitchen drawers. Once you think about it, there are plenty of good hiding spots for these buckets, and as compact and light-weight as they are, your supply is easy to stow away and doesn’t leave you feeling cramped or overwhelmed with food storage.

Here at My Food Storage, we’ve worked hard to offer the right food storage for you that fit your needs and your home. Remember, a little preparation can go a long way.