With high inflation and global food concerns, now may be a good time to stock up on some food. Sam’s is a great place to make your money stretch further. Savings can really add up if you buy food you will actually eat in bulk. We will show you how 50 dollars can get you a little peace of mind and over 100,000 calories. Let me tell you how.
We’re going to get a Sam’s Club membership and over 100,000 calories of food for less than 50 dollars!
Free Sam’s Club Membership
(Basically)
Perhaps one of the most common reasons people avoid shopping at Sam’s Club is having to pay for the membership.
Right now for $8 you can get a regular membership in person at the store through June 26th 2022.
You can also search free Sam’s membership and normally pull up an article linking to a reduced price, or a gift card and/or perks.
Note: The link we posted before didn’t automatically load the $45 eGift card . After calling the Sam’s support number and telling them what happened they sent me the $45 gift card. The coupon ID we shared was 12711.
Stocking up at Sam’s Club: 119,000 calories for $45.
Okay, so you’ve agonizingly waited 3-4 weeks and now have a $45 eGift card, what should you get?
If you’re just looking to add more calories to your emergency food stash, you’ve come to the right place.
These are some of the best bangs for your buck that I found at Sam’s.
Rice: Members Mark Long Grain 25 lb
Calories: 40,320
Price: $9.48
Cost per 1,000 Calorie: $0.23
Rice is one of the cheapest foods you can buy. It’s a staple product around the world. From my work in international disaster relief, I already know I can eat rice for 30 days in a row. Maybe pick up some butter to make it taste a little better?
Pancake Mix: Members Mark Buttermilk Pancake Mix 6lb
Calories: 16,170
Price: $6.14
Cost per 1,000 Calories: $0.37
Just add water pancake mixes are a really easy breakfast solution. Plus, they can taste pretty good. Pick up some extra toppings or use the next item on our list.
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Peanut Butter: Jif 6lb Creamy Peanut Butter
Calories: 15,580
Price: $9.77
Cost per 1,000 Calories: $0.63
Peanut butter is an extremely energy-dense protein. It’s easy to pack and fun to snack on. I even got the name-brand stuff!
Fruit Snack: Mott’s Assorted Fruit Snack 90 count
Calories: 7,200
Price: $9.98 (looks like I found a sale regularly $11.58)
Cost per 1,000 Calories: $1.39
Okay, you caught me. I just wanted some fruit snacks… But seriously, find quick and easy snacks too. These are all prepackaged and easy to grab. Sugar can give you a quick boost of energy and serotonin. It’s got 60% of my daily needed vitamin C too.
Prepping over 100,000 calories
With rice being the cheapest calorie by far we can get two bags and one of the rest of everything else above. That gives us a list that looks like this:
2 Bags of rice
1 Pancake mix
1 Peanut Butter
1 Fruit snack
119,590 Calories for $44.85 before tax.
That’s a few calories short of 60 days of food on a full 2,000-calorie diet.
Make it your own
Buy some beans to complement the rice and make it a complete protein.
Pick up 5 bags of rice and walk away with 200,000 calories.
Go ready-made or easy-to-eat. Cooking rice takes a lot of energy. What can you find that doesn’t require so much fuel or electricity?
With just a little more work, you can store rice for decades. Rice can store over 4 years past its best buy date, even just in your pantry if it’s kept dry. Packing it in Mylar bags with oxygen absorbers can increase its storage life by over 25 years.
Why bother preparing for a disaster?
In my case, I see this as a $50 insurance policy against extreme food inflation and the possibility of some food shortages. Also it’s a quick way to stock up for large families.
FEMA encourages everyone to have a 2 week supply of food and water. For a family of 4, that’s 112,000 calories.
Do you have a way to prepare and eat your food?
- Cooking utensils
- Pots & pans
- Knives, forks, and spoons
- Paper plates, cups, and towels
- Manual can opener
- Camp stove or grill
- Fuel for cooking
- Salt, pepper, spices
- Clean water or a water filter
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