Because of the availability of items for food storage, I have learned to grocery shop like a Mormon. Mormons believe that they are commanded by God to keep one year of food storage. This is calculated at three meals per day per person in the household. They also supposed to have a 72-hour emergency kit. There are 11 Costco stores and 9 Sam's Club stores in Utah. There is also a bulk product store chain - Macey's. Often times, regular grocery stores (and Walmart) have bulk sales where they line the larger aisles with 20-lb.+ bags of items that keep for a long time and massive stacks of canned goods. In addition, Utah has several companies that produce dehydrated and freeze-dried foods for storage kits. The upside to bulk purchases is that price per portion for our meals has gone done significantly. I eat a vegan diet so most of the foods for our meals can be purchased in bulk. The downside is that we do not have a significant amount of space in which to house the items. I also have to make sure that Skip is available to accompany me when I purchase certain items, such as the bags of beans and rice, which are 20-lbs. each.
The Mormon culture of food storage has definitely changed my grocery shopping habits and meal choices, despite not being a member of the Mormon faith.
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