Just a note. While researching outlets for LTS Chow for a friend, I ran across this notice on the LDS food sales pages - "Due to increased demand for home storage items, this item is out of stock and temporarily unavailable. This item will be available to order in the future when additional inventory is in stock." This notice was for nearly everything offered on-line. The line of items is now very linted as well. I would suggest that Walton Feeds DBA Rainy Day Foods is now the better choice for dry LTS foods. I expect this 'shortage' situation to both continue and will, no doubt, become more noticeable going forward. If you anticipate a tax refund, LTS foods may be a good hedge or investment in your personal future....
have not gotten my government stimulus check yet --originally looking at buying gold but seriously considering long term storage food ---can't eat gold
the LDS stores are being taxed by the membership and likewise the Bishop's Warehouses >>> the members come first and shouldn't be surprised that they aren't dealing with the public - every location is running independently on a location basis and differs per manager ....
I know a guy, who bought from a guy, on this site, a fair amount of Mt House stuff some years back. He has a lot of freeze dried and Walton feed buckets put away. Mt House claims 30yr storage.....in a cool, dry space, it's more likely lifetime. Dehydrated stuff from Waltons + grains like wheat, oats, corn, rice also have near lifetime storage life under the same cool, dry conditions. My understanding is that guy plans to use it as emergency backup to the considerable amount of food he already raises.....least that's what I heard.
it varies extremely by each locations rules >>> most require an invite & appointment - especially these days .... and they don't need to ask about being a church member - they are family and know each other ....
That maybe the way it was, in the past... However these days, the church folks really do not know everyone except in their own Stake.( Diocese) The Church does not discriminate in who it sells to, as long as there are supplies available at the location. Now, the Bishops Storehouse is a different operation altogether, even though it may be housed under the same roof. Those supplies are dispersed by written authorization (or script) by one of the local Bishops of the Church, as he judges the need of the members of his Ward/Branch.. He can give script to members or non-members as the Spirit directs him. He usually will require labor of the person, or family, that asks for Help, for such Script. Jobs like cleaning the Church Building, or care of the Grounds at the Church Building. Maybe the skill of a family member can be utilized by helping another member in need of a skilled craftsman, and the like ..That is the Judgement of the Bishop who writes the Script...In times of need the Womens Organization, (Relief Society) can supply meals, help etc, like when a new baby comes home to a family, or when there is a death in the family, or other calamity befalls a family or person. In this church, the order of importance is God, Family, Church, Job, friends, then everyone else... God, then Family, then Church...Like in the Tv show “and “Blue Bloods” their family saying is “Family comes first, before everything else, after God” That is how I was raised, and What I Believe, and live by...
been dealing with the local LDS church for over 35 years >> maybe YOUR local church isn't family oriented - the one I know VERY WELL knows it's members - in fact most at the Warehouse know me by name ... just advice - I really don't care how you get welcomed - but just walking into a Warehouse location these days isn't going to be well received - it wasn't advisable pre-Virus >>> it's not a Cosco or Super Wally World - it's their church location - better be acting like it was the Vatican ....
LOL The smaller the town, the more 'everybody knows your name". My DW hails from a small farming town in West Central Utah. She was happy to leave. Lots of funny stores are told about busybodies minding everyone else's business. I get a kick of folks on-line yakking about their "privacy" - they have never lived in a small town....
Except their own. There's a story about a pastor's wife that knew who was doing who, but wasn't watching the pastor's house visits too closely. All the same, give me the small town; they may know me, but I also know them.
Before I got married I lived in a town a few hours south, considerably larger than this one but still small by anyone's standards and with the requisite old biddy busybodies. One ran the storage unit place I put a lot of my stuff in while I was working on the house. Oh the questions she asked. Oh the answers I gave her. I knew she was gonna spread it around town, figured I'd have fun with it. Nothing better than having someone give me that confused look and say, oohhh I thought you were ***, and me giving them an equally confused look and wondering where on earth they got that idea. Pretty sure her credibility as someone who knew things was completely shot by the time I finally left town. But yeah. Small town, you can't fart without some old bat spilling the beans about your spilled beans.
