You guys remember about a year or so ago the folks at Mountain House told their small time dealers to go pound salt because MH was dedicating it’s output of #10 cans to other, larger vendors? The rumour at the time was that MH had a gigantic .gov contract that made MH put everyone else on the backburner (which would explain MH’s multi-million dollar capital improvements in manufacturing capacity) but denied that there was a big .gov contract that caused all this drama.
I, of course, didnt believe the denials.
And then I read this:
So, yeah, there was a large .gov order alright. I knew it.
Look, in business you go where the money is. Guy wants to spend a couple hundred million bucks with you on one sale, well, the guys as Steve’s Camping Store might get their order pushed to the bottom of the list….but MH really froze their small dealers out with virtually no apologies or explanations. MH makes some great stuff, and I’ll continue to buy it as I need, but I’n, spreading my net further to other brands.
But, it’s nice to know I was right.
There was a piece on Rawles just the other day about a study done at Oregon State comparing MH to Wise. I don’t know the protocols the study used, but MH came out way ahead for taste and there were some comments about the relatively high oxygen content of the Wise product. It seems higher oxygen levels may shorten “shelf” life. It looks like the study was being circulated by some MH dealers.
TinCan. I saw that. And yes, O2 does shorten shelf – life, freshness etc. Hence why the LDS folks (and others cough) use O2 absorbers in their preps.
It is likely that MH was told by the gov agency that it could NOT confirm that that order had come through, if they wanted the benefit of the sale. Add that up with all the other things the gov is doing, and it’s clear to this amateur prepper that the gov is planning all out war on the American people. God help us.
Yeah, I figured there was some sort of confidentiality clause.
I don’t know the protocols the study used, but MH came out way ahead for taste and there were some comments about the relatively high oxygen content of the wise product.