As a seasoned prepper I am a valued customer of freeze-dried long-storage foods. Does anybody remember just a few months ago the RFI (request for information) from DHS to The Ready Store and other distributors about their capability of supplying 14 million people with enough emergency food for 10 days. That's 140 million meals. After the RFI was put in to Mountain House, just a few weeks later DHS went ahead and placed the "no bid" order. To this day there is a backlog of #10 cans of freeze-dried entrees. Some items can take up to 8 months from the day of ordering. Can someone find and post the copy of the RFI? It was e-mailed out by Mountain House and The Ready Store.I've got mine saved to my Hotmail account, I think. The reason for the long lead times is that the initial purchase was not the end of it. DHS and FEMA are gobbling up 90% of all production of ready meals to this day. In the US and Canada. Check it out. I'm sure that this is a piece of some puzzle. I don't know what it is.
Don't forget about primer production being halted. The theory is that you can buy all the guns you want, but finding ammo will be pretty tough. All primers that are still on the warehouse shelves are being gobbled up by the military.