Costco shoppers question new emergency item spotted on shelves – leaving Aussies suspicious: ‘Do you know something we don’t?’
- Costco is selling tubs of emergency food supply
- Customers are baffled after seeing product on shelves
Costco is now selling giant 3.7kg tubs of LiveReady’s Emergency Food Supply, for use by people house-bound by a disaster.
The tubs, priced at $149.99, contains 100 serves of 48 meals, 20 snacks and 32 drinks, to last over 10 days.
One customer who spotted the buy on shelves took a photo and shared it with others on Facebook.
‘I wish we had this a few years ago,’ she wrote.
‘These MRE [Meals Ready to Eat] are awesome value for any event really and have a five-year shelf life.’
Costco Australia is now selling giant tubs of Live Ready Emergency Food Supply in case a crisis occurs, such as a natural disaster. The 3.7kg product, priced at $149.99, contains 100 serves
According to the packet, the product contains plenty of food to ‘provide enough energy and sustain one average adult individual for 10 days during emergency situations based on a minimum sustenance intake of 5000kj’.
People were surprised by how ‘decent’ the meals appeared to be. with chicken-flavoured noodles, beef-flavoured curry, Mexican quinoa, and vegetable and lentil rice all included.
Snacks include cinnamon oats and dried fruit while the drinks include lemon-lime flavoured drink powder and whey milk protein powder.
The product has previously been available in the U.S. and was a hit with customers, particularly in disaster-prone areas.
However, Aussie shoppers seem sceptical.
The customer who spotted the buy on shelves took a photo and shared it with others on Facebook. ‘I wish we had this a few years ago,’ she wrote (stock image)
‘You know something we don’t? What emergency?’ one wrote online, another said: ‘Are we expecting a tsunami?’
Others said they have been preparing for the worst for years.
‘I prepare for these types of events and please note these have no meat with minimal protein and fat and basically all carb,’ one wrote.
‘It’s better to buy 10kg bags of flour, rice, beans, pasta, spaghetti sauce and taco seasoning for less… that’s not even enough for a female to sustain themselves.’
American customers who have tried the ready-made meals before commented on the taste of the food.
‘They aren’t bad at all,’ one person wrote.
‘Tastes like the lower quality dollar pastas at a grocery store. I wouldn’t buy it at a restaurant, but even in a non-emergency scenario they aren’t bad.’
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