Customer Reviews for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
When it comes to Food Storage, Chef's Banquet has set a new standard for quality and taste. You won't believe food storage can taste this good. All of the meals have been developed with the finest quality ingredients possible. The ARK (All-purpose Readiness Kit) is great for long term storage or for daily meals. With a full 2100 calories per day for one adult for 30 days, the ARK can be your stand alone food storage solution. Each of the meals takes less than 20 minutes to prepare (just add water).
Delicious just-add-water meals
Easy to Open zip-seal mylar foil pouches
Oxygen absorber in every pouch
Easily Transportable
6 gallon weather proof bucket
Shelf Life - Up to 20 years - if stored in a dry, cool environment
No High Fructose Corn-Syrup
No MSG
Each ARK contains the following:
330 Total Servings
2,100 calories/day for 30 days
Oatmeal - 60 Servings
Hearty Potato Soup - 60 Servings
Chicken Vegetable Stew - 30 Servings
Mixed Vegetables - 30 Servings
Instant Potatoes - 60 Servings
Pasta - 30 Servings (includes 30 Servings of Cheddar Cheese Sauce)
Beef Flavored Vegetable Stew - 30 Servings
Cheddar Broccoli Rice - 30 Servings
For best taste and nutritional value, use product before:
20 years of manufacturing date when stored at 60 F (16.6 C)
10 years of manufacturing date when stored at 70 F (21.1 C)
For questions or additional information please email costco@thereadyproject.com.
Average Customer Rating:
(93 Reviews) 93
(out of 93 reviews)
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84 of 93(90%)customers would recommend this product to a friend.
Customer Reviews for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
Review 1 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Prepper26
Date:April 10, 2013
It's ok. Just average
Pros: cheap and very convenient
Cons: very starchy with little to no protein.
"It will do in a pinch, but I would not want to have it as my sole food storage. Get some freeze dried meat and veggies to go with it."
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 2 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Bussssss
Location:careprovider in Los Angeles
Date:March 27, 2013
Its easy to store
"I have a residential facilily for disable people and state law requires me to have food incase of disasters. voila this serves the purpose. I have never found it cheaper than at Costco"
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 3 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Texasjetman
Date:February 14, 2013
Prepper
"I agree with many reviews, this may not be the very best tasting or even the most nutritional food on the market but my thoughts are this is a planning item My hopes are that I never have to survive on this alone, for the cost and for what you are getting this value is better than most other offers I have seen."
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 4 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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modeerf
Location:Louisiana
Date:February 9, 2013
great affordable products
"this was everything they said it was and they're very prompt ,love it and already in the process of ordering more"
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 5 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Shelby10
Date:February 8, 2013
Really good!
"My husband and I have tried the food and really find that it makes a lot and is really good. I have bought a second bucket and plan to buy a bucket a month for some time--I am a "prepper" and think this is a great deal. The only thing I wish was that the box it comes in was without writing on it. It is no one's business that I am hoarding food for an emergency!"
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 6 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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VJJP
Location:Buffalo, NY
Date:December 15, 2012
Mostly potatoes & little nutrition
Pros: mostly potato product & lots of calories.
Cons: mostly potato product., very little vitamins & minerals.
"Keep in mind people that if you eat 3 of most of these meals per day, you'll get lest than 15% the minimum adult requirements of vitamins & minerals. 120 meals are just potato product. Both stews (60 of them) are mostly potato product too (taste like potato, flour & salt).
You may be getting calories you need, but you can get that from a bag of sugar too. If you try to survive on just these for more than just a few days, you will die of malnutrition, because there's very little of anything you'd need to survive in them but calories.
Be sure to stock op on nutritious foods to eat with these or put in them, or at least store plenty of vitamins with them. Don't forget to store some protiens to keep up your strength too.
By the way folks, you are NOT qualified to give it a 4 or 5 star review for food if you didn't taste & eat it. That's like giving a good review for a light bulb without screwing it in just because it didn't arrive shattered.
If you didn't taste & eat the food, do not review the food."
18 of 20 people found this review helpful.
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Review 7 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Gizlu
Location:Orange County, CA
Date:December 13, 2012
Bags not sealed properly
Cons: poor quality control
Model Number: Item # 582275
"My question to the manufacturer is.. How do you expect this product to last 10 years or 20 years if the packages are not sealed properly?
This item did arrive quickly.. two days after I placed the order it was outside of my door. Based on previous reviews, we opened the lid and checked all 8 bags. Sadly, we found 2 bags are not sealed.. so it's not a rumor. We right away returned this item to our local Costco.
I wish the manufacturer could spend a little more time on quality control. . make sure they are all sealed property before sending them to us."
This item did arrive quickly.. two days after I placed the order it was outside of my door. Based on previous reviews, we opened the lid and checked all 8 bags. Sadly, we found 2 bags are not sealed.. so it's not a rumor. We right away returned this item to our local Costco.
I wish the manufacturer could spend a little more time on quality control. . make sure they are all sealed property before sending them to us."
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 8 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Sparktest
Date:October 24, 2012
A very sizable amount of food - well packed
Pros: good stuff (as expected)
Cons: arrives in a super conspicuous box
"I expected there to be a lot of food, and for the food to be of good quality. This is so far true.
!ONLY GRIPE! The box that these were shipped in has "PROJECT READY" and preparedness logos smattered across it in 30 pt type so people across the street can read it. I'd rather not freak out my neighbors; PLEASE invest in some plain subdued shipping boxes.
It's not exactly adult or taboo, but I wouldn't want ammo to be delivered in boxes labeled as "FIREARM DISCOUNTERS" or whatever, nor would I want weight loss products shipped in "YOUR NEIGHBOR IS TRYING TO LOSE FAT" boxes."
25 of 25 people found this review helpful.
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Review 9 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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DoneRom1n
Location:Seattle, WA
Date:October 20, 2012
A Good Starting Point
Pros: quality ingredients, relatively high calories per day provided, serving sizes are realistic, mylar bags reseal and include pack 4 freshness
Cons: need a gamma lid once pail opened., food quite bland. need to plan accordingly., limited menu choices. need an ark 2 (+3).
Model Number: ARK 1 Pail of Emergency Food
"Serving sizes are accurate, we were not hungry after a dinner of 1 serving each of mixed veg, mashed potatoes and beef stew, per person.
In our pail (purchased last week) each packet has the directions for the preparation of its contents on it.
Bucket needs a gamma lid to seal properly after it has been opened but contains 1 or 2 resealable mylar pouches for each item provided. Each mylar pouch also includes a dessicant or oxygen consuming pouch to keep its contents fresh.
Mashed potatoes are good but if you like them fluffy you'll want to use a little less water than recommended on the packet.
Mixed veg also good though next time we'll likely add them to one of the stews to cook and retain their stock.
Beef stew is too salty for our taste at full strength. Easilly fixed by including a pealed potatoe to soak up the extra salt or by making up at half strength. At full strength this stew is more a thick soup than a stew.
Oats are what you'd expect and need something to "spice" them up a bit.
Basically there's good nutrition here but its unlikely you'll win any cooking competitions unless you supplement the menu and experiment with the contents.
The overall quality of the ingredients is good. We purchased this pail for testing and based on what we've found to date have ordered the pails of freeze dried fruit, vegetables and the pails of pasta and cheese & alfredo sauce from the same manufacturer to test those and add some variety to our emergency food stores. Based on the contents of the ARK 1 the pail dedicated to vegetables is not strictly necessary but the fruit is, to spice up the oats a bit. Honey would be an excellent alternative.
Considering the quality of the ingredients and the number of calories provided per person per day we think the ARK 1 is a good value but a little bland. It will be a central component of our energency food stocks but supplemented with other items to provide more variety, treats, hot beverages, eggs, etcetera.
Overall we're quite pleased with this purchase."
13 of 13 people found this review helpful.
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Review 10 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
Rating:
Always
Location:California
Date:October 7, 2012
A Nice, Adequate, Emergency Food Supply
Pros: a good supply of emergency food
Cons: the storage bucket could have been better designed
Model Number: ARK 330 Serving Bucket, Item # 582275
"So far, by all indications, a nice product. However, I would strongly suggest, along with the bucket of dried food product, making provisions for adequate stored water to prepare the food and a small camp stove with an adequate fuel supply to heat the food.
At the moment, the only thing I would complain about is the bucket. They could have done better. I am presently looking for a replacement bucket, with a tight, positive sealing lid, to transfer the food packets to."
5 of 5 people found this review helpful.
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Review 11 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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riptide23
Location:CT
Date:September 18, 2012
Possible cause of burst bags
"Am considering this as an addition to my food storage stategy. I do have several Food for Health food buckets, and after received several deformed buckets, I realized that the buckets are packed at a high elevation. When they get delivered to my house at sea level, the change in air pressure deforms buckets and pops some bags. Worth checking your order when received..."
12 of 13 people found this review helpful.
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Review 12 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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ibbrats
Location:Southern California
Date:September 17, 2012
Hopefully never needed
Pros: peace of mind
Cons: plastic container should have screw on lid
"Product arrived today. Shipping container torn and taped backed together by UPS. Food contents appear sealed"
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 13 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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MGNR714
Location:SoCal
Date:September 14, 2012
Sleeping better at night
Pros: good value for peace of mind, good variety
Cons: lid is not air tight
Model Number: ARK 330
"Bucket arrived in just a few days. Packets were in great condition with no leaks. Haven't tried any meals yet, but looking forward to testing some out. I just wish the lid was air tight."
0 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 14 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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ecbot
Location:Seattle, Wa
Date:September 13, 2012
How do I eat all this?
Model Number: ARK
"I previously bought a number of these especially since it was convenient to say 1 bucket, 1 month when figuring out how much food to have for how many months. I've been thinking about doing a trial run where I live off of a bucket for a month, using filtered/purified rainwater and cooking on a rocket stove. So I started working out a menu... Oatmeal for breakfast, this and that for lunch/dinner. Now, I'm not complaining but there seems to be too much food, lol. I totaled out at 2259 calories per day. I figured that after the month was over, I'd have to go on a diet. I like these buckets and the only improvement I would make is to replace some of the potato with at least 30 servings of fruit as there is none (would go good with the oatmeal)."
14 of 14 people found this review helpful.
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Review 15 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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skepticalofratings
Location:western wa.
Date:September 7, 2012
"some reveiws mention dust in the bucket and some inner packages are not fully sealed, my order has neither of these problems. I think they should spend a few extra pennies for a WATER PROOF LID, lid is described as weather proof but it doesn't fit that tight"
1 of 1 people found this review helpful.
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Review 16 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Bigun
Location:Raleigh, NC
Date:August 24, 2012
Good Start
"Opened upon arrival and no internal damage to packaging. Stores easily. No taste test as yet but I am sure in an emergency this will do nicely."
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Review 17 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Anonymous
Location:Salt Lake City, UT
Date:August 17, 2012
Missing some vital information
"I live on top of the Wasatch Fault, and am setting up an emergency preparedness store in my house. This food pail is an excellent addition, and it was delivered quickly, with all the packages in perfect condition. But what would be really helpful in the product description would be some indication of the amount of water needed for cooking. After an earthquake, access to water is likely to be extremely difficult. So knowing how much has to be stored (in total, not per serving) in order to "survive in place" is basic information. For example if I need 1 pint on average for each of 330 servings I need to be sure to have access to 40 gallons of water..."
21 of 21 people found this review helpful.
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Review 18 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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MindySusan
Location:Pleasanton, CA
Date:July 31, 2012
Good value for money
"I ordered the emergency entree bucket along with the meats ones as a measure for earthquake preparedness. They arrived quickly. I'd read about others discovering burst foil packages so I did open my bucket to inspect the contents and sure enough, I had powder from broccoli rice all over the inside of the container. However, I contacted Costco and they were able to replace my burst package in under a week."
2 of 2 people found this review helpful.
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Review 19 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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Kevjock
Location:Toledo, Ohio
Date:July 30, 2012
OUTSATNDING FOOD STORAGE PURCHASE
Pros: all around value!
"I purchased this product for the first time and recieved it within 3 days!Upon arrival I inspected all the bags and found them in PERFECT shape! I just purchased a second emergency food storage container with a different variety. With the uncertain times we live in why wouldn't you have at least a 30 day supply of food on hand? It's a no brainer and a 15-20 year life span! Life is good! 5 STARS to Costco!"
3 of 3 people found this review helpful.
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Review 20 for 330 Total Servings of Emergency Food Storage ARK 1 Month Supply By Chefs Banquet
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skycar
Location:Oregon
Date:June 20, 2012
Good basics
"Plenty of information here already. My 2c:
When the Beef Vegetable Soup says "shake before using" and you think you'll be okay without because the bag's too full to shake, DUMP IT INTO SOMETHING ELSE AND MIX BEFORE USING. Unless you like "beefy salt pancakes".
With most of the mix items we were happiest using about 75-85% of the recommended water. The recommended amount left things too thin."
13 of 13 people found this review helpful.
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