I just sent a whole box of groceries to a navy ship in the gulf.  It looks like they pre-screen what can be shipped.  The site is http://www.militaryfoodex.com

Their prices are over my head.  Do they ship free?  I didn't notice it when I checked their prices.

No - they charge for shipping based on weight.  I had checked amazon first, but they had minimum order quanties on some items that required a case to be shipped - I wanted to ship a box of special K - amazon had 4 for $20.81, and this site I could order a box for $5.80 - about a 60 cent premium, but I could select my own quantities.  Plus amazon wanted a $79 annual membership for free shipping - that seemed way to high.

 These prices are really high, at least to me.  Is there a reason that you didn't just get the items and ship them? 

Ease.... the closest supermarket of any decent size is 30 minutes away.... packing items for shipment is a pain, and so is the trip to the PO.  I figured my time invested in both shopping and shipping is about 2 hours.  I can sit and click in in 5 minutes be done.  Living in such a rural area perhaps makes the choice easier - we live to see a brown UPS truck show up.  Had I still lived in Boston it might be different, with more options and choices.  I order a ton online - especially for items you cannot get in the northeast.  I am addicted to cajun food... not alot here in Maine.  But I know where to find it delivered to my door.  Do I pay more than if I lived in New Orleans - sure do - but then I don't live there.

Well, that explains it.  You probably get more shipped faster this way, anyway.  I was just wondering...... I do that alot.

I understand the need for Cajun food. lol   I guess that is a good site to know about in the case of an emergency such as snow storms, hurricanes and earthquakes.  At least our troops will have a lifeline.

Thanks for the info, I hope you don't think I was being nosy, just always curious.  I figure it takes me more than two hours to get a box ready to go, by the time I have packed and repacked to get as much as I can in the flat rate box and then to fill out all the paperwork and to write a letter to go with it.   It really does add up.  I need a few little anysoldier elves!

Would you mind giving us an idea what the shipping cost per lb is?

Ann

I contacted them and they said they base it right off of the usps.gov site and always use priority mail.  I ran some calculations myself using the calculator on usps.gov and selecting priority mail service.  On what I thought stuff weighed, i.e., I figured 20 cans at 16oz was 20 pounds - and added in a couple pounds for packing and the weght of the can, and it was close to what I figured it would be.  There is no way 20 cans would fit in the flat rate box - so you can't assume you can ship in that kind of box. 

One order I shipped they actually credited me back some shipping charges because the package weighed less than what they had originally calculated.

Thanks.

I just got an email from them - looks like they have a $10 coupon code out there.  I posted the email below:

March Madness is here at MilitaryFoodEx!  As a valued customer, we are offering you a $10 coupon off your next order of at least $50.  That is a 20% savings to help you get those few extra items or save on shipping!  Just add at least $50 worth of items to your shopping cart and during the checkout process, just enter the coupon code MARCH into the space provided.  The system will automatically deduct $10 from your order!  This is a limited time offer - so order today!

The Staff,
http://www.militaryfoodex.com