These are all 25 lb bags unless otherwise indicated.
Black beans 13.20 to 16.80
Pinto beans 17.45 to 18.55
White beans 12.55 to 16.00
Powdered milk 41.65 to 47.20
White rice 10.00 to 13.85
Sugar 17.35 to 21.15
Red wheat 7.65 to 11.45
White wheat 7.65 to 11.45
Apple slices 15 pounds 60.45 to 72.55
Dried carrots 57.65 to 66.40
Macaroni 20 pounds 16.50 to 20.25
Quick oats 9.85 to 15.95
Regular oats 9.85 to 15.35
Dried onions 35 pounds 76.30 to 88.20
Potato flakes 30.90 to 33.30
Spaghetti 19.95 to 23.85
Refried bean flakes 28.60 to 35.90
Hot cocoa mix 33.50 to 38.95
White flour 10.30 to 13.30
Fruit Drink mix 27.75 to 31.30
Pancake mix 4 lbs 2.60 to 3.05
Potato pearls 28 oz 3.20 to 4.25
The empty cans, mylar bags and plastic lids are the only items that went down in price. The absorbers stayed the same price.
I compared the prices on 25 pound bags of 20 food items commonly sold at the Lindon Family Home Storage Center and the price went up 19.1% in 22 months or about 1% a month. This happened while the government reported inflation rate was between 2 and 3%. The biggest jumps were in:
Sugar 26%
Regular Oats 29.6%
White Wheat 31.9%
Macaroni 36.4%
Potato Flakes 39.2%
Rice and beans increased very little during the same period.
Anything that is corn related, like meat, is going up very rapidly now.
By the way, the traffic at the Home Storage section of the cannery tripled in the last three weeks. I think gas going from $2.79 to $3,39 probably sparked the interest.
The Lindon Cannery will have two days, January 13th & 14th, for Family Canning Pork & Beans. We are doing sign-ups through the Mysignup.com website. Sign-ups will open on January 6th @ 6pm to begin scheduling. You may go to the website prior to that time to read all the details (prices, limits, etc.) and instructions, but REMEMBER you will not be able to schedule a shift until the sign-up opens on the 6th.
TO FIND CURRENT LINKS FOR LINDON FAMILY CANNING:
1) Go to: http://www.mysignup.com/
2) Scroll down and look for a grey box that says:
“Searching for a signup? Enter the email address for the person with the sign up below.”
3) Do not enter your email address. In the yellow field inside the grey box, you must enter the Cannery’s email distribution address, (DO NOT COPY & PASTE, YOU MUST CORRECTLY ENTER IT YOURSELF) and hit the submit button:
wel-ca-lindon-wetpack@ldschurch.org
If you get a blank page, you have not entered the email address correctly or have tried to copy & paste it. Enter it again!
4) Click on the signup that you are interested in scheduling for. Note the date and product indicated in the link’s name.
5) Read the instructions at the top of the sign-up page.
HURRAY!!! RAH!! RAH!! RAH!! YAHOO!!!!
The HOME STORAGE CENTER will be opening again on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on a walk-in basis beginning Tuesday, November 9th! Phone lines will open that day as well. Please call 801-785-0997 for further information.
For product information and pricing, please go to http://www.providentliving.org/ select the Family Home Storage tab on the left hand side of the screen, then choose the Home Storage Center Order Form link on the right hand side of the screen. The order form is interactive and can be filled out and printed off to bring with you to the Home Storage Center.
Be patient with the missionaries. They are learning new cash registers and procedures to make this service available to you.
We are so blessed!!
Dear Subscribers:
I know most of you are excited about the Online Registration possibilities…but that is only the beginning of the wonderful changes happening at the Cannery.
Now, when you are purchasing product from the Cannery, you can use all forms of payment including your debit and credit cards! We now accept VISA, MasterCard, Discover and American Express.
We are doing lots of training on the new system so we will be as prepared as possible, but you may have to be a little patient until we get everything fully learned…(There is always a price, isn’t there?)
Those who have Welfare Assignments—see you in August. Those who are waiting for Family Canning—see you in November!!! Hope you can contain your joy until then!
Because we have had such a significant number of new subscribers to the Lindon Cannery distribution list, we are re-sending the family canning schedule. This distribution list has become an invaluable tool for us. We hope that you will always find value in the information we send to you. (Remember, you can always call the Lindon Cannery (801) 785-0998, and ask that your name be removed from the list if needed.)
Two things to note about the current Family Canning Schedule:
1) For spaghetti sauce, we have had to switch from a 25 oz. jar to a quart size, 32 oz. jar. This will raise the price per case to $24.00. HOWEVER…this drops the price per ounce from .07 cents to .06 cents. So…you are saving money—but you might have to make a little more spaghetti or have bread sticks to dip with your spaghetti dinner! Leftovers! YUM!!! You could always use the left over sauce in a homemade soup or make pizza another night. We must always look at the positive!! We also found out that you can re-use the jam jars and this new spaghetti sauce jar for canning as long as you use it ONLY for water bath and NOT for pressure canning. The both jars will now come with a ring and lid.
2) If you are planning to schedule family canning, please do it right away. Forms continue to trickle in but we are needing to finalize the schedule as quickly as possible. You are free to forward the form to anyone who is interested, but please let them know how quickly we want to hear from them. If there are those who are still having trouble getting the form printed through Adobe, once you have downloaded the free copy of Adobe Reader from Adobe.com, please call us at 801-785-0998 and we will try and help you or you can come by the Cannery to pick up a copy.
*********** DRY PACK UPDATE*************
In late December, the Lindon Home Storage Center (Dry Pack) requested the information about price changes happening on January 16th be sent to our distribution list. It was amazing to see the effects this had. Brother Anderson, Manager of the Lindon Home Storage Center, has now asked that we share the following with you:
Lindon Home Storage Center (Dry-Pack) update. For Dry Pack questions call: 801-785-0997
· Powdered Milk
On January 16th the price of powdered milk rose $10.60 per 25# bag, from $24.80 to its current price of $35.40. As noted on the Family Home Storage Center price sheet (found on-line at www.providentliving.org), prices are subject to change without notice. The $24.80 price was in effect for almost seven months prior to the increase.
As soon as we were notified of the price increase in early December, I sent out a notice via the great sisters in the Wet-Pack Cannery Office. The results were interesting:
o In November 2009, our patrons canned just under 800 #10 cans of milk.
o In December, they canned just under 700 #10 cans of milk (remember that we were closed for ~the last two weeks in December.)
o In the first two weeks of January — before the price change on the 16th — just under 2,500 #10 cans were processed.
o On Thursday, January 14th, there was so much demand that we literally ran out of product fairly early in the day. It should be noted that if the demand had peaked in the weeks before, we could have replenished the milk to meet the demands since we order each week for the following week. But, by the last week, it was too late to order more.
o Note: the canning stats above do not include the thousands of pounds that were purchased in bulk during this time.
o The parallel to the parable of the 10 virgins came to my mind after all the (milk) dust settled… Those who waited until the last minute lost the benefit of the better price.
o Please note that the price of our powdered milk is still excellent considering that ~two years ago the price was over $70 per bag!
· Potato Flakes
A new opportunity has now presented itself. With the new price changes, potato flakes (NOT potato pearls!) have dropped from $30.20 per 25 lb. box to $22.20, a decrease of $8 per box.
Potato Flakes are only dried potatoes. Their shelf life, when properly canned and stored under ideal conditions (as noted on the order form), will be 30 years. You can make them taste just as good as potato pearls by adding salt, butter and milk.
We recommend that you plan early to increase your own home storage inventory and take advantage of the lower price of this and other items.
Other items to take note of are:
· White Rice: Price dropped $1.90 (11.1%) per 25# box to $$8.45
· Black Beans: Price dropped $1.85 (4.1%) per 25# bag to $14.50
· Spaghetti: Price dropped $1.70 (7.4%) per 25# box to $14.55
· White Beans: Price dropped $1.65 (7.6%) per 25# bag to $14.10
· Pre Packs
As you were informed earlier, the prices of our pre-packed items are no longer the same price as the do-it-yourself cans of equal quantity. They are slightly higher, ranging from 11 cents to 23 cents per can higher depending on the product. This is still a great buy if you want to save time in securing these products for your home storage. You can buy these pre-packs directly off the shelf.
New Pre-Pack Items: Starting sometime after the 1st of April, we will be offering two additional pre-pack items:
· White Wheat
· White Flour
Pricing and availability will be forwarded to you as soon as we are notified. This information, as always, will also be posted when the time comes on the Home Storage Center Order Form at www.providentliving.org.
We strongly suggest that the counsel of the Brethren be followed and that you build up your home storage items by:
· First securing your 3 months supply of those items your family eats every day.
· Then slowly build up your long-term food storage.
o You don’t have to do it all at once! But keep at it!
o We have some very excellent and EASY instructions to help you determine what you will need for a year’s supply of food for your family. Come in and talk to one of our excellent missionary staff! They are all willing and anxious to assist you.
The Lindon Home Storage Center is open on a walk-in, first-come/first-serve basis on Tuesdays & Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Price and product information is located on www.providentliving.org. (Make sure to use .org extension since there is a .net website with the same name.) You are looking for the Home Storage Center Order Form link on this website. It is an interactive form where you can plan your expenditure by entering order amounts and seeing the total amount you will spend. After you complete the order form, print it off and bring it with you to expedite the check-in process at the Home Storage Center. Do not fill out your check prior to arriving at the Center just in case they are out of any of the products you planned to order.
One last note: Remember that it isn’t enough just to buy food stuffs in bulk and store them, as-purchased, without preparing them to last long-term.
I talked with a patron a few months ago who wanted to buy 2,000 lbs of White Wheat. When I asked how she planned to store it, she said she had no idea what I meant. She felt that all that was needed to be prepared was to buy it in bulk. No thought was given to safe and secure storing procedures. Don’t get caught with a lot of food storage that may be at risk because of improper storage preparations.
We love serving you!
Y’all come in and see us! Hear?
Elder Anderson, Manager
Lindon Home Storage Center
Dear Family Canners: (There is no schedule attached to this email…keep reading to the end.)
…A light at the end of a very looong tunnel? We sure hope so!
We know everyone is anticipating the next opportunity to do family canning and we have some good news! Along with the changes from construction and equipment updates, we are close to completing all of the requirements to become a licensed USDA facility. That means that within the year we should be able to can meat items for Family Canning. Finally, our empty storage shelves will once again be filled with meat!
Keep reading…this is important for you to understand:
Remember the “where much is given, much is required” principle? Here is the required part:
The USDA requires that any USDA meat item (see list below) produced here has to remain on the premises for 10 days of incubation before it can be sold. Therefore, no one will be able to come, process and take home product on the same day--if it is a USDA meat item. There will be specific “Pick-Up Days” for the product you have already worked for. That means two trips for everyone—even those who live far away. NO EXCEPTIONS.
This puts the choice back in your hands. Since we cannot change the USDA requirements, each person will need to decide if making two trips is worth having the product. So the choice is: coming to the Lindon Cannery and abiding by the rules or getting your canned meat items from your local stores.
Keep reading…there is a good side to all of this:
There could be good news within all these new regulations. At least with the USDA products, we will be able to determine what is “extra” (product that isn’t spoken for). Then you would be able to purchase additional cases when you come on “pick-up days” (your second trip to the Cannery). Therefore, those who helped can the product would have first access to it.
Overage from production on items that are not USDA (see list below) would still be offered at an Overage Sale along with any leftover USDA items.
Keep reading…there is more to understand:
Remember, we also have the requirement for non-USDA production. All these products must remain at the Cannery until the following day to allow for final paperwork to be completed. That means that everyone who schedules a shift on the first day of production will need to come back at the end of that item’s production to pick up their order. Hopefully, those who live close to the Cannery will try to schedule the first day of a product to help those who live further away. We still need a full day of production on the first day, so someone has to be here.
So…now it comes down to recognizing the “where much is given” side:
We are very blessed to be able to do Family Canning. This opportunity isn’t available to the majority of the members of the church. The “hassle” comes down to the attitude of recognizing where much has been given. The Church has invested considerable time and expense to upgrade the Cannery’s equipment and USDA status. It blesses the Church to have more facilities to produce welfare items for the church, but it also blesses those who can participate in Family Canning.
Keep reading…the reward for staying with us to the end:
We will be sending out the next Family Canning schedule on Friday, February 5th in the late afternoon. The entire process of becoming UDSA approved is still not completed, so there will be no meat products on the spring schedule. We are planning to have another Family Canning Schedule go out for May/June canning, and then a third one for November/December canning. We are looking more toward the November/December Family canning schedule before everything will be in place to do the meat.
The list below gives you an idea of where the Lindon Cannery products stand in the FDA/USDA guidelines we must follow:
NON USDA – 1 day waiting period
Applesauce
Chicken Noodle Soup
Cream of Mushroom Soup
Diced Tomatoes
Frozen Berries
Jams
Pork & Beans
Potatoes
Salsa
Spaghetti Sauce
Tomato Soup
Vegetable Beef Soup
USDA – 10 day waiting period
Beef Stew
Chicken, Beef, & Pork Chunks
Chili
Cream of Chicken Soup
Ground Beef
Dear Subscribers:
Please do not call the Cannery with any questions until Monday, September 14th.
Due to a postponement of the scheduled renovations to the Cannery, we will scheduling a time in mid October to do frozen berries for Family Canning. We have arranged to do blueberries, raspberries and boysenberries. The prices and dates will be included in the registration form we send through email tomorrow evening.
Please return the registration form (sent tomorrow) quickly as we have only a short time to determine how much to order. DO NOT FORGET TO SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE WITH YOUR REGISTRATION.Berries will be the only item we do until our Spring 2010 registration.
Please read through the registration form completely for answers to your questions. We will begin registering on Monday, September 14th. Please remember to include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with your registration and we will send you your confirmation as soon as you are scheduled.
We are excited to be able to offer this opportunity to you. We hope to see you all soon. Please return your registration as soon as possible so we can determine the amounts to order. DON’T FORGET TO INDICATE THE NUMBER OF BAGS YOU WANT OF EACH BERRY. LIMIT 6 BAGS COMBINED.
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