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The Ready Store

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LAST UPDATED: October 1st, 2021

The Ready Store is a subsidiary of the Saratoga Trading Company, headquartered in Draper, UT. The company was founded in 2002 by Jeff and Amy Davis, who started out by selling 72-hour kits from their home. Today the company is small but thriving, still owned by the founding couple. 

The company-produced freeze-dried foods from Saratoga Farms are guaranteed to last for 20-30 years and there is a wide variety of emergency food, survival kits, and other preparedness products. The Ready Store has been mentioned in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times. 

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The Good

  • ReadyCLUB Membership
  • Water Supplies
  • Other Inventory 
  • Price Match Guarantee
  • Educational Resources 

ReadyCLUB Membership

For customers who frequent The Ready Store at least three times a year, the company’s club membership benefits pay off quickly. For $39.99 per year, customers get free shipping on all orders and get a 2% purchase credit back. Plus, you can auto-ship at your own pace and budget and pay as you go with big kit purchases. 

Water Supplies

The Ready Store is as equipped with as many water supplies as any other company we’ve reviewed in the industry. The Ready Store sells water filters, purifiers, water storage containers, barrels, spigots, water preserver drops, and water purification tablets. 

Plus, it sells portable water pouches as well as canned drinking water that can be purchased in 7-day, 3-month, and 1-year serving quantities. The canned water is purified with added minerals and increased alkalinity and is guaranteed for 30 years. 

As a side note, The Ready Store sells a can of “dehydrated water” — the perfect gag gift. 

Other Inventory

The Ready Store carries an extensive array of food storage, including EasyPrep™ freeze-dried food pouches, military meals or meals ready-to-eat (MREs), dehydrated foods, and standard storage items like wheat and rice. There is also a wide selection of other preparedness items including:

  • Survival gear and kits
  • Shelter
  • Sanitation
  • First aid
  • Tools
  • Books
  • Communications
  • Cookware
  • Fuel and power items
  • DIY supplies

Price Match Guarantee

If you find the same product offered at a lower price by a competitor within 10 days of your original order date, The Ready Store will match the total price or refund the difference as long as comparisons include the product price plus shipping and handling charges. 

Educational Resources 

In addition to the store, there is a large educational section of the website, which includes a well-stocked blog, weather tracker, calculators, and videos. There is a section offering printables designed to help you prepare your own readiness binder — a great idea, since online articles are unlikely to be available when disaster strikes.

Interested users can also connect with the company on social media, including a Pinterest page featuring a wealth of informative information along with fun extras.

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The Bad

  • Price Match Conditions 
  • Return Shipping Policies

Price Match Conditions

The Ready Store’s price match guarantee is an awesome feature but there are a number of stipulations that customers must meet to take advantage of it:

  1. Prices matched must be within the allowed discounting parameters mandated by some of the company’s suppliers, and these parameters are not described. 
  2. The guarantee only applies only to retailers shipping from the United States that have the identical product in-stock and the product is priced accurately.
  3. Products being price-matched must be offered by a commercial retailer and not sold by individuals on online auction sites or through classified ads. 

Return Shipping Policies 

Returns are done on a case by case basis and each question must be discussed by contacting customer service through their phone number or email. In most cases, The Ready Store has a generous returns grace period of 130 days, but customers must pay for return shipping in addition to a 15% re-stocking fee. There are competing online sources that do free returns. 

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The Bottom Line

The Ready Store is an emergency prep company we can recommend. It’s an especially good company for individuals who purchase preparedness supplies regularly because they can make use of the ReadyCLUB membership free shipping and other benefits. 

The price match guarantee assures consumers that they will find what they are looking for at a competitive price. And if you want to try a freeze-dried Mountain House brand entree for free, you can get a sample by just paying $1.99 for shipping. 

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Grant American Fork, UT

I used to go to the brick and mortar “The Ready Store”, and was sad to see it go. I am glad it still has an online presence. It has fair prices and good people than run it.

5 years ago