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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.
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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:
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.
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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