My mom works for an agency that is putting info together that is going to get distributed pretty broadly. I am helping her put the info together and am going to include info on the LDS food calculator, but I am wondering if anyone here has used commercially available food storage planning software. If so, could you/would you share the following info with me so I can make this flyer as useful as possible?
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Thanks everyone!
I bought from here:
$39.95
from their website:
“Preparedness, when properly pursued, is a way of life, not a sudden, spectacular program.”*
Food Storage Planner (FSP) is designed to that end. In a non-panic manner, you can buy, store, and rotate the foods your body is accustomed to eating. You don’t want to change your diet in a crisis, so “eat what you store—store what you eat”.
FSP will help you modify your life to become fully self-reliant in hard times and to become more thrifty in your household purchases. Use it regularly to plan your meals and shop for groceries. We offer significant Group and Church discounts.
FSP is fully customizable for specific needs, gender, and age, such as diapers, allergies, toiletries, and so forth. Plan for any time period from 1 week to 1000 years. Our Features page shows how your family can get up to speed on your needs.
Calculates exactly what you need for your family’s food and equipment storage. Fully customizable for specific individual needs, gender, and age, such as diapers, allergies, toiletries, etc. Plan for any time period. Start with 1 week, then 2 months, 6 months, and so forth. Click here to see Step 1 of the Setup helper. Just 3 easy steps. Convert bulk items in #10 cans, Mylar® bags, or buckets with the Weights and Measures converter.
More than 1000 items are in our “Supermarket,” placed in “Aisles” just like they do at your corner grocery store. Each item has a color- coded priority of Survival, Standard, or Luxury—so you’ll know which things are more important. If you’re just starting out, getting your Survival level first insures you won’t go hungry! Add your own items or delete any pre-entered items. Change item shelf-lives, enter your local price, change Priority, etc. Click here to see the Supermarket and Pantry View in full size.
More than 250 recipes to cook with your storage. Add your own. Link recipe ingredients to items in your pantry so you know what you can fix for dinner based upon your storage. Menu Planning and Monthly Menu Plan with Ingredient Summary. Find out how many times you can make that recipe with what you have in the pantry. FSP prints out an ingredients needs list for you to use as a shopping list.
Pantry List. This report tracks your inventory of what you have and how much is left to buy.
Rotation. Enter purchases as you go along and this report tracks expiration dates to keep your storage rotated and fresh.
Shopping List. Shows you what you need to buy, you just tell the report how much you have to spend.
Summary. Everything in the Supermarket and Pantry. Export, Import, do intelligent searches, and print custom reports. Label Printer. Print labels to place on your stored goods for rotation.
Minimum: Pentium processor; 32 Mb RAM Windows 98, NT, ME, 2000, or XP. (Mac version no longer sold). The User Guide is written in .pdf format. A free program called Adobe’s Acrobat Reader 3.0 or higher is required to read or print it. Supports European dates and Metric systems. Now shipping version 5.0!
AND NOTICE THIS: Just $39.95. $29.95 If you order within 3 days of downloading the demo . Call 800–669–5191 to order your copy.
I’d buy again
Thanks a lot, IWOI!
Anyone else?