I'm not doing a June Emergency Essentials group order

Our ward just did a big Emergency Essentials www.beprepared.com  order in May, and I looked at the group specials for June and I was not impressed.  So I am not going to push doing a group order this month.  

Buying the group specials qualifies us for free shipping.  However, the shipping isn't very much anyway when we get a lot of people buying together.  ($12 shipping for anything over $120, and last month our ward spent over $1200.)

Special deals for June

Emergency Essentials has three pages of June specials   http://beprepared.com/category.asp?c=1054  (these are cheaper prices for June but they don't qualify for free shipping).  

The 20 degree Fahrenheit Mummy Bag might be a good deal for $44.99, but I'm not an expert on that.

The lightsticks are a good price at $0.99 each.  White and Yellow are the best colors for giving off light, I have heard.  But the White ones only last 8 hours and the Yellows last 12 hours, so I would buy the Yellows.

I compared a few items with the LDS Cannery.

This would be worthwhile to buy from Emergency Essentials:

A #10 can of Dehydrated Carrots at Emergency Essentials is $8.95.

If you want to drive to Greensboro and can the carrots yourself, the price for a #10 can of carrots is  $$8.30.  With gas prices and your time saved it would be worth it. 

I don't recommend buying either of the following from Emergency Essentials:

Here are items which are much cheaper to buy at the cannery:  Apple slices at the cannery are $5.70 for a #10 can, the strawberry flavored apple slices from Emergency Essentials are $13.95.  The Pinto Beans at the cannery are $4.70 for a #10 can, the pinto beans from Emergency Essentials are $$8.95.