Which Grocery Store Has the Best Backpacking Meals?

Which popular grocery store chain has the BEST budget backpacking meals - Kroger, Trader Joe’s or Whole Foods? I went to all three in one day to find out! I gave myself $50 and 30 minutes per store to purchase 2 full days of backpacking meals at 2500 calories per day. That’s 1000 calories more per day than I usually need, which is the standard for how to be properly nourished on trail. I judged each grocery store on if they came under my $50 budget, the ease of shopping experience in just 30 minutes, and the quality of food I found! After shopping at all three stores there was one CLEAR winner! Watch the video to find out which store took the crown… 💚

Intro: 00:00
How I'm judging each grocery store: 00:17
Shopping at Kroger: 00:47
My Kroger grocery haul: 2:06
Rating Kroger: 5:07
Shopping at Trader Joe’s: 5:50
My Trader's Joe's grocery haul: 7:30
Rating Trader Joe's: 9:45
Shopping at Whole Foods: 10:15
About my Velotric e-bike (sponsor): 10:21
Shopping at Whole Foods (cont): 11:30
My Whole Foods grocery haul: 13:10
Rating Whole Foods: 15:21
Which grocery store has the BEST budget backpacking meals: 15:42
My tips for shopping for budget backpacking meals: 16:16
Outro: 17:38

My grocery store budget backpacking food list -

Breakfast:
Instant oatmeal with dried fruit, brown sugar, and walnuts or pecans
Instant coffee or powdered chai tea

Lunch:
Street taco tortillas
Tuna packets or vegan chorizo TVP
Hot sauce
Mini cucumbers - but they only last about two days

Dinner, 3 options:
Polenta/instant grits, dehydrated mushrooms, chili pepper + Parmesan packets
Rice noodles, powdered or regular peanut butter, soy sauce, Thai seasoning, dehydrated chicken or mushrooms
Instant rice, dehydrated refried beans, hot sauce, tortillas

Snacks:
High-protein, dense meal bars - look for ones on sale!
Apples
Beef or vegan jerky
Nuts - ideally found in the bulk section
Applesauce packets - apple mango are my favorite!
Gummy bears - or another non-meltable candy
Dark chocolate - melts slower than milk chocolate!

Make sure to calculate the right calories per day for you! Remember - your usual daily calories plus 1000 calories more is the way to go.

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Velotric Go 1 E-Bike:  https://velotricbike.info/44UQy6l

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