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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The Miranda Goes Outside crew:
Director and Producer: Rainer Golden Videographer and Sr. Editor: Abby Hagan Videographer and Editor: Chelsea Newton Videographer and Editor: Kyle Roof Editor: Katie Van Fleet Dog: Tucker
This video was filmed by Rainer Golden and edited by Chelsea Newton with additional editing by Rainer Golden and Miranda Webster!
