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richlevy · 07-26-2009, 10:54 AM

I was very curious about pilot bread, the modern version of hardtack. What I find really interesting is that it is not sold in stores anywhere on the East coast, even though the company that makes it is based in Virginia.

It appears that I can only get it mail order. Alaska is the main consumer, based on pilot bread having a very good shelf life, but it is not as if noone else in the country might find themselves cut off for days due to natural disaster.

I don't want to buy a 2lb can of it from Amazon, and I don't want to pay shipping on a small box of Sailor Boy pilot bread. I would like to find someplace on the East coast to get it from. But it appears that the product goes directly from the factory to Alaska.

I'm surprised that they don't try to market it to the other 300+ million Americans.

07-26-2009, 10:54 AM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Pilot Bread / Hardtack I was very curious about pilot bread, the modern version of hardtack. What I find really interesting is that it is not sold in stores anywhere on the East coast, even though the company that makes it is based in Virginia. It appears that I can only get it mail order. Alaska is the main consumer, based on pilot bread having a very good shelf life, but it is not as if noone else in the country might find themselves cut off for days due to natural disaster. I don't want to buy a 2lb can of it from Amazon, and I don't want to pay shipping on a small box of Sailor Boy pilot bread. I would like to find someplace on the East coast to get it from. But it appears that the product goes directly from the factory to Alaska. I'm surprised that they don't try to market it to the other 300+ million Americans. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama