Mountain House Pouches are not TOO expensive. But canned chili is good. Spam, corned beef hash, ramen, peanut butter all last long and are pretty cheap.
We have a TON of canned soup just because it's easy to rotate and stores a couple years alone.
So if it is not too expensive, where are you purchasing it. I don't have a reference point to tell if stuff is expensive or not. Just comparing completely different packages.
Thanks