Good Morning! Last night I wanted to order food to be delivered the day or two after we arrived. I have been told that most food is shipped in. I probably should have packed more food in my suitcase but I am going to be there a year + so I need other things too. Anyways, I went to the Walmart site as groceries were on there web list. I was totally disappointed as there was not a lot I could order off my grocery list and the list got even smaller because some things can't be mailed. So I found two businesses that specialize in delivering food to the "bush" areas in Alaska. Here is the info about Span Alaska you might get a kick out of reading.
Span Alaska Sales is a privately owned business, specializing in supplying groceries to rural Alaska residents, schools, camps and businesses since 1972. We ship groceries utilizing virtually every method of transportation available including parcel post, bypass mail, airfreight, truck, rail, barge, steamship and UPS. Alaska bush pilots in small single engine planes provide delivery into remote rural Alaska village locations, where Native Alaskan's proudly transport Span Alaska food orders in sleds and trailers pulled by snow machine in the winter and 4 wheel ATV's in the summer to the local village residents.
What I learned from shopping last night is that the two companies that ship groceries only sell things by the case. So I can't get a dozen eggs I have to buy 15 dozen and the cost is $48. I can buy a case of shredded cheese for $42 30 pounds of blue bonnet cost $52. But Span does not sell milk or meat.
The other store, Mailbox Groceries sells meat. You buy by air packages so I would have to buy 38 pounds of hamburger for the price of $255. They don't sell any dairy.
My mind is going 50 miles a minute trying to decide what to eat and how to get it there and still be healthy as there are no doctors. I definately need to learn how to hunt and fish.
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