Welcome to another episode of Meet the Experts with Howie Carr.

A new podcast featuring long-form interviews with guests who have a specialized field of expertise.

Today's guest is Brandon Ericsson from ReadyWise,

an emergency preparedness company with a strong focus on food supplies.

Join Howie and Brandon as they discuss what situations would call for having such stockpiles,

how you can start your own, and what other supplies you may want to have on hand just in case.

Here's your host of Meet the Experts, How We Car.

Welcome to the newest episode of Meet the Experts.

Today I'm with Brandon Ericsson.

You've heard him on our cheap bastard deal.

He's the vice president of sales at Reddywise.

And we're going to talk about the emergency food preparedness.

So Brandon, thanks for being with us.

Tell us about ReadyWise. Why does it exist and what sets it apart from the competition?

Howie, it's great to be here and thanks for having me.

It's always a pleasure to be associated with you and on your show.

ReadyWise was founded about 15 years ago.

Really the basic idea was to help make being prepared easy.

So to take the guessing game out of it to make the storage simple, to make the preparation simple, and to give people an opportunity to have peace of mind

with a simple way of preparing. The concept really started with being able to put meals and

ingredients into a Mylar pouch in a smaller serving size.

The industry had been really based on number 10 cans, which had a lot of of servings and wasn't always convenient for a family of four or six or even a family of one or two.

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