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Ok here is something that needs to be answered. I just got some Mre's today However I just realized one is a menu 17 beef teriyaki. This menu was of course last made for the 2004 menu. The date on the package is 5068 yet it still from 2004. So when does production of new menus begin?

Hi mw509. It's hard to say exactly when they start making the new year's menus - it seems to vary from year to year. In 2004 it was around July and in 2005 it seems to be around March-April. I say March/April because I have a case from January 2005 that had the 2004 menus and a case from April 2005 that had the 2005 menus. I also read another message somewhere here in the forums from someone with a February 2005 case that had the 2004 menus in it.

It always tough trying to buy a case of the new menus. I usually end up waiting until I can find an August or later case or until I can find someone who can verify what menus are in the case.

It Is Difficult to determine just whats in that mre case
i'll be looking at ebay in jan/feb for 2 cases of hopefully 2005 menus
on ebay i've seen sellers showing photos of 2005 cases and listing
menus from 1999.
i gave em this link to help them in the product description
hope you don't mind kman

Nah, I don't mind - the more, the merrier.

I'm just waiting for one of the ebay asshats we talk about to come into the forums and see us bashing their auctions.

They usually start when kman gives the approval. Have you given your nod to the new menus kman?

Shoot...the last thing they're ever going to do is ask me about the menus. You're talking about the guy who didn't get any 2005 MREs until almost the end of 2005.

kman wrote:Hi mw509. It's hard to say exactly when they start making the new year's menus - it seems to vary from year to year. In 2004 it was around July and in 2005 it seems to be around March-April. I say March/April because I have a case from January 2005 that had the 2004 menus and a case from April 2005 that had the 2005 menus. I also read another message somewhere here in the forums from someone with a February 2005 case that had the 2004 menus in it.

It always tough trying to buy a case of the new menus. I usually end up waiting until I can find an August or later case or until I can find someone who can verify what menus are in the case.

good to know. I actually didn't buy a whole case but bought quite quite a few from the same seller. I decided to take all the MRE's out of there outer brown bag and put them into a zip lock bag. The outside bags were beaten up plus I threw out some crushed lorna-dunes I also had one of those leaky tobasco bottles

Anyway while doing this I thoguht it was a bad batch because they didn't seem to have the usual side dish. Well I looked up the menus and I guess menus from the past few years don't have the usual side dishes like wetpack fruit. However I realized even though all were dated from 2005 my one menu was a 2004. So I guess they all were technically menu 2004 but made in 2005.

I am pretty happy though with them ditching the wet fruit. I always thought it tasted off.

Kman Wrote:

I'm just waiting for one of the ebay asshats we talk about to come into the forums and see us bashing their auctions.

Lol..That might be a good thing or a bad thing/
they could possibly think up more cons/rip-offs-ect

True. Just today, in fact, I saw an ebay auction for "12 MRE entrees". And when I looked at the picture, I thought it looked familiar. Sure enough, it was the picture of the entrees standing up that I took in my house. I looked at that ebay auction and said, "Hey! That's my carpet!".

Kman..Thats Hilarious
Sue the asshat!..