Assortments
2017/03/05 – ref INV-0315 5x Breakfast, 4x Lunch / Dinner, 4x Beverage fit into one large white Nutriate box without the horizontal divider; weight 21.3 lbs per box. Delivered in person.
2017/03/07 – ref INV-0308 4x $75 per day shipped to Boston. Packed in a 14x14x12″ box weighing 27.1 lbs, FedEx Ground (5 business days, delivered at by the end of the day) was $36.27. So reduced a bit and divided into two USPS Priority 2-day Large Flat Rate boxes for a total of $18.85. The boxes totaled 25.6lbs (11.9 + 13.7lbs). A Regional B box to Boston (Zone 8 to Alameda Zone 1) was $20.41.
Other Shipments
2017/2/23 – 9 OOTG cups or 8 OOTG cups and 1 Lively gel cap box fit into one large flat rate box and weighed 2.6 oz (ounces on photos but doesn’t compute). 8 OOTG cups in medium Nutriate white box likewise weighed 2.6 oz; and 2.3 oz in a Regional B box. 17 OOTG cups and 1 Lively gel cap box fit into one large Nutriate white box (without the shelf) and weighed 6 oz.
Methods
FedEx
FedEx Ground is less expensive but takes longer. Faster FedEx may not deliver as committed when the weather is bad. Weight and volume matter.
USPS
The largest Regional B box is a little smaller than the Large Flat Rate. Priority Express is a lot more expensive than Priority 2-Day. Regional price sheet sets your source location as Zone 1. If Alameda is Zone 1, then Boston is Zone 8.