Shipping for most food items

Note: On Commercial Freight Only, pallet sizes have been reduced to further prevent damages to your pallet orders. You can now fit 36 Regular or Super Pail buckets and Water Drums on one pallet or 42 cases of #10 cans plus Water Drums  on one pallet! Combination Bucket orders plus cans the average weight limit has been lowered to 1,600 lbs. per pallet. (Private Pool Truck pallets are still 2,000 lbs or more each.)

Larger orders may be divided into two or more shrink wrapped pallets, still with reasonable shipping via Commercial Freight. Please, call toll free above for quotes! 

Turn around time is now is approximately 2-3 weeks on Commercial Freight! 

Pool Truck shipments ship when the truck is full going to your area!

Shipping & Handling

1. 0-70 lb. via UPS or similar carrier

2. 200-1,499 lb. via UPS Hundredweight Discount

3. 1,500 lb. - Full Truck Load, Commercial Freight

4. Pool Truck Rates 2,000 lbs. or more.

Lower 48 states U.S.A. Prices only in the lower 48 states. Please, call toll free 1-888-201-6785 for outside of this area! This chart applies to Organic Foods, Grains, Beans, Bulk Foods, most Dehydrated Foods (except those item numbers beginning with JT, AB, AA or FD), Staples in buckets, #10 cans, & many Grinders and Grain Mills. [Not for use with most Wood Burning Stoves, Non-Hybrid Seed Kits, Full Meal or Entrees, MRE Meals, Shelf Stable Meals, Kosher Shelf Stable Meals, Heater Meals most Camping Supplies, British Berkefeld Water Filters, Mission Filters, Water Distillers, Volcano Stoves, Diesel Stoves, Wall Tents or 1st Aid Supplies, Packaged Water, Food Bars, Food Tablets and most Emergency Preparedness items.] Please call for S&H charges on these items: Toll Free 888-201-6785.

All Shipping rates are subject to change without notice due to disasters, cost of fuel and other uncontrollable events. Please, call toll free 1-888-201-6785 for a quotation! Quotes are good for 20 days only, barring unforeseen disasters.

Commercial Carrier and Pool Truck rates are Estimates only and must be confirmed at the time of shipping!

AAOOB reserves the right to charge an AAOOB 5% on the S&H (only), Service Fee. We will usually waive this charge; if payment is by Check, Business Check, Cashier's Check, Bank Check or Postal Money Order.

• Find your UPS Shipping Zone (use table and first 3 digits of your zip code to find your zone)

• Find your cost per package UPS Ground (divide total weight of order by 50 lbs.)

• Steps to figuring S&H charges UPS Ground (1 to 199 lbs.)

• UPS Hundredweight (200 lbs. to 1,999 lbs.)

• Commercial Truck or Pool Truck for pallet size orders. (1,000 lbs. or more)

• Return Policy  

You may use this as a fair estimate, but actually shipping costs will be confirmed once an order is placed! There is a 6.25% Fuel Charge for UPS added onto the shipping charge. There are also box fees for bags and buckets. Call us for help figuring the S&H Toll Free: 888-201-6785!

STEPS TO Figuring S&H charges: UPS ground or hundredweight.

1. Figure the shipping weight of your order. Divide that weight by 50 lbs. The largest package we can send without incurring additional fees is 50 lbs. Remaining weight will be a smaller package. Exceptions to this explained below.

2. For orders totaling up to 199 lbs. use UPS ground service. Figure the Shipping charge for each box.

3. For orders from 200 lbs. to 999 lbs. use UPS hundred weight service. Note: There is a minimum shipping charge of $46.00 for hundredweight!!

4. Orders over 999 lbs. may be shipped in multiple orders at the lower 500 lb. rate, by UPS. We will also get you Freight Quote, if your order reaches 1,000 lbs. You can choose which you prefer.

5. Pallet size orders of 2,000 lbs. or more will usually be least expensive at the Pool Truck or LTL Carrier rate. Many areas can be serviced this way in the lower 48 states. There are some exceptions, if you live in a remote area, then if UPS goes there, we can ship by UPS to you.

6. First, figure out your shipping zone. The first 3 digits of your zip code determines your shipping zone.

7. Second, figure out the shipping charge per package to your zone using the tables below.

8. Third, figure in the UPS fuel surcharge. Current Fuel Surcharges are 6.25%. Multiply your shipping charge by 1.0625 to get your new shipping charge including the Fuel Surcharge.

9. Fourth, add the box charge if applicable (for buckets or bags). Orders less than 20 lbs. do not usually require a box charge. UPS charges $5.00/item irregularly shaped item charge. To get around that, we put irregularly shaped items in a large box. UPS considers bags and buckets to be irregularly shaped items. Add $1.00 for every 50 lb. of bulk bag items. Add $2.00 for every bucket either Super Pails or Regular Buckets. We do not charge box charges for cans at this time. Our packing house is supplying the boxes for the cans at no cost to the consumer.

10. This is your total S&H charge, if you are paying by Check or Money Order!

11. If you are paying for S&H by VISA, Discover or MasterCard; then multiply the total S&H fees x 1.05 to add the AAOOB 5% S&H Only, Service Fee. We gladly waive this fee, if you are paying the S&H by Check or Money Order, it only partially covers the added expense of using our Internet Bank.

INSTRUCTIONS: Find the first three digits of your zip code then determine your zone. 

Zip Code      Zip Code      Zip Code      Zip Code      Zip Code      Zip Code
        Zone          Zone          Zone          Zone         Zone          Zone

004-005 8     280-282 7         420 6         577 4         746 5     859-877 4
006-007 *     283-285 8     421-422 7     580-585 5         747 6     878-885 5
    008 *     286-293 7     423-424 6         586 4         748 5     889-892 4
    009 *     294-295 8     425-459 7         587 5     749-762 6         893 3
010-089 8     296-298 7     460-469 6         588 4         763 5     894-897 4
090-099 *         299 8     470-471 7     590-591 3     764-789 6         898 3
100-129 8     300-312 7     472-479 6     592-595 4     790-799 5     900-934 5
130-132 7     313-315 8     480-487 7     596-598 3     800-814 4     935-938 4
133-139 8     316-319 7     488-491 6         599 4         815 3     939-941 5
140-169 7     320-322 8         492 7     600-639 6     816-820 4         942 4
170-176 8     323-325 7     493-499 6     640-649 5         821 2     943-951 5
    177 7     326-339 8     500-505 5     650-658 6         822 4     952-953 4
178-199 8         340 *     506-507 6     660-690 5     823-826 3     954-955 5
200-214 8     341-349 8     508-516 5     691-693 4         827 4     956-961 4
    215 7     350-374 7     520-539 6     700-704 7         828 3     962-966 *
216-225 8         375 6         540 5     705-706 6     829-834 2     967-968 *
    226 7     376-379 7     541-549 6     707-709 7         835 4         969 *
    227 8     380-384 6     550-555 5     710-729 6     836-837 3     970-978 4
228-229 7         385 7     556-558 6     730-732 5         838 4         979 3
230-239 8     386-392 6     559-574 5         733 6     840-844 2     980-994 4
240-274 7     393-399 7         575 4     734-743 5     845-847 3     995-999 *
275-279 8     400-418 7         576 5     744-745 6     850-858 5

AAOOB's 1-70 lbs UPS Ground Shipment Chart

Find your shipping cost.

UPS Rates and Charges

Now that you've found the shipping zone for your area, you are ready to find how much your shipment will cost. If you order less than 200 lbs, the shipping is charged by the individual package. Find your zone on the weight chart that matches the weight of your order. 

You will also need to add the UPS Fuel Surcharge of 6.25%. Multiply the Shipping weight charge for your zone by1.0625. The number you get is your new shipping base rate amount.  Round to the nearest penny. 

If your order consists of several packages you will need to add the costs for each package to find your total shipping cost. Buckets of foods must go by themselves or with a Gamma Seal added to the box. 

UPS charges a $5.00 per item irregularly shaped charge. They consider buckets and bags irregularly shaped. We get around that charge by putting irregularly shaped items in a large box. Buckets are charged $2.00/bucket. We can fit one SP or one RB and a Gamma Seal Lid in each large box. If you are purchasing bulk foods, then we can usually fit 50 lbs in one large box. There is a $1.00 box charge for 50 lbs. of bags. Effective January 2008, there are no box charges added for #10 cans, Mylar bags or #2.5 cans. We put no more than 50 lbs of bagged food in a box, except Rye, we put the whole bushel of Rye in one large box.  If you have problems figuring this, please, either E-mail or call us toll free for help 1-888-201-6785.

 No Fuel Surcharges have been added to the 1 lb to 70 lb table below. Current rate 6.25%

Many Zip Codes incur an additional zip code Surcharge. Please, call 1-888-201-6785 so we can calculate the S&H for you and check the Surcharge Zip Code Chart!