Overview
25
Respondents
30
Camp Size
9
Days
72
Items Rated
19
Stock Up
31
Buy
20
Some
2
Skip
Spice Tolerance
Sweetness Preference
Dietary Restrictions 5 campers with restrictions
Vegan · Tessa Mini
Vegetarian · Django Bonderman
Dairy-free · Amy Lynn Hanson, Justin Herman
Gluten-free · Dempsey Bonderman
None · 20 people
Camp DNA who is this group, in aggregate
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Mostly omnivore
20 of 25 have no restrictions. Only 1 vegan (Tessa) + 1 vegetarian (Django). Cooking can default to meat-forward with two confirmed alt-portions per meal.
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Spice-tolerant — and split
Almost perfectly even spread: 6 mild · 6 medium · 6 hot · 7 very hot. Translation: don't cook spice IN — provide hot sauces on the side. Tabasco/Tapatio/Cholula belong on every table.
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Moderately sweet, not a candy camp
18 of 25 said moderate sweetness, only 4 said high. Pastries and cookies score well; hard candy and licorice flop. Don't over-stock candy aisle.
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Cuisine-omnivore
Every single dinner cuisine landed in STOCK UP tier (84-100% demand). Mexican & Italian tied at 100%. The camp is not picky about cuisine type — chef has full menu freedom.
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Hydration-obsessed
Coconut water was the surprise #1 drink (16 LOVE) — beating coffee, soda, beer, everything. Combined with sports drinks (84% demand), this is a serious electrolyte camp.
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Coffee-devoted (and divisive)
15 LOVE coffee — but only 3 LIKE and 7 don't want it. Classic "love it or skip it" pattern. Multiple campers explicitly requested espresso machine + oat milk setup.
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Peanut butter culture
5 separate campers named PB in their comfort items — the single most-mentioned theme. PB pretzels, PB & banana, even PB & pickles ("trust me" — Zack).
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Wine is divisive, beer is steady
Wine red landed dead last in drinks (8 LOVE / 14 MEH). Beer scored solid BUY (72%). Beer is the safer crowd-pleaser; wine is for specific people.
Universal Wins & Big Splits
Universal Wins (everyone agrees)
Tortilla / Corn chips
The only item with ZERO meh votes — across the whole survey of 72 items. Universal salty snack.
Mexican & Italian cuisine
Tied at #1 dinner cuisine. Not a single person said no to either.
Hash browns / Potatoes
#1 breakfast item. Strong consensus, low risk.
Breakfast burritos
Plays to the camp's Mexican love + breakfast meat habit. Build-your-own bar would crush.
Big Splits (camp divides)
Wine — Red
Either passionately wanted or rejected. 56% of camp doesn't drink red wine. Buy specifically for the 8 fans.
Diet sodas
Most polarized soda. The 8 LOVE are loyal; the 12 MEH won't touch it. Diet Coke specifically (not variety).
Coffee
Almost no middle ground — people LOVE it (60%) or don't want it (28%). Plan for serious coffee infrastructure for the believers; have tea for everyone else.
Hard seltzer
Same passionate-or-pass pattern as coffee. The 14 LOVE will drink them daily — the 7 MEH will never touch one. More LOVE than beer (5).
The Tribes sub-communities within camp
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Coffee Devotees
15 of 25 LOVE coffee
Especially named in comfort items: Taylor (coffee + smoothies + eggs), Amy Lynn (hot coffee + pistachios), Jacob Gutman (espresso machine + oat milk). Don't skimp on coffee gear.
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The PB Cult
5 explicit mentions
Kelly (peanut butter uncrushable), Justin (PB/almond butter pretzels), Jacob G (PB pretzels + PB & banana sandwiches), Zack (PB & pickles — "trust me"), plus broad pretzel/PB chocolate love. Stock PB heavy.
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Hot Sauce Loyalists
13 of 25 prefer Hot or Very Hot
Django explicitly named hot sauce as a comfort item. Combined with the even spice spread, the move is: cook to mild-medium baseline, then put 4-5 hot sauce options on every table (Tabasco, Tapatio, Cholula, sriracha, harissa).
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Coconut Water Brigade
16 LOVE / 5 LIKE — 84% demand
Surprise #1 drink in the survey. Last year the camp consumed several cases without complaint. This is a real consumption pattern, not a survey artifact. Bring big.
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Dried Mango Fans
2 explicit, more implied
Jacob B named dried mango as comfort item; Chandler said "I shoulda put dehydrated mangoes" after seeing Amy Lynn's note. Apricots, dried fruit broadly liked. Costco bulk dried mango is a winner.
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Smoothie Crew
3+ explicit, plus frozen-fruit demand
Tessa ("smoothie ingredients" — her only request), Taylor (smoothies #1), Brock (implied via tons of water + fruit). Frozen mango/pineapple/strawberry/blueberry already trends in last year's order. Confirm a blender on the camp packing list.
Sleepers, Cult Favorites & Surprising Skips
Sleeper Hits — broad appeal, no superfans
Lots of LIKE, fewer LOVE. Easy crowd-pleasers — anyone will eat them, no one will fight over them.
Toast / Bagels
Popcorn
Potato chips (regular)
Lemonade / Iced tea
Juice
Cult Favorites — passionate fans, others skip
High LOVE, low LIKE. The fans will go through it fast; the rest won't touch it.
Coconut water
The 16 will drink it daily.
Coffee
Devout drinkers, no casuals.
Hard seltzer
Outpaces beer in passion.
Beef jerky
Half the camp loves it; quarter doesn't care.
Sparkling water
Variety preference matters (LaCroix, Spindrift, Topo Chico).
Surprising Skips — assumed loved, actually meh
Costco staples that the survey says aren't actually wanted. Don't auto-buy these.
Plain Cheerios
Lowest "Love" score in the survey. Skip.
Pringles
Cult brand, mid-tier in this camp.
Veggie chips
Often defaulted-to "healthy" option, not loved here.
Licorice / Twizzlers
Single lowest item across the entire survey. Don't bother.
All sodas (every type)
Polarizing — most people are meh on them. Buy variety light, lean into seltzer/iced tea/coconut water instead.
Comfort & Camper Spotlights individual quirks & quotable moments
Quotable Campers
Brock Bentley
Red Bull (normal or regular). Tons of water. Tons of headache pills (ibuprofen). TONS.
Camp's most honest reality check. Stock the medicine cabinet too.
Justin Herman
PUSSY (I'm just kidding Peet. It's actually pussies, lol we have fun here.)
Also: peanut butter or almond butter filled pretzels. All the breakfast foods listed.
Cheree Erickson
Please don't go out of your way for me at all. :)
The lowest-maintenance camper in the survey. Easy to feed, easy to please.
Danny Bateman
Cheree. Cheree's butt. Cheree's face. (We will have plenty of comfort food in our trailer.)
Self-sufficient. Romantic. Knows what matters.
Heather Walsh
I'm picky ❤️
Radical honesty as comfort item submission. No demands made.
Tessa Mini
Smoothie ingredients :) Thank you Zoe and Dempsey for all your kindness! Thank you Kat for all your hard work cooking :)
Vegan + grateful. Stock blender, frozen fruit, oat milk.
Zack Chapaloni
Peanut Butter & Pickles (Trust me).
Also: noodles (Pad Thai/Pasta), chips & dip. The PB Cult has range.
Peet Guercio
Pigs in a blanket in like, crescent rolls or something! Mega Stuf Oreos. Store-brand fizzy waters.
Specific. Brand-loyal. Not the regular Oreos.
Chandler Watson
Cinnamon rolls. Blueberry muffin. Burger.
The pastries case (88% camp demand) needs to come through for him.
Paul Richardson
Plain dark chocolate 70%. Chai tea / Thai tea. Little Debbie Donut Sticks.
Refined palate, then donut sticks. A whole person.
Jacob Gutman
Espresso machine! With oat milk. Peanut butter pretzels. Peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
The PB Cult's high priest. Coffee infrastructure required.
Billy Anderson
Cheetos (the big puffy ones). Pork chops. Stuffed shells.
Specific. The big puffy ones. Not regular Cheetos.
Themes
Peanut butter (PB pretzels, sandwiches)5
Coffee / espresso + oat milk3
Dried mango / dehydrated fruit2
Hot sauce2
Smoothie ingredients2
Chips & dip (hummus, guac)2
Red Bull / energy1
Cinnamon rolls / pastries2