- I have always thought that 72-hour kits should be all in one place, so that you can grab it in an emergency. That is how they can best help you. For a real life example--a lot of the people in New Orleans who had to evacuate their homes because of Hurricane Katrina were without food & water and other things for a while before people like the Red Cross could get to them, but many (mabye most) of them were reached by help within 72 hours. So if they had been able to grab a 72-hour kit on the way out the door, things would have been much better for them. But they might not have had time to gather up all their stuff from different places (or to remember which things to grab) if they had it all but didn't have it in one place.
- As far as storing food in bulk, I think you are right that it is just going to be lost if you can't use it quick enough after opening it. So if it is something like that jar of spaghetti sauce, just store it in the smaller jars that you can use.
If you look on the Church's Provident Living web site (http://www.providentliving.org/channel/0,11677,1706-1,00.html) they talk about having a 3-month supply: "Build a small supply of food that is part of your normal, daily diet. One way to do this is to purchase a few extra items each week to build a one-week supply of food. Then you can gradually increase your supply until it is sufficient for three months. These items should be rotated regularly to avoid spoilage." I think of the 3-month supply as being extra of what you normally use, in the same size of containers as what you normally use.
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