We recently discovered these. $1.60 a piece at Woolies and they're really flipping good! My wife typically makes us salads for lunch during the week, and constantly coming up with proteins is a pain. I also spend a reasonable amount of time out on the road for work and typically bring canned tuna for snacking on, but I'll happily smash a can of these and keep moving. Also, if you're feeling really lazy, a couple of cans of these tossed with a small bag of chopped lettuce or salad greens makes a perfectly acceptable side salad. There are more varieties than I've shown. Give them a go! ๐
Good point, but it kinda comes down to how much value you put on your time, and what volume of beans you're going to eat. To save on the time spent doing all that prep work, and finding storage like you said, I'd happily buy a lot of cans of beans, it's not like my family is going through hundreds of cans a week.
On top of that, I can chuck a few of these in my work bag, find them 9 months later, and eat them with pretty high confidence they're not going to kill me.