Potato Bakon and Barley Vegetable are soups. I think they used the term bakon because it's vegetarian and contains no actual bacon in it. From
Food For Health's website the ingredients for Ala King look like rice and veggies in some sort of sauce.
SurvivalBlog.com has a post about this product being the target of a class action lawsuit because Costco originally advertised as a 3 month food supply for one person, but the total caloric count of the bucket / 90 days only comes out to 455 calories/day. It looks like Costco has subsequently removed the 3 month supply wording.
When I grow up, I'm going to Bovine University!