Do you like sushi?
Posted on 11/15/2008 6:35:31 AM PST by xtinct
The economy is in tatters and, for millions of people, the future is uncertain. But for some employees at the Hormel Foods Corporation plant here, times have never been better. They are working at a furious pace and piling up all the overtime they want.
Jerry’s Other Place sells a Spamburger for $6.29. The workers make Spam, perhaps the emblematic hard-times food in the American pantry.
Through war and recession, Americans have turned to the glistening canned product from Hormel as a way to save money while still putting something that resembles meat on the table. Now, in a sign of the times, it is happening again, and Hormel is cranking out as much Spam as its workers can produce.
In a factory that abuts Interstate 90, two shifts of workers have been making Spam seven days a week since July, and they have been told that the relentless work schedule will continue indefinitely.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
I think some of that stuff is featured in the movie “Alien.”
Do you like sushi?
rofl... are you a PhotoShop expert? These are great.
I'm getting hungry posting these and I have no Spam!
Rack of Spam was a real winner at the Hicks cookout in RI a few years ago.
SOYLENT GREEN!
What the heck is the black thing on the right??
That's about a 4000 calorie lunch, and Hawaiians eat them on a regular basis. More Spam is sold in Hawaii than anywhere else- a favorite K-Rat item brought back from the Nisei 100th Bn and 442nd RCT who fought in North Africa and Europe during WWII.
” ... too much salt ...”
Look for Spam Lite, in the pale blue can.
Guess I should buy it once in a while!
BTW, I also saw a Velveeta commercial on TV yesterday.
The basic gist of this argument in the Times article is bogus. They are trying to point to increased Spam sales as a sign that Americans are struggling to put meat on the table. This is BS. As stated in their own article, Spam sells at $3.20 a pound. There are plenty of fine meat choices out there that sell for $3.20 a pound and less - just about everything, in fact (except T-bones, beef tenderloin and fillets).
Sales of Spam are increasing for one simple reason - we are a fat, lazy, unhealthy country overall. We like junk.
Sales of Spam are increasing for one simple reason - shelflife. People suspect that a time is coming soon when that $3.20/lb meat will unaffordable or unavailable due to supply line disruptions.
Hard times a comin' - stock up and prepare to hunker down.
“Hard times a comin’ - stock up and prepare to hunker down.”
I’m not ready to build any bunkers yet.
We’ll survive this latest hiccup, just like we survived Clinton.
...plus, wait ‘til you have to adjust your eyes to the light after four years underground. That’s gonna hurt.
People are not going out to eat to save money but they still have to eat so it is a good business to be in during a downturn.
Yeah, I'm paranoid and crazy, but my family has no worries. Because they know Mamma Cat is paranoid and crazy. And I DON'T stock Spam.
It was what the extras in the living dead films were chewing :)
Did I mention we are prepared for zombie attacks as well? ;)
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