Maybe buy a candle from the Dollar Store and put on some Barry White music.
That ramen noodle soup went from $1.94 to $2.27 for 12 about five months ago.
What is the price on 24 in your town?
Chemical prices going way up, too. Ramen = no answer!
Yup—the way people will respond to food inflation in the real world is they will “trade down”—chicken instead of steak, canned veggies instead of fresh, etc etc.
Most Americans can “trade down” a long way to save money.
just bought a box of cup of noodles at Costco, more flashlights, and I have a box or two of ramen too...