Posted on 07/31/2022 12:42:59 PM PDT by lowbridge
The one-two punch of inflation and rising crime has caused at least one New York City store to lock up its inventory of Spam in a plastic case.
Shoppers, store employees, and social media users expressed disbelief after discovering the $3.99 canned meat product out of reach behind lock and key at a Duane Reade inside New York City’s Port Authority bus depot, the New York Post reported.
"I’ve never seen that before!" one cashier laughed while removing the Spam from its plastic anti-theft covering.
"Some of these things are pretty ridiculous," said Jenny Kenny, a 43-year-old visiting town from Kentucky who says she was aware of the crime spike in the city but still couldn’t believe there were "so many" items in boxes.
Other shoppers wondered why Spam, along with $1.89 cans of Starkist tuna, were locked up while more expensive products like $5.49 cans of Amy’s soup were not.
"To put Spam in a cage is stupid — and kind of insulting to the customers that would buy it," 46-year-old shopper Dennis Snow said.
Crime in New York City is up this year in six of seven major categories and the New York Post reported that petty larceny complaints are up 52% in the precinct where the Port Authority is located compared to last year.
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Shall I say it?
FJB!
Hormel Foods secretly pleased with the free advertising.
Was so sure it was the BEE.
Little Hawaii?
July 11, 2020:
AOC on increased NYC crime: “Maybe this has to do with the fact that people aren’t paying their rent & are scared to pay their rent & so they go out & they need to feed their child & they don’t have money so... they feel like they either need to shoplift some bread or go hungry.” (NY Daily News and many others).
At a Walmart here in Austin, Barbasol is under lock and key.
Chinese Communist Party conference table talk:
“So who still believes the American system is not collapsing from our efforts? They treasure Spam and have to lock it up over there. To coin a phrase, Winning” (laughter and high fives)
lock up its inventory of Spam in a plastic case.
= = =
Is that like Lenin in his tomb?
It WILL last that long.
I was wondering when people would stop putting up with the high cost of food. They’re just going to take it.
Anything Walmart puts under locked case is usually something I never buy. Got tired of waiting for Mabel to truck her fat butt over to unlock the knife case once several years ago. What a hassle.
19 years is a prison ship should straighten them out... unless they rob a priest on the first day out in 2041.
it could be worse...... in San Francisco any one can just go in the store and stuff their pockets with spam and then just leave unmolested so long as the total doesn’t exceed $950
Mean while, in America, at Sam’s Spam is available in case lots everyday
No it isn't. You people in NYC STEAL!
A kid with a key would be needed to open the locked gondola.
Boy Howdy! If this keeps up Hormel is going to be forced to make up a second batch of the original Spam.
God knows I am probably nuts, but I do really like Spam.
As they say:
“Good cooks use Spam like ham, only more often”
Soon to be followed by canned chicken. I recently bought a couple of hundred cans... see what I paid for a flat then and what it is now... this has to be a disaster for struggling families...
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