SPAM - Its whats for Dinner!

"MILWAUKEE — Love it, hate it or laugh at it — at least it's inexpensive. Sales of Spam — that much maligned meat — are rising as consumers are turning more to lunch meats and other lower-cost foods to extend their already stretched food budgets." Read More Here

I am just amazed the fact that people decided to turn to SPAM because of the rising cost of food. Usually eating or talking about spam - it gets easily mocked by society. But not anymore, since the rising cost of food and fuel, spam has had an increase of sales of at least 14%!

I have always loved Spam. So the increase in sales of it just made my day and amused me. I love spam because it brings back memories of my dad making it on a toasted sandwich with mustard. So one year they had you can earn a shirt with proof of purchase for their 70th anniversary, so I bought a few and then got my free shirt.

To celebrate, I had decided to buy more Spam and take a picture (as you can see).

And buy Spam at a Grocer near you. ;)

Gas Prices

I know A LOT of people have opinion about the Gas Prices right now, and at this point, I have been mostly observing the recent trend in the high gas prices, but not really expressed an opinion about the subject.

I had also learned a few things about it as well. For one, I had learned that gas in two years can more likely go up to $5 and some change. Another article had mentioned what would happen if gas had gone up to $10? They say a lot of independent trucking companies would go out of business and a lot of airlines would be standing idle.

And because of the scare for some, they are looking for alternatives for transportation other than using their car, because it has caused more of a dent is the household budget of some. I drive a Toyota and it happens to get good gas mileage and I have a good paying job, so I don' really feel that affected by the recent rise of gasoline nor the recession, which also plays a big part in this. Between layoffs and the rising cost a food, in the California state, a lot of middle class folk are now becoming homeless and ironically living out of their cars.

I think people in general are adaptable to new situations and are capable of surviving something as harsh as this hit right now, so at the moment I am not too worried but I am going to keep in mind to be prepared for anything.