[WeatherOp]

...Spam costs $3.19 at the local store, you know everything is messed up. 

[Angelus]

that's true.



I get spam for free... 

[Sololop]

If Spam cost $10 I'd still buy it.

That slimy, delicious canned meat.

[Mars]

Ramen is still on the order of $100 a pallet, so I'm alright XD

[Nuke]

spam has always been expensive. it may just cost more to can meat than other things, but i assume its high price point was to liberate the military of their cash. spam is one of those food stuffs meant for military consumption, but later found a market in the private sector. i used to eat spam all the time back in the day. of course these days i hardly ever eat spam anymore in favor of cheeper and better pork products (like bacon).

[achtung]

A gallon of milk costs the equivalent of a gallon of gas in many places. Of course, this is probably more a symptom of distribution cost than anything.

[Nuke]

were one of those places where gas is cheaper than milk. my sister's family are actually talking about getting a few cows.

[Sololop]

Really? Here, Milk, and other Necessities, are sold to what they cost to produce, no more. Food isn't even taxed, either.

Expensive milk, expensive Spam, expensive healthcare, expensive dope. The US is a very expensive place.

[Slasher]

There are probably people out there who have access to fewer calories than a single can of spam offers.  That, what, rates two thumbs down I guess?   

[Mars]

Not for long there are not. It would be impossible to make a year at that caloric level, I am fairly certain.

950 calories per can of spam. Does anyone know the nutrition of starvation at all? I can't imagine anyone could be sustained for long on less than 1000

[WeatherOp]

Really? Here, Milk, and other Necessities, are sold to what they cost to produce, no more. Food isn't even taxed, either.

Expensive milk, expensive Spam, expensive healthcare, expensive dope. The US is a very expensive place.

[Jack Sparrow voice]"But..why the spam?"[/Jack Sparrow voice]

that's true.



I get spam for free... 

Ok, I'm writing the government to raise taxes on people who get free spam. It's not fair for the other 99.99999%.

[Unknown Target]

Bread's at like 50 cents a loaf, that's pretty good. Oscar Meyer wieners are less than $10 for 30 I think.

[Mars]

Woah, where do you get your bread? It's ~ 5 at Big Lots and ~7 at kroger.

[Unknown Target]

Wegman's store-brand bread?

[WeatherOp]

Bread's at like 50 cents a loaf, that's pretty good. Oscar Meyer wieners are less than $10 for 30 I think.

I can get bread for around .80-$1  or so at the Pig, same with hot dog and hamburger buns.

The Spam on the other hand, is still high.....

[NeoKnight]

950 calories per can of spam. Does anyone know the nutrition of starvation at all? I can't imagine anyone could be sustained for long on less than 1000

I believe a daily intake of 1200 calories is generally considered the minimum.

[S-99]

A gallon of milk costs the equivalent of a gallon of gas in many places. Of course, this is probably more a symptom of distribution cost than anything.

I always thought the comparison of food price to the price of a gallon of gas to be apples to combustion. Why is this phenomenal for others? I don't know. Petroleum is one hell of an important commodity compared to that of the very different nature and value of food.

There will always be food, and there will always be those starving. There may not always be petroleum.

[redsniper]

There will always be food

Is that a dangerous assumption!

[Nuke]

as long as there are people there will be food, we would just have to resort to cannibalism.

[Bobboau]

Is that a dangerous assumption!

he didn't say enough food.