As the economy plunges into an abyss, consumers are cutting back on spending. They're desperately seeking bargains, including culinary ones.
While most companies deal with declining demand, McDonald's saw its U.S. sales jump 5.3 percent in the last quarter. At the supermarket, meanwhile, sales of stuff like Spam and Dinty Moore canned stew are surging.
But as economic crisis makes highly processed, junky food ever-more attractive, evidence of its ill health effects mounts. The latest, from Reuters:
Mice fed junk food for nine months showed signs of developing the abnormal brain tangles strongly associated with Alzheimer's disease, a Swedish researcher said on Friday.
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Delay And Deny Posted 11:23 am
02 Dec 2008
I went to Jack in the Box last...um...Wednesday, yeah, and it was not cheap. The Sirloin burger meal was nearly 10 bucks! Not only that but it was the night before Thanksgiving and there was only one guy on duty. I had to wait for 20 minutes at the speaker and then another 20 minutes at the pickup window for SK8TR BOI at the grill to hand over the bags.
When I'm not in a hurry, I get a loaf of real bread at Wild Wheat Bakery in downtown Kent -- it's about $3.50 is which is less than many of the corn syrup laden loaves in the supermarket.
Then I get some Tillamook Cheese -- the medium white was on sale for nearly 9 bucks. Then some Genoa Salami, about 7 bucks. Ok, so that less than 20 bucks -- BUT -- I can make about 10 sandwiches out of it making the cost about $2 per.
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