Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoCost-of-living crisis fuels global appetite for instant ramenwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up1339arrow-down15
arrow-up1334arrow-down1external-linkCost-of-living crisis fuels global appetite for instant ramenwww.theguardian.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square59fedilink
minus-squareAdmiral Patrick@dubvee.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up34arrow-down3·edit-21 year agoTrue story. The instant noodle aisles in my two closest grocery stores are always picked clean as of the last several months. LPT: Egg noodles are still fairly cheap and just as versatile if not more so.
minus-squaretburkhol@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up22·1 year agoAt my store, a 12-pack of Maruchan is $6 - $3.57/pound. Store brand spaghetti is $0.90/pound and chicken bouillon is $2.50 for a half pound. Ramen is convenient and fast, not cheap.
minus-squareinterceder270@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI did the math, and Maruchan cup noodles scaled perfectly with inflation. They used to be $0.33 back in ~2005, now they’re $0.52. https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm $0.33 in 2005 is $0.53 in 2023. Inflation is how the ruling class recoups any gains the working class has made, with interest. The answer is not to make more; it’s to spend less.
True story. The instant noodle aisles in my two closest grocery stores are always picked clean as of the last several months.
LPT: Egg noodles are still fairly cheap and just as versatile if not more so.
At my store, a 12-pack of Maruchan is $6 - $3.57/pound. Store brand spaghetti is $0.90/pound and chicken bouillon is $2.50 for a half pound. Ramen is convenient and fast, not cheap.
I did the math, and Maruchan cup noodles scaled perfectly with inflation.
They used to be $0.33 back in ~2005, now they’re $0.52.
https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm
$0.33 in 2005 is $0.53 in 2023.
Inflation is how the ruling class recoups any gains the working class has made, with interest. The answer is not to make more; it’s to spend less.