Lee Duna to [email protected]English • 1 year agoCost-of-living crisis fuels global appetite for instant ramenwww.theguardian.commessage-square57fedilinkarrow-up1336
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minus-squareAdmiral PatricklinkfedilinkEnglish34•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink23•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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•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.