Healthy Living
Sunday, November 29, 2009
7 popular food and fitness products during this recession
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You may be holding off on buying some items in this tough economy,
but are there other things - maybe treats of sort - that you still
buy for yourself?
A new
report shows some of the products flying off store shelves
during this recession, including:
- Chocolate (Profits at Hershey Co. are up 20 percent)
- Wine, but people are buying cheaper vintages
- Vegetable seeds (Sales of seeds like green beans, tomatoes,
cucumbers, squash and lettuce went up 30 percent)
- Spam, Dinty Moore stew, chili (Hormel Foods Corp. had a six
percent increase in its grocery products unit)
- Macaroni and cheese (Kraft Foods Inc. had double-digit growth
in macaroni and cheese dinners)
Also, see:
Slow economy doesn’t stop sweet tooth
Are you eating comfort foods in these tough economic times?
Is the bad economy making us fat?
I’m definitely contributing to the up sales in chocolate, but I’m
not buying more now than I usually do - I just always buy
chocolate. :)
How about you? Anything on that list you’ve been buying
more of during this recession? Anything off the list?
Related: wine, vegetable seeds, spam, running shoes, recession, kraft, hormel, hershey, fitness, economy, chocolate
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Posted by bright Fri Jun 5, 2009 12:01am PDT
I buy more fruits and vegetables. Less sodas. Less junk. Less red meat and more chicken.
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Posted by Katie B Fri Jun 5, 2009 8:49am PDT
Honestly I am buying more healthy choices... fresh produce and meat.. none of that boxed crap (much to the dismay of my husband)..
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Posted by Leah Fri Jun 5, 2009 9:16am PDT
I don't know why people are buying more Spam. Spam was a staple during the depression because the Army had excess amounts and it really was cheap. Nowadays at more than 3 dollars for a 12 oz can it is NOT economical! Dry beans and lentils are much better for you and dirt cheap. Even tofu is cheaper than Spam.
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Posted by cindy Fri Jun 5, 2009 10:00am PDT
What about Ramen soup? That is like the cheapest stuff ever. and good!
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Posted by cindy Fri Jun 5, 2009 10:01am PDT
I could live on wine and ramen noodles
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Posted by Katie B Fri Jun 5, 2009 2:11pm PDT
Leah, maybe they are stocking up on spam in case of the apocalypse.. Isn't SPAM considered the cockroach of the food world... oh wait, that might be the twinkie actually... where it can last through a nuclear blast and you can still eat it 100 years later?
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Posted by Gizmo1 Fri Jun 5, 2009 3:26pm PDT
Is anyone the least bit worried about over doing the sodium? Geez, Spam, Ramen noodles. I love them too but I worry about blowing up like a beachball!
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Posted by Gizmo1 Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:12pm PDT
Is anyone the least bit worried about over doing the sodium? Geez, Spam, Ramen noodles. I love them too but I worry about blowing up like a beachball!
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Posted by Gizmo1 Fri Jun 5, 2009 4:23pm PDT
And as long as we are throwing caution to the wind, this is my all time favorite. Dump brown sugar in with the peanut butter, and eat with a spoon. You HAVE heard of Ambien eating, haven't you?
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Posted by sunflowerbeary Fri Jun 5, 2009 5:13pm PDT
Yes,I buy wine,chocolate.I buy meals that we make at home.Like macroni and cheese;salads.
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