SPAM under lock and key in NYC stores...

[Faulkner]

You know, Piggly Wiggly was America's first true self-service grocery store, founded in Memphis, Tennessee in 1916 by Clarence Saunders. In grocery stores of that time, shoppers presented their orders to clerks who then gathered the goods from the store shelves. Saunders came up with an unheard-of solution that would revolutionize the entire grocery industry: he developed a way for shoppers to serve themselves. There were shopping baskets, open shelves, and no clerks to shop for the customer – all of which were previously unheard of!

Looks like due to the overwhelming lowering of moral values in some communities local stores may be migrating back to pre-Piggly Wiggly store operations of over a hundred years ago.

 

[ACORN]

Years ago a company rep. told me how the auto parts stores in NY were.
You went in and told the counterman (behind glass)what you wanted. He looked it up ad got it for you, gave you the price. You paid and only then he placed what you bought between a set of double doors. You then opened your door and took your purchase.
Sad to see the decline of morals in our country.

 

[DWalt]

Where I grew up there were no supermarkets, just neighborhood mom and pop general stores. The owners would put your order together and check you out. Most didn't even have a cash register, usually only a cash box. Supermarkets in the modern sense didn't catch on until the late 1930s, and then only in larger towns and cities.

 

[grover99]

I am well stocked up on freeze dried to last a month or more but just went and bought a lot of cat food. I can miss a meal or make do but Max would get right upset if he didn't get fed.

 

[S&W629]

I heard someone once postulate that civilization was only about 3 meals thick. In my 50+ years I've yet to see them proved wrong.

Bud this the truth.....very few people have more than three days of food in the house....when the stores close....the streets will be filled with the zombies looking for something to eat

 

[DWalt]

Good news on the canned dog food front. The local H-E-B store had one 12 can flat on the shelf today. I bought it. The dogs are good for another few weeks.

 

[LVSteve]

There was a bunch of stuff in Smith's (AKA Kroger) was missing with tags to take to the cashier if you wanted them. Tide was one of the items. Saw some other locations like it in the store, but I didn't look to see what items were on the naughty list.

 

[Chief Wiggums]

kinda pricey but it doesnt hurt to have on hand.
Pouches - Mountain House

the breakfast skillet , biscuits & gravy & rice/chicken entries are really good

 

[THE PILGRIM]

Lately I've been a little light prepping -stacking, including some Spam.
Recently at the Base Commissary I wandered into the back room which is sale items, close outs, etc.
Saw some MREs and this other Ration which I was not familiar with.
It's like a Junior MRE. And a lot cheaper!

 

[oldbrownhat]

Have they changed it in the last few years? I bought some recently but it seems slimier and more "processed" than it used to be. (Maybe I'm thinking of corned beef?)

To answer my own question, from an article I just read,

...[The] recipe, using pork shoulder (once considered an undesirable byproduct of hog butchery), water, salt, sugar, and sodium nitrate (for coloring) remained unchanged until 2009, when Hormel began adding potato starch to sop up the infamous gelatin "layer" that naturally forms when meat is cooked. According to Behne, the recipe change was purely an aesthetic choice: "It looks a lot better now when you open the can." The rest, Hormel insists, has remained the same...
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[sceva]

My and my Grandson's favorite is the Bacon Spam variety. We tried different variations and it has the best flavor in our opinion and as a bonus it is actually lower in Sodium then the low sodium or Lite varieties. On the other hand, Turkey Spam is vile

 

[bigwheelzip]

Mystery meat for 23 cents an ounce. How can you beat that?
At Costco today, I saw a pallet for your palate. Not kept locked up here, in the culinary nirvana of South Carolina.

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[biku324]

A Spam, egg, and cheese sandwich is a fine breakfast.

 

[Rustyt1953]

As is Lobster Thermidor au Crevettes with a mornay sauce served in a Provencale manner with shallots and aubergines garnished with truffle pate, brandy and with a fried egg on top and Spam.

 

[kaaskop49]

There was a bunch of stuff in Smith's (AKA Kroger) was missing with tags to take to the cashier if you wanted them. Tide was one of the items. Saw some other locations like it in the store, but I didn't look to see what items were on the naughty list.

Even tho I left NYC in 2010, I still can't get over that 'my' Rite Aid store on the toney Upper East Side at 80th Street & 2nd Ave. was forced to shut down as organized gangs of looters would come in to help themselves. Too dangerous for the staff and customers...

And people still ask me if I've been back to visit!!

Kaaskop49
Shield #5103

 

[Bullet Bob]

I like low-sodium Spam, sliced slightly more than 1/4" thick, grilled lightly on both sides, on a bun or bread with either melted cheese, or a fresh 'mater.

 

[pawngal]

You don't have to worry about me hoarding any Spam, can't stand the vile stuff.

 

[hsguy]

Monty Python Spam Spam Spam - video Dailymotion

And another interesting item. The McDonald's Breakfast Item You Can Only Get In Hawaii

 

[Rustyt1953]

Since the door has been opened...

[ame]https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=m9wdYy3tCm4[/ame]

 

[digi-shots]

Yum…yummy..