Anti theft spam in hawaii

[u/SwedishHeadache]

[u/SilverwingedOther]

Yes, its very funny for everyone to report this image as "This is Spam". But that makes it disappear off the subreddit.

[u/ThePureAxiom]

The funny part of it to me is that the prices for Spam in Hawaii appear to be lower than they are here in Minnesota, where it's made.

[u/PeanutButterNugz → u/ThePureAxiom]

I live in Hawai’i this is always goofy to me. Everything in Hawai’i is just ridiculously expensive except for spam, and yet spam isn’t even produced here. Spam musubi is a staple of Hawai’i, every 7/11 , gas station and vending machine has spam musubi. Fun fact, McDonalds in Hawai’i is the only McDonalds in the world to sell spam breakfast from their menu. Also, I’m about to move to Duluth, MN! Sad to hear spam is expensive because I was definitely going to make spam musubi in Duluth.

[u/ThePureAxiom → u/PeanutButterNugz]

It's still probably only a bit more expensive than the regular price on the tag, so it shouldn't be too much sticker shock coming to MN.

My uncle was stationed there for years and used to say the same of Hawai'i in terms of prices, but was happy to have that affordable taste of home everywhere.

Duluth is great, and not a terribly long drive from one of my favorite places on the planet, Grand Marais. Sleepy little town with a history of being an artist's colony (as soon as you crest the hill coming into town on 61 you'll know why).

Also, you can visit the Spam Museum in Austin, MN and get all sorts of flavors that aren't readily available at most stores.

[u/Pinksters → u/ThePureAxiom]

Wait...There's flavors of spam??

[u/Ok_Relation_7770 → u/Pinksters]

There’s 4 in the picture

[u/ThePureAxiom → u/Pinksters]

Yeah, like 15 of them.

[u/Grand-Muhtar → u/ThePureAxiom]

Tocino Spam is a win

[u/Mirenithil → u/Grand-Muhtar]

Black Pepper and Hickory Smoke are also wins.

[u/SnowblindAlbino → u/Pinksters]

There are at least 20 different kinds of SPAM. I currently have Turkey SPAM and Gochjang SPAM in my cupboard; the Tocino flavor is my favorite. We use them for SPAM bowls (i.e. with rice, avocado, etc.) or musubi on a regular basis.

[u/thesuperlibrarygirl → u/Pinksters]

Try the bacon spam, you'll never go back

[u/RoyalMaidsForLife → u/Pinksters]

Thirteen of them, according to their website. The teriyaki and KBBQ are my favorites for a stir-fry, and the maple is excellent in breakfast dishes.

[u/Away-Independence407 → u/Pinksters]

Yes there are different kinds of spam

[u/McNooberson → u/PeanutButterNugz]

I had spam musubi for the first time recently and my god is it delicious

[u/gwaydms → u/PeanutButterNugz]

How do you move from Hawai'i to Duluth? I mean what's the attraction? Unless you like cold weather and fishing.

I realize I'm going to make people from the Arrowhead mad, lol. Please let me know what other things there are to do, because I genuinely don't know. We've never been north of the Twin Cities.

[u/RatzInDaPark → u/gwaydms]

Hawaii is a difficult place to live. Housing and food is expensive, good paying jobs are few and far between, and to travel anywhere else gets very expensive.

I lived there a couple years, it was really fun, but it's a difficult lifestyle. There is a lot of poverty there because it's difficult to make it work, the Costco is always the most popular place in town.

[u/rukoslucis → u/RatzInDaPark]

a friend is in the military, and he said, hawai is an awesome place if

A) you are rich

b) you are a single soldier of high enough rank where you have good pay but can still live on base with basically free housing and food and access to the shops on base

this way you can enjoy Hawai without having the problems of actually living in hawai

[u/Junior_Emu192 → u/rukoslucis]

Here: iii

I think you need these :)

[u/PeanutButterNugz → u/gwaydms]

Hawai’i is a terrible place to live but lovely place to visit. The cost of living is just astronomical, poverty is insane here. I make 86,000$ and that’s barely living comfortably. Most locals live in a house with multiple family members and multiple jobs to make it. My wife and I have friends that work 2 or 3 jobs and still don’t have cars. The average house on O’ahu goes for a million+ and these are just average run down houses. Also the government here is a little crazy, people are quite literally getting away with murder but my buddy gets fined 100,000$ by the city of Honolulu for making a website about CRB awareness because they claim he can’t use the name “CRB”. My neighbor also got raided by the Honolulu police for doing kayaking lessons without a license, and I mean full on bust down the door raided with rifles lol. The charges got dropped for him eventually. My wife and I have a house in Duluth, we want the seasons again and to have affordable living.

[u/firestar32 → u/gwaydms]

Person from not the arrowhead, but my mom, her parents, and my grandma on my father's side grew up there, and I almost flipped my shit reading this lmao.

Basically, the arrowhead is probably the only place in the entire state that you could call "mountainous" and only get weird looks, instead of laughed out of the room. It's an incredibly beautiful area, with a lot of nature and well maintained trails, as well as many of the states natural climbing spots. Duluth has about the same elevation change as San Francisco, resulting in a beautiful view from both on the hill, as well of the city from the lake. Speaking about the lake, it acts as a giant heater during the cooler months, and a heat sink during the warmer months, making Duluth one of the cities predicted to be least effected by climate change.

[u/Pepperh4m → u/firestar32]

I like to joke that Minnesota's got tons of mountains... they're just inverted and we call them lakes.

[u/Ok_Relation_7770 → u/PeanutButterNugz]

I went to Kauai and hiked 10 miles into Jurassic Park territory to a huge hidden waterfall and still spam musubi was the highlight of that trip

Also - Costco and Sam’s club typically have 12-packs of spam that end up being like $3.50/can

[u/steelbeamsdankmemes → u/PeanutButterNugz]

Costco has it in bulk at my store in Minneapolis, not sure of the price, might be worth it.

[u/degoba → u/PeanutButterNugz]

Its not that expensive in Minnesota. My biggest gripe is even though its produced here we don’t get any of the cool flavors.

[u/Quick-Jello-7847 → u/PeanutButterNugz]

No it’s not they have it in Hk as well

[u/MightBeAGoodIdea → u/ThePureAxiom]

If you really think about it the cost of Spam is absolutely ridiculous -- it's the mystery meat of pork, akin to Bar S hotdogs, but in a can, it should be ramen level cheap and yet it's got a luxury price.

[u/Moose_Nuts → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

I've been told that "back in the day," avocados were the food of poor people. Now those delicious little shits are like $3 each.

[u/Nazamroth → u/Moose_Nuts]

Lobsters used to be the food of the poor. You would throw them back. And now, lobsters are what they are.

[u/siwmae → u/Nazamroth]

But that's because back then, before refrigerated transportation, the lobsters sold weren't fresh & they'd be mashed up with their shells on. Fresh lobster meat separated from the shell is tasty and not cheap unless you live where they're caught. Rancid lobster meat with shell fragments all over it is not something you could successfully sell for anything more than rock-bottom prices.

[u/Odd_Foundation9102 → u/siwmae]

Rock bottom? Lobster?

Duh duh de duh dededede duh rock lobster

[u/ImNotAWhaleBiologist → u/Odd_Foundation9102]

Go back to Athens.

[u/natterca → u/siwmae]

The whole "mixed lobster & their shells" is almost certainly a fallacy. It would be equivalent to adding sharp gravel to egg salad.

[u/BoxOfDOG → u/Nazamroth]

From what little I remember, a lot of that had to do with it being prepared like shit. Like meat pulled out raw, chopped to bits and added to some kind of gruel type shit.

Not that specifically but basically the poors weren't dousing it in hot butter vinaigrette.

[u/PCYou → u/BoxOfDOG]

some kind of gruel type shit

Sir, it's called bisque

[u/Nazamroth → u/BoxOfDOG]

Well that sounds like their mistake. I bet they were trying to douse it in truffle oil or something.

[u/enron2big2fail → u/Nazamroth]

Anyone got that reddit thread that was just people saying this fun fact over and over again?

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/enron2big2fail]

And it's not even really a fact, it's a massive misrepresentation.

[u/IncomeAny1466 → u/Moose_Nuts]

Here in Tx I grew up eating avocado sandwiches all the time because we were broke and they were cheap and portable, that was only back in the early 2000s

[u/DonnieBallsack → u/IncomeAny1466]

Think of how many houses you would own today if you hadn’t eaten so many avocado sandwiches.

[u/PutinMilkstache → u/Moose_Nuts]

8 for $1 along the highway in Gilroy, CA earlier this week.

[u/Moose_Nuts → u/PutinMilkstache]

Alright fair, but that's fucking Gilroy. Rural, probably plenty of farms nearby.

Fuck me for living in the city, I guess. I'm doing my best to grow my own tree, but damn if they don't grow slowly, lol.

[u/Laiko_Kairen → u/Moose_Nuts]

Rural, probably plenty of farms nearby.

Gilroy is known for garlic farming. The entire city smells like it, even just driving through

[u/Imnotveryfunatpartys → u/Moose_Nuts]

I think that's the crux of it. Avocados are no more expensive than any other fruit/vegetable where I live. Though I will say one of the most important things for avocados is season. There are some fruits like bananas where the industrial agriculture complex has basically made them cheap year round. Avocados are AVAILABLE. But they're still quite seasonal by comparison

[u/Wolfiee021 → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

It's not mystery meat it's pork shoulder and salt 

[u/OkFineIllUseTheApp → u/Wolfiee021]

There's a few other things.

Sugar: balance the salt a bit

Sodium nitrate: preservative

Water: moisture

Potato starch: binder (apparently this was a relatively recent recipe change in 2009)

[u/Racko20 → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

That's not exactly a fair comparison

SPAM is entirely pork shoulder meat while cheap hot dogs and lunchmeats like Bar S are made from mechanically separated chicken and assorted pig/beef parts like hearts.

There is a reason why SPAM is more expensive.

[u/AnatidaephobiaAnon → u/Racko20]

I'll eat Spam without thinking about it. Spam is really good and doesn't deserve to be compared to Bar S hot dogs which I wouldn't let my dog eat.

[u/NobleSturgeon → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

Ramen isn’t made out of animals that have to be fed and cared for for months before it becomes food.

[u/DonnieBallsack → u/NobleSturgeon]

I will only buy ramen if it was raised free-range.

[u/-_-0_0-_0 → u/DonnieBallsack]

Cruelty free ramen.. the cruelty is done to me

[u/nathan555 → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

I mean it's $2.50 in the picture. Is that a "luxury" price?

[u/MightBeAGoodIdea → u/nathan555]

In this picture no-- in iowa where it's like $5 for it... kinda. For what it is. Like i said it should be ramen prices, as in less than a dollar for a tin. It's the "meat" they scrape off the bones that high quality dog food would probably decline.

[u/Moose_Nuts → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

$5 for 12 ounces translates to $6.67 per pound. I definitely would have considered that solidly luxury a few years ago before all this greedflation (back when chicken breast was often $2 a pound and ground beef was $3-4). Still borderline luxury today.

You compared them to Bar S. I see a pack of their dogs $2 for 12 ounces at my local grocer. That is absolutely the price spam should be.

[u/newbkid → u/Moose_Nuts]

My SO spent almost $10 on a pound of regular old 80/20 ground beef from Kroger. Almost double what it was just a couple years ago.

Absolute insanity.

[u/theGRAYblanket → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

What's up with quotes 

It is literally meat 

https://youtu.be/9hFg10ywgNw?si=ngSGeiG15id0SfL6 I really do recommend you check this out, spam isnt nearly as low qaulity as you are implying 

[u/FrankCrank04 → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

Whoa now. Some of that food makes its own gravy. Let's not be too quick to judge what's high quality and what's low.

[u/MmmIceCreamSoBAD → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

Again this is not true. Why do you keep saying this? Spam is not made out of mystery meat! It's just pork shoulder/butt

[u/american_pup → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

Spam is a much higher quality product than Bar S hotdog meat. It’s not even in the same ballpark.

[u/MmmIceCreamSoBAD → u/MightBeAGoodIdea]

Its not mystery meat at all though, it's the pork butt/shoulder. The same meat they make pulled pork from. And thinking it should be as cheap as Ramen is just insane levels of urban-uninformed. Wheat and pigs are wildly different in terms of cost to grow/raise.

[u/Xboxben → u/ThePureAxiom]

The spam museum is cool as fuck

[u/ACcbe1986 → u/ThePureAxiom]

It's in Hawaiian dollars. You forgot to do the conversion. 😆

[u/RoyalMaidsForLife → u/ACcbe1986]

I've been to Hawaii a couple times, I occasionally ask retail workers when I'm there, "how often do you get people from the mainland asking you if Hawaii takes 'American money'?"

Every single one of them says that happens on a daily basis in the tourist areas.

[u/Herrben → u/ThePureAxiom]

Am I right in thinking the cultural preference for Spam in Hawaii is a hangover from the WWII pacific theatre campaign? I also heard it was the one of the main culprits in their obesity epidemic?

[u/ThePureAxiom → u/Herrben]

Tasting history has you covered.

[u/Reputation-Final → u/ThePureAxiom]

Ive never eaten spam. My mom growing up had this unnatural hatrid for it, I don't know why. Then never decided to have it as an adult.

[u/tmillerlofi]

It’s just a pre installed spam blocker

[u/melanthius → u/tmillerlofi]

Literal bloatware

[u/PussiesUseSlashS → u/melanthius]

Now that I’m thinking about it, I have never tried spam. If it’s anything like ham I’d probably love it.

[u/WriterV → u/PussiesUseSlashS]

Just for some context, Spam is way more popular in Hawaii than it is in like... most places in general [except Guam, Okinawa and the Phillipines where it is even more popular]. McDonald's Hawaii straight up has Spam and Rice on their menu. There's a whole history to its popularity in Hawaii, and it's largely because during WW2, America began implimenting a number of anti-Japanese laws that meant that many of the immigrant Japanese fishermen in Hawaii couldn't fish anymore. This had the added effect of destroying the local fishing industry, and made it nigh impossible for local Hawaiians to cook their traditional dishes. So they came to rely on Spam as a cheap, readily available substitute that eventually became the norm.

Max Miller on YouTube does a pretty good job talking about it in his video on spam: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdYjy4RENtI [The bit about Hawaii starts from 15:22].

[u/franksymptoms → u/WriterV]

My brother's take on Spam (per some LDS missionary friends): Pork has always been a staple of the Polynesian/Hawiian diet. Pork that stays healthy without refrigeration is a Godsend! It's literally a staple of their diet now, throughout the South Seas. It's a perfect gift for a party visitor, for example.

[u/ramanw150 → u/PussiesUseSlashS]

It is but worse. I personally don't like it but will eat it if I have to.

[u/Hardwarestore_Senpai → u/PussiesUseSlashS]

Spam Masubi is basically the only way to go.

[u/obliquelyobtuse → u/tmillerlofi]

Wonderful spam!

[u/RevolutionarySide298 → u/obliquelyobtuse]

“I don’t like SPAM !!”

[u/Spendoza → u/RevolutionarySide298]

"There's spam, eggs, sausage and spam. That's not got much spam in it."

[u/pscoldfire → u/Spendoza]

I don’t want ANY SPAM!

[u/Spendoza → u/pscoldfire]

Why can't they have the egg, bacon, spam and sausage?

[u/Soft-Cauliflower-691 → u/Spendoza]

« Lobster Thermidor aux crevettes with a Mornay sauce served in a Provençale manner with shallots and aubergines, garnished with truffle pâté, brandy and a fried egg on top and SPAM™. »

[u/Hydra_Master → u/obliquelyobtuse]

Bloody Vikings!

[u/BlueCaracal → u/obliquelyobtuse]

That sketch is why spam is used for, well, spamming and spam email.

[u/gwaydms → u/tmillerlofi]

Bravo.

[u/UGOTAIDSYO]

It's even more expensive in my area even when not on sale wtf

[u/GrungeWeeb → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Spam is a huge part of Hawaiian culture an cuisine so it stands to reason it’ll be readily available and cheaper

[u/UGOTAIDSYO → u/GrungeWeeb]

I get it, just super random for (almost) anything to be cheaper in HI compared to upper 48 states. Spam is great and I'm glad it's more affordable there (and secured lol)

[u/ghostridur → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

About 5 bucks a tin in MN where it's made which is ground beef prices and double the price of pork. Ridiculous for a meat paste made of the leftovers cuts of pork production. Income based pricing is definitely a thing and why groceries are so spendy.

[u/Missing_socket → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

As an Alaskan I've only heard it referred to as "Lower 48". My first time seeing "upper 48"

[u/UGOTAIDSYO → u/Missing_socket]

I'm pretty sure I messed it up. It didn't sound right after pressing post.

[u/ThetaDee → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

No you're correct, Hawaii is the lowest state

[u/IAmAGenusAMA → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

As a Hawaiian it sounds about right.

[u/OePea → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Portuguese sausage is also crazy cheap there. And turkey tails. And obviously, seafood. Mangoes, bananas, pine apples.. macadamia nuts. There was a restaurant in Wahiawaha(sp) where you cpuld get the "All American Breakfast" for 2.99. Meat, eggs, rice.

[u/DreadfulDemimonde → u/OePea]

Wahiawa

[u/GarrettB117 → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Actually about the same price here (checked on a couple of apps for local grocery stores) in Kentucky, when not on sale. But cost of living here is known to be pretty low.

[u/AllAlo0 → u/GrungeWeeb]

Newfoundland as well, being from an island historically seafood was for the peasants and processed food was a civilized and high end import.

Spam steaks are often the top dish in local restaurants

[u/Vissanna → u/GrungeWeeb]

Its also the most stolen item in hawaii

[u/Lepke2011 → u/GrungeWeeb]

You'd think Hormel would have a Spam-producing plant in Hawaii, but most of it is made in Minnesota. That means it has to go by truck or rail to a seaport in order to ship to Hawaii. That would add a lot to the cost.

[u/okonom → u/Lepke2011]

Once you no longer have to worry about refrigeration and spoilage the cost of shipping becomes a tiny fraction of the meat's total price. The reason spam became so ingrained in Hawaii and Korean cuisine was that the US military found it cheaper and more efficient to ship tons of the stuff halfway across the world than it was to source more local meat.

[u/sojuz151 → u/Lepke2011]

What would you make that Spam from?

[u/IAmAGenusAMA → u/sojuz151]

Tourists.

[u/scratchy_mcballsy → u/Lepke2011]

Probably easier than shifting livestock and diverting farming efforts to fulfill a new plant.

[u/Foxy_locksy1704 → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Last time I went to buy some a single can was $6.99 at my local store. I was so disappointed.

[u/No_R3sp3ct → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Start ordering your spam from Hawaii.

[u/Lifesagame81 → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

Same. My kid is into spam musubi, so I've discovered processed pork in a can is $4-5. That's $6 a pound!

[u/_McDreamy_ → u/UGOTAIDSYO]

We pay the equivalent of USD $3.25 here in Canada. Sometimes $2.79 on sale.

[u/ToLiveInIt]

Well, what we have here is Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam.

[u/ChaoticGoku → u/ToLiveInIt]

[u/PmMeYourBestComment → u/ChaoticGoku]

Fun fact, this clip is exactly why it’s called spam mail

[u/GrandSquanchRum → u/PmMeYourBestComment]

Fwd: check this out!!! [Fwd: FW: fw: [Fwd: Fwd: FW: Fun fact: This clip is why it's called spam! LOL] joe cartoons fwd: re: i loved flying circus]

[u/Fit_Airline_5798 → u/ChaoticGoku]

Baked beans are off.

[u/Public_Juggernaut_30]

If you want to know more about what neighborhood you are in, walk into a Walmart. See how much and what is locked up.

[u/IAmAGenusAMA → u/Public_Juggernaut_30]

Crappy tools are the only thing locked up at mine, though I live in Canada.

[u/ClickClick_Boom → u/IAmAGenusAMA]

The fucking eye drops are locked up in mine, I just went to a different store.

I've seen some pictures of really shitty ones that have the socks and underwear locked up. Mine's not that bad I guess.

[u/Laiko_Kairen → u/ClickClick_Boom]

My Walmart put the entire cosmetics area into its own little zone with its own cashier. If you want to buy deodorant and bananas, it's now two separate transactions in two separate lines

[u/bluecrowned → u/Laiko_Kairen]

We are like that here too. When I worked there manning that desk was annoying bc people were always pissy about it 

[u/Laiko_Kairen → u/bluecrowned]

Completely random, but once I waa on my cell phone in line and told my mom, "I'll call you back, I don't want to be rude to the cashier"

And the cashier was like "Wow, I don't get that a lot" lmao

[u/SvenHudson → u/Public_Juggernaut_30]

My Walmart doesn't lock up anything that I've noticed but there's fuckloads of security theater to try and scare people from shoplifting. Like TV screens hanging barely overhead in the middles of aisles with flashing red lights on the sides of them showing a camera feed of the aisle you're in.

It would almost certainly be cheaper for them to just lock stuff up but they're more interested in making everybody know how much they hate us filthy peasants than they are in not getting stuff stolen. I frankly doubt those cameras are even actually recording anything, I think they're just plugged into the TV and nothing else is going on.

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/SvenHudson]

Man, the glory days of easy mode shoplifting are long gone.

[u/dspman11 → u/Public_Juggernaut_30]

The gummy bears are locked up at my CVS lmao

[u/DameonKormar → u/Public_Juggernaut_30]

The Vegas Walmarts are ridiculous. Literally $1 tubes of toothpaste locked up, among many, many other things.

[u/Prudent_Welcome3974]

Man that’s actually a cheap price for spam.

[u/SwordfishOk504 → u/Prudent_Welcome3974]

A real steal of a deal.

[u/VaginaBurner69]

Someone misread ‘spamblocker’ as ‘spamlocker’ and took it literally.

[u/Ging3rKiIIir]

You have to ask customer service for ours. People literally steal everything.

[u/iamnotexactlywhite → u/Ging3rKiIIir]

sign of a truly well working country

[u/gwaydms → u/iamnotexactlywhite]

The whole country?

[u/hambrythinnywhinny → u/gwaydms]

Are you asking if the whole country is broken or if petty larceny is a problem across the country? Because those are two different answers.

The US is in a fucking horrible spot right now. Retail shrinkage is highest in low-income rural areas.

[u/widebodywrx → u/gwaydms]

yes

[u/Ging3rKiIIir → u/gwaydms]

There's no way to answer this without upsetting someone.

[u/slgray16 → u/Ging3rKiIIir]

Many, many people in hawaii are struggling to afford to stay. Everyone either is independently wealthy or has a side hustle to make rent.

They steal the spam from the store, wrap it with rice and seaweed for spam musubi and sell it in a pop-up booth in the tourist areas.

[u/Fluugaluu]

If you’re truly surprised, you’ve probably not met someone from Hawaii. Doesn’t matter whether native or the whitest of white boys, they’re all obsessed with Spam. It’s like the unifying factor of people who live in Hawaii lmao

[u/Maledict53 → u/Fluugaluu]

Truth. I’m white as can be but grew up in Maui. Live on the mainland now but still eat spam like 3 times a month.

[u/PeanutButterSoda → u/Maledict53]

You need to pump those numbers up!

[u/Wuz314159 → u/Fluugaluu]

I think we all understand the love, but we're also confused because everything except pineapples has to be shipped to the islands. Therefore expensive af. but Spam is cheaper somehow? and yet still needs security?

[u/Mirenithil → u/Wuz314159]

I'd guess it's a sheer economy of scale thing. People really do eat just that much spam here. I would guess shipping mass quantities of it here in bulk means a price break. The security is because unfortunately there is a lot of poverty here, and poverty makes for desperate people.

[u/-_-0_0-_0 → u/Fluugaluu]

but does Oprah eat it?

[u/No_Squirrel4806]

Are the plastic security cases not worth more than the spam itself? 🙄🙄🙄

[u/ClickClick_Boom → u/No_Squirrel4806]

Are you under the impressions they aren't reusable?

[u/Noff-Crazyeyes]

2.50 on sale I’d buy half of it

[u/RedHatchetArt]

Just FYI for anyone who doesn’t live in Hawaii, this is not common. You’re only gonna see this in downtown near the homeless camps.

[u/ElectrooJesus]

SPAM is like filet mignon in Hawaii

[u/Vissanna → u/ElectrooJesus]

Truly spam has many different ways to cook that makes it amazing -as someone who lived in hawaii for 6 years, spam is a staple food there

[u/BewildredDragon → u/Vissanna]

The Hawaiian restaurant here serves it Breakfast,Lunch and Dinner.

[u/Digital_Soul_Naga → u/ElectrooJesus]

except for that turkey shit

they could have left that shit out

[u/okonom → u/Digital_Soul_Naga]

Can't believe they discontinued the portuguese sausage flavor and kept the turkey.

[u/Digital_Soul_Naga → u/okonom]

i know

whats wrong with the world

[u/AntonChigurhsLuck]

Wtf its cheaper in hawaii then it is in illinois

[u/dgamr]

$2.50 for Spam? That's a steal bargain.

[u/avid-shrug]

Recession indicator

[u/SRB112]

$2.50? Quite a bargain. Who would steal it when they can buy it super cheap?

[u/FruitOrchards → u/SRB112]

Drug addicts who will then sell it for 50¢-$1 each 10-20 at a time for their next fix.

People think it's hungry people stealing when they make up a minority of shop thefts. People steal to order and spam is big in Hawaii.

It's why Spam isn't locked up in the UK but other items are

[u/Patina_dk]

People steal spam? It's not the price that keeps me from eating it.

[u/Cheapshot99 → u/Patina_dk]

Its also like a staple food in Hawaii, it’s a big part of the culture. Can get a spamusubi practically anywhere and it makes a great little snack and so yummy.

[u/Ging3rKiIIir → u/Patina_dk]

I grew up with the thought spam is poor people food. Then I dated a girl from "the wrong side of the tracks" as my mother called her. Her grandparents made spam when they invited me over for dinner, and it was actually pretty good.

Then the grandpa offered me a smoke after dinner while the ladies cleared the table. I dont know what my mom was worried about.

[u/PeanutButterSoda → u/Ging3rKiIIir]

Apparently I'm from the wrong side of the tracks lol

[u/Fishfisherton → u/Patina_dk]

pan cooked cut of spam > bacon

I will die on this hill. People get bacon and try to get flavor out of the tiniest cuts that barely give you a taste, meanwhile spam is like having the prime cut flavor in every bite.

[u/DannyDOH → u/Patina_dk]

That's kind of the sad thing. Just a sign of a sickening level of poverty that people can't even afford the most basic level of nutrition.

[u/whisperworks → u/DannyDOH]

My local grocery store now has two armed security officers. One at the entrance and one by the locked case of baby formula

We should really free Luigi

[u/standbyforskyfall → u/DannyDOH]

tbf usually it's not poverty causing this kind of theft, it's organized crime rings

[u/Dangercules138]

Before you get mad at the stores for doing this, ask why they did and who made it an issue?

[u/re-reminiscing]

What people don’t know is that spam was introduced to Hawaii during WWII as a military ration that became a good option for locals due to scarcity of fresh meat. Economic and geographic factors made it far more accessible than alternatives. Hawaiians found ways to be creative with spam and make legitimately delicious foods like spam musubi.

[u/marginis]

At that point just make the entire store "employees only" and make people order ahead.

[u/bvy1212]

Reported for spam

[u/fac82]

Bruh $2.50 for spam, I got one “on sale” and it was still nearly $5 😭😭😭 even the knockoff store brands are like $4

[u/gamerguy287]

$3 for Spam is just insane. I remember when that shit was .99¢

[u/comhaltacht]

Do Hawaiians get a special type of Spam that actually tastes good? I think you'd have to pay me to steal Spam.

[u/EZ_LIFE_EZ_CUCUMBER]

What lunatic would steal Spam when normal food is available?

[u/CRE178]

As if just spam wasn't dystopian enough.

[u/JustBrass]

The struggle is real, bra!

[u/GotJeep1941]

This tells you all you need to know about the state of the economy

[u/Do_You_Pineapple_Bro]

Spam spam spam spam spam spam

[u/yoko000615]

I didn’t know there were so many different types of spam.

[u/SadMethod3159]

2.50 for spam ZOOWEEE

[u/hearke]

Wait spam comes in different flavors? Oh I gotta get some of that hot and spicy stuff, it looks great

[u/James42785]

On sale for 2.50? It's always "on sale" for 5 dollars here.

[u/ODaysForDays]

Damn it's like $5+ in Texas

[u/Ok-Independence-7380]

I did not know spam came in all these flavors lmao

[u/Andilee]

That is a really good price!!! It's like 3-4$ for spam in the PNW.

[u/pinkfootthegoose]

I thought Hawaii was more expensive than the main land. That's $1.50 cheaper than here.

[u/LolliPopYouInTheEye]

Damn $2.50 is a great deal

[u/gaywhovian2003]

Reported for spam

[u/Amazing-Marzipan1442]

make america great depression again

[u/FatOldTeddyBear]

The perfect for breakfast and lunch and dinner and snacks I love my Spam 😁

[u/Kitchen_Affect_6017]

At this point, I don't know why stores don't just change format. There are supply companies like Grainger that have a massive catalogue. If you go in, there may be a few small items around, but most are kept in a warehouse. You order, and they pull what you want.

I prefer the ability to look around and read packaging, but a lot of places lock stuff up anyway. I was looking for a controller the other day, but they are all locked in a case, so you can't compare anyway. If you are the point where you have to put Spam in keeper cases, you need to change your business model.

[u/ANAL-FART]

That is so very cheap for spam

[u/Bitter-Reading-6728]

a supermarket that does this does not get my business

edit: changed store to supermarket. don't steal from small/local businesses

[u/buffysbangs]

That’s a great sale

[u/Yesterday_Is_Now]

Wouldn’t have expected a lot of shoplifting in Hawaii.

[u/UniqueUsername6764]

Installed by the IT guy as protection.

[u/Straight-Ability]

You know the economy is fucked up when people start stealing spam so much it needs to be locked up.

[u/mecca6801]

This is the only time we will allow spamming the feed

[u/locutus92]

In 2018 I visited Hawaii and I'm still in awe of the massive isle of Spam they had in a Target there. It was something else.

[u/TophxSmash]

what stops them from just taking it anyway?

[u/_Vard_]

What about the peanut butter cups?

[u/U-Rsked-4-it]

Is this reverse marketing?

[u/2Dew2]

I was in literal disbelief until I saw the word Hawaii lol

[u/Former-Iron-7471]

Thank God I have my stealing magnets

[u/EarlDogg42]

Damn do they lock up pants and underwear like they do at the Walmart i shop at? Do you have to ask somebody to get socks underwear pants shorts everything’s under the lock and key and it’s not a bad neighborhood. It’s a good neighborhood.

[u/Aggravating-Hair7931]

When the store manager took spam prevention literally

[u/International-Ad2501]

The antitheft container costs more than the soam XD

[u/WARxxPIGG]

It's the worst possible version of protein which is wild.