The United States economy is doing so well that a New York City store has resorted to locking cans of spam in theft prevention containers.
As inflation soars, retailers are turning to extreme methods to protect even a humble tin of Spam from desperate shoplifters.https://t.co/OgRQ6ipjq7
— news.com.au (@newscomauHQ) July 31, 2022
New York City store locks up Spam in plastic case amid crime spike https://t.co/O2DWuLtnU1
— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 31, 2022
SPAM goes on lockdown due to inflation https://t.co/mzsH4Kv2Tr pic.twitter.com/cTjFtzD4ep
— New York Post (@nypost) July 30, 2022
This is about as ridiculous as what was going on in the UK with stores putting theft prevention devices on cheese blocks.
We are being told that there’s no recession and that we are in the midst of a recovery as things like these are happening. It’s utterly insane.