The double whammy of inflation and rising crime has led to at least one New York City store locking its spam inventory in a plastic bin.
Shoppers, store employees and social media users expressed their disbelief after spotting the $3.99 canned meat product out of reach under lock and key in a Duane Reade at the Port Authority’s bus depot in New York, the New York reported Post.
“I’ve never seen that before!” A cashier laughed as he removed the spam from its anti-theft plastic sleeve.
“Some of these things are pretty ridiculous,” said Jenny Kenny, a 43-year-old city visitor from Kentucky, who says she was aware of the city’s crime spike but still couldn’t believe there were “so many” items in it boxing
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Other shoppers wondered why Spam was locked in with $1.89 cans of Starkist Tuna while pricier products like $5.49 cans of Amy’s Soup were not.
“Caging spam is stupid – and kind of an insult to the customers who would buy it,” said 46-year-old buyer Dennis Snow.
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