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:
- 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)
- Running shoes
- Bicycle helmets
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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?
Somehow I get this image of a fit, drunk, chocolate eating Hawaiian planting a vegetable garden right after training for their next triathlon
Hmmm…interesting list.
Spam & Mac: for the kids
Wine & chocolate: for the wife
Sneaker: for the wife to throw at the husband (that’s why he’s wearing a helmet)
Veggie Seeds: For ME! I planted tomatoes. ;-D
Too funny, Dr. J!!
Yum Yucky – Interesting dispersing of the goods.
And yay for you for planting tomatoes – tomatoes from the garden are the BEST!
Can’t say I’m buying more of any of those things.
I did buy a tomato plant, though.
I’ve been buying more wine than normal. Partially because there have been some really good sales and also because I like to keep a full liquor and wine cabinet. Interesting list, though. It looks like people are opting to do “free” exercise with the increased purchases in bike helmets and running shoes.
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