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Washington Post:
Spam heists in Hawaii prompt retailers to put
wildly popular ‘mystery meat’ in locked cases
Spam heists in Hawaii prompt retailers to put
wildly popular ‘mystery meat’ in locked cases
much more at the linkLast month in the Pearl City community on Oahu, Safeway customer Arlene Sua watched as a man suddenly grabbed eight cases of Spam and headed for the door. She thought “‘Okay, this isn’t real. No, he’s not going to take it, no, no,” she told KHON TV.
But it was real. The man took off with the Spam and disappeared.
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These Spam snatchers are not hungry people desperate for Spam, said Tina Yamaki, president of the Retail Merchants of Hawaii. They are most likely part of a Spam black market that’s taking off in a state where the demand for Spam knows no bounds.
“It’s a staple,” Yamaki told The Washington Post.
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