Thursday, May 21, 2009

VIRIDIAN ROASTER'S - New Guinea Blend

My favorite coffee/roasters:
VIRIDIAN COFFEE ROASTERS here in Eugene.
MY FAVORITE BLEND: New Guinea!
(NO, that's not Okon in the drawing!
It's the New Guinea Chief
Arik Grumerauke)
[ click on the bag for a bigger view ]

Saturday, May 16, 2009

HOT RECESSION FOOD ITEM...Spam

Hot in recession: SPAM, Chocolate & running shoes....
By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer – Sat May 16, 12:27 pm ET

WASHINGTON – It's not all doom and gloom in the U.S. economy. Some products are bucking the recession and flying off store shelves.
Sales of chocolate and running shoes are up. Wine drinkers haven't stopped sipping; they just seem to be choosing cheaper vintages.
Gold coins are selling like hot cakes. So are gardening seeds. Tanning products are piling up in shopping carts; maybe more people are finding color in a bottle than from sun-worshipping on a faraway beach.
Strong sales of SPAM, Dinty Moore stew and chili helped Hormel Foods Corp. post a 6 percent increase in first quarter sales in its grocery products unit.......


......The FULL story HERE.