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stealing (lots of) food
2008-Jan-30, Wednesday 10:12 amAnother possible sign o' the times reached my mailbox this morning. I mean, isn't it just nuts to be talking about almost a million dollars worth of food? This tidbit (which I can't find online yet) from Aurora, Illinois:
In barely related news, I realized last week at the grocery store that dried black beans actually cost more per ounce than canned/cooked black beans. How does that happen? How can it cost more to dry beans than to cook them? I already noticed long ago that fresh tomatoes (for making salsa) cost more than jars of salsa. At least with fresh veggies one can argue that it's expensive to maintain freshness during shipping. What, though, is the excuse for raw beans being more expensive than processed?
POLICE BLOTTERI award bonus points to this story, because the food was stolen just a few blocks (zoom out once to see it) from the Fermi National Accelerator lab.
Meat lost, found
January 30, 2008
One truck and four trailers filled with 1,700 pounds of meat were stolen after someone cut open a fence at a business in the 2600 block of Church Road between 3 p.m. Saturday and 5:30 a.m. Sunday, Aurora police said. Total value was $818,900, police said. The trailers, still filled with meat, were later recovered on the westbound shoulder of Interstate 88, near Randall Road, police said.
In barely related news, I realized last week at the grocery store that dried black beans actually cost more per ounce than canned/cooked black beans. How does that happen? How can it cost more to dry beans than to cook them? I already noticed long ago that fresh tomatoes (for making salsa) cost more than jars of salsa. At least with fresh veggies one can argue that it's expensive to maintain freshness during shipping. What, though, is the excuse for raw beans being more expensive than processed?