Spam on the menu.

• Position: FOOD - Brief article

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With the economy in recession, many businesses are hurting. But at the Hormel Foods plant in Austin, Minnesota, which makes Spam, times have never been better. One of the most iconic hard-times foods in the American pantry, Spam was invented during the Great Depression. Since then, people have turned to the spiced-ham product as a way to save money white still putting something resembling meat on the table. Sates are so strong that Hormel now...