BOOM TIMES FOR SPAM: Er, the actual, canned-meat variety, not the bogus email. My favorite line:

Because it is vacuum-sealed in a can and does not require refrigeration, Spam can last for years. Hormel says “it’s like meat with a pause button.”

Yum! One thing that isn’t clear from the story is whether people are buying lots more spam because it’s all they can afford now, or whether they’re stocking up against possible hard times yet to come; seems more like the latter than the former.

On the other hand, there’s an uptick in consumer confidence. So which way does that point?