IIRC these are $1.50 at my local store, so if you go through a ramen pack a day you’ll break even before the expiry day, however it’s ultra processed food and probably will be good past the best by.
Meh had this exact same deal a little over a week ago for 24.99
Ramen has become ridiculously overpriced in the past couple of years, I’ve seen it as high as $2 for a single cup or pack of the “imported” stuff from Korea or Japan. I usually see Buldak, some of Samyang’s other flavors, Ichiban, Neoguri (actually udon), Shin and some others usually go for about $8-$9 for a five-pack or $6-$8 for a four-pack at a grocery store, where Club stores sometimes have a 16-pack of Shin for just about $16.
Top Ramen (Nissin) or Maruchan was frequently available as cheap as 16 for a buck not terribly long ago, occasionally 20 for a buck (a nickel each) when a store was overloaded with product. More recently (pre-COVID), a buck would get you six or eight packs of the stuff.
Now “dollar” stores feature a 5-pack of Nissin/Maruchan for $1.25, which is about the cheapest around. 25 cents. Still “cheap” by today’s standards (you can’t really get any fast food for a buck these days, let alone a quarter.) So by today’s pricing, 75 cents per pack is pretty good for this stuff.
The problem is I like to eat multiple packs at a time, I don’t find a single pack all that filling.
If you’re a pepperhead, try and find the Buldak in the black packaging (and prepare it according to the special directions, pan-frying the noodles after boiling, instead of as a “regular” noodle soup). That’s some good spicy stuff!
“artificial chicken flavor” Does that mean these are vegetarian? What does an artificial chicken taste like?
Frog legs?
“Ramen has become ridiculously overpriced in the past couple of years”
I don’t think Ramen is unusual - all grocery prices have jumped by about the same amount, haven’t they?
Depends on how strict a vegetarian. It contains milk powder, so cow.
Amused these were on Meh’s site ten days ago.
A little shocked these are a tick more healthy than Maruchan ramen.
https://www.amazon.com/Samyang-chicken-Curry-flavor-ramen/dp/B06XWJ2M1R