# Cake Day - A Sweet Treat in the MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [November 14, 2022, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-day-a-sweet-treat-in-the-mmp/974886 "2022-11-14T09:17:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 306
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2022, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-day-a-sweet-treat-in-the-mmp/974886/306 "2022-11-21T06:16:32Z")
I’m sure I remember that someone in here has at least one family member with a serious fondness for ramen. Apparently, at least one store (not sure of geographical area) is known to be limiting quantities on that. OTOH, [walmart.com](http://walmart.com) does not seem to be limiting quantities. As a test, I picked a random brand/flavor and they let me put 6 12-packs in my cart with no issue (didn’t actually buy them, I have plenty on hand). > [@They put a limit on how much ramen you can buy at the grocery store](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/they-put-a-limit-on-how-much-ramen-you-can-buy-at-the-grocery-store/975295): > > Thats got to be a bad sign for how the country as a whole is doing. They had a note saying people were only allowed 2 packages of Ramen each (packages as in single packages). People must be getting desperate and barely able to afford food. I’m lucky in the sense that I have income to buy food, but damn things must be getting bad if people are lining up to buy ramen (one of the cheapest form of easy to cook nutrition out there). They were 35 cents a pack. I remember around 2010 when you could som… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cake-day-a-sweet-treat-in-the-mmp/974886)._