China’s Xin Hua news reported that the China Branch of the International Ramen Manufactures Association (yes, there’s actually a mysterious and powerful “IRMA”, pulling the puppet strings behind every ramen-related incident worldwide…cough…or so I’ve heard…) has announced price hikes of up to 40% on some of China’s domestic brands of ramen. Of course, everyone knows the price of just about everything has gone up lately, but part of the ramen price hike is being attributed to palm oil.
I’m sure eventually, those price hikes will hit in the U.S. as well. Ramen fans and starving college students everywhere should stock up now!