Someone Stole Nearly $100,000 Worth Of Ramen Noodles In Georgia
FlickrMaruchan is one of the most popular instant ramen noodle brands in America.
A tractor-trailer transporting about $98,000 worth of ramen instant noodles was stolen while it was parked at a Chevron gas station in Fayette County, Ga.
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The incident happened sometime between July 25 and August 1, according to a report that the victim filed with local authorities. The victim said that he had permission from the property owner to park the 53-foot-tall trailer at the gas station, which rests along Georgia Interstate Highway 85 north.
But when he returned to where he left the truck, he discovered that it’d disappeared with all noodles in tow. Lt. Allen Stevens of the Fayette County Sheriff’s Office has said that this is the first “ramen noodle theft [that] has ever occurred here [in Fayette County].”
For the purposes of quantifying what $98,000 of ramen noodles might look like if on average a packet of Maruchan Ramen noodles costs 29¢, the culprits responsible for this crime could have stolen more than 300,000 packages of ramen. That’s enough ramen for one person to eat for every meal of the day for 300 years.
