Price of fuel oil used to make NATTO surges!

[Taro Toporific]

Oil surge poses hazard for economy
IHT/Asahi: August 31, 2005
....Masami Takano, president of Mito-based natto maker Daruma Shokuhin, says the rise in oil prices has wiped out more than half of his company's profits.
The price of heavy oil used to boil soybeans has risen about 50 percent over the past year, as has the price of plastic natto packages.
In an attempt to offset price increases, the company has cut the daily working hours of part-timers by five hours...more....

[IkemenTommy]

It's not only natto but everything from paper production to airfare.

Usually the market would correct itself eventually but we'll have to live with the higher prices for the time being.

[Charles]

Oh, who needs oil anyway. You just bury it in a trench and start a bonfire of straw on top of it, and then leave it to rot for a few days. That's how they used to make it.

[Kuang_Grade]

It's not only natto but everything from paper production to airfare.

Usually the market would correct itself eventually but we'll have to live with the higher prices for the time being.

Wow, that's a really brilliant insight. Do you have any more?...like "I heard, to stay alive, you need to keep breathing" or "Water, if subjected to cold enough temperatures, changes from a liquid form into a solid material called ice, which is very cold."

[IkemenTommy]

Wow, that's a really brilliant insight. Do you have any more?...like "I heard, to stay alive, you need to keep breathing" or "Water, if subjected to cold enough temperatures, changes from a liquid form into a solid material called ice, which is very cold."

I take that as an attempt for a sarcasm..

[dimwit]

Okay I hate natto, and I hate the texturally-impaired who seem to be able to enjoy the stuff. Besides it's supposed to be a health so people should be paying big bucks for that slime. :P

[Brax]

The taste isn't that bad.. if you block your nose...