You can get a free Spam musubi on Aug. 8

No “spammy” news here — L&L Hawaiian Barbecue is celebrating its fifth annual National Spam Musubi Day on Friday, Aug. 8. Customers can take advantage of a free Spam musubi at participating stores across the country.

Customers can get one free Spam musubi from noon to 2 p.m. local time on Aug. 8 at participating L&L stores. Keep an eye out for additional musubi specials after 2 p.m. at select locations (offerings may vary by location).

The date for the food holiday — 8/08 — pays homage to Hawaiʻi’s 808 area code.

Fun fact: More than 6.2 million musubi are sold annually at L&L. That’s about 17,000 musubi daily across all of the brand’s stores. Eddie Flores Jr. and Johnson Kam, founders of L&L Hawaiian Barbecue, added the Spam musubi to the business’s continental U.S. menu in 1999.

To find the closest participating L&L restaurant near you, visit hawaiianbarbecue.com.

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Kelli Shiroma Braiotta can be reached at kelli@alohastatedaily.com.