When undergraduate economics students are asked which things they eat while they are students that they would like to stop eating when they graduate, they often answer "ramen noodles" or "macaroni and cheese" or "fast food". Such items are inferior goods for these students.

Normal goods aren't inherently "better" than inferior goods. The most expensive foods are often those that are highest in fat and therefore most unhealthy. Basic grains are often inferior goods, when in fact, they are far better for health than many foods which are normal goods. When you're poor enough, there are no inferior goods. If you don't have enough to eat any income you have will probably go to purchasing more of the cheapest food available. When you're very wealthy, you may treat most goods as inferior goods. For most of us dining in restaurants is a normal good, but very wealthy individuals may consider dining in restaurants to be an inferior good and may instead choose to hire a live-in chef.

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