I remember when I was young the grocery store gave me a raise to $3 an hour. My mother said she remembered when my father started making $3 an hour they went out to dinner to celebrate. They would have nothing to worry about from then on. Of course gold was $32 an ounce. His 40 hours was worth over 3 ounces of gold a week. Anybody making that today should feel as lucky as my parents.
About 6 years ago my family of 3 could get away with spending $70 a week on groceries but between a growing boy (he’s about to turn 11) and the price of products going up, we spend about $160-170 per week. It’s not bad, I guess, but still $70 was a dream!
This on the news that Dollar Tree is succumbing to inflation. This week I went in for toilet paper, which went from four rolls to one roll; an increase of 400%!
Funny, in the 1970s we averaged $2.50 a bag unless we purchased an expensive cut of meat. But then, we cooked all our meals from scratch. I still try to, but the quality of convenience foods has risen a heck of a lot.
The market I shop at offers free delivery for any purchase over $40. Around 2000-01, I had a hard time getting to $40 so I could get free delivery. Today, I spend $60 – $70 and all I get are two bags and a gallon of milk.
Oh, and I never heard of food delivery, even in the 1950s when we shopped at the grocery store (not self-service) across the street from our apartment building.
Sorry, keep hitting comment and then remembering something – and no place mom shopped after we moved to where we had a car (or before we did either) ever offered to take it out to the car for us.
Jesy Bertz Premium Member over 5 years ago
And you have to bring your own bags and bag it.
whahoppened over 5 years ago
The only true measure is how many hours of work it took to buy that table of groceries. Money is basically just stored work.
David Huie Green LosersBlameOthers&It'sYOURfault over 5 years ago
cute little bags, impervious to weakening when wet.
Da'Dad over 5 years ago
I remember when I was young the grocery store gave me a raise to $3 an hour. My mother said she remembered when my father started making $3 an hour they went out to dinner to celebrate. They would have nothing to worry about from then on. Of course gold was $32 an ounce. His 40 hours was worth over 3 ounces of gold a week. Anybody making that today should feel as lucky as my parents.
well-i-never over 5 years ago
“Bag ’em, Dano.”
will over 5 years ago
That’s how all shopping work – the price remains the same but the quantity is greatly reduced.
david_42 over 5 years ago
About the only time the weekly grocery bill is over $30 is when I buy a bag of kibble for the dogs.
nosirrom over 5 years ago
It’s easy for those items to fit in those small bags. The containers are smaller too. Remember when gallon containers of ice cream disappeared?
jonesbeltone over 5 years ago
How is it Arlo has just as much hair now as then ? So not fair!
Teto85 Premium Member over 5 years ago
With our daughters now off at university, groceries are less than $100.00 per week for the first time in years.
edge2edge over 5 years ago
Size, it seems, does matter after all.
Nicole ♫ ⊱✿ ◕‿◕✿⊰♫ Premium Member over 5 years ago
About 6 years ago my family of 3 could get away with spending $70 a week on groceries but between a growing boy (he’s about to turn 11) and the price of products going up, we spend about $160-170 per week. It’s not bad, I guess, but still $70 was a dream!
Ermine Notyours over 5 years ago
This on the news that Dollar Tree is succumbing to inflation. This week I went in for toilet paper, which went from four rolls to one roll; an increase of 400%!
cornpopper Premium Member over 5 years ago
My rule of thumb in the 1970’s was $5 a bag and it was fairly accurate.
Flossie Mud Duck over 5 years ago
Funny, in the 1970s we averaged $2.50 a bag unless we purchased an expensive cut of meat. But then, we cooked all our meals from scratch. I still try to, but the quality of convenience foods has risen a heck of a lot.
Joliet Jake over 5 years ago
The market I shop at offers free delivery for any purchase over $40. Around 2000-01, I had a hard time getting to $40 so I could get free delivery. Today, I spend $60 – $70 and all I get are two bags and a gallon of milk.
bryan42 over 5 years ago
Why is it that, reading these comments, I am reminded of the scene in Deadpool when Wade first meets Vanessa: “You had a box?”, etc.
mafastore over 5 years ago
Oh, and I never heard of food delivery, even in the 1950s when we shopped at the grocery store (not self-service) across the street from our apartment building.
mafastore over 5 years ago
Sorry, keep hitting comment and then remembering something – and no place mom shopped after we moved to where we had a car (or before we did either) ever offered to take it out to the car for us.