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From: Augustus Gloop5/9/2011 8:49:52 AM
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10 Everyday Grocery Items: Now and Then

From Yahoo Finance

(Read the responses - kinda True, True, Hysterical)

1. Bread

What you pay now: $1.41 (average price for a pound of white bread)

What you paid ...Last year: $1.37
5 years ago: $1.08
10 years ago: $1.00
15 years ago: $0.88
20 years ago: $0.71
25 years ago: $0.57
30 years ago: $0.53

2. Butter

What you pay now: $3.69 (average price for a pound of salted butter)

What you paid ...Last year: $3.13
5 years ago: $2.92
10 years ago: $3.30
15 years ago: $2.05
20 years ago: $1.94
25 years ago: $2.15
30 years ago: $1.99

3. Eggs

What you pay now: $1.73 (average price for a dozen Grade-A eggs)

What you paid ...Last year: $1.66
5 years ago: $1.31
10 years ago: $0.93
15 years ago: $1.11
20 years ago: $0.99
25 years ago: $0.87
30 years ago: $0.90

4. Steak

What you pay now: $4.46 (average price per pound of round USDA choice steak)

What you paid ...Last year: $4.28
5 years ago: $4.00
10 years ago: $3.50
15 years ago: $3.12
20 years ago: $3.41
25 years ago: $2.77
30 years ago: $2.86

5. Bananas

What you pay now: $0.62 (average price for a pound of bananas)

What you paid ...Last year: $0.58
5 years ago: $0.50
10 years ago: $0.51
15 years ago: $0.49
20 years ago: $0.48
25 years ago: $0.39
30 years ago: $0.36

6. Potato Chips

What you pay now: $4.84 (average price for a 16-ounce bag)

What you paid ...Last year: $4.64
5 years ago: $3.47
10 years ago: $3.43
15 years ago: $3.06
20 years ago: $2.96
25 years ago: $2.68
30 years ago: $2.28

7. Chocolate Chip Cookies

What you pay now: $3.22 (average price for a pound of chocolate chip cookies)

What you paid ...Last year: $3.25
5 years ago: $2.88
10 years ago: $2.44
15 years ago: $2.58
20 years ago: $2.69
25 years ago: $1.99
30 years ago: $1.73

8. Bacon

What you pay now: $4.54 (average price for a pound of sliced bacon)

What you paid ...Last year: $4.11
5 years ago: $3.44
10 years ago: $3.26
15 years ago: $2.47
20 years ago: $2.22
25 years ago: $2.08

9. Tomatoes

What you pay now: $2.09 (average price for a pound of field-grown tomatoes)

What you paid ...Last year: $1.69
5 years ago: $1.73
10 years ago: $1.32
15 years ago: $1.21
20 years ago: $1.01
25 years ago: $0.82
30 years ago: $0.77

10. Ice Cream

What you pay now: $4.92 (average price for a half gallon of ice cream)

What you paid ...Last year: $4.47
5 years ago: $3.75
10 years ago: $3.70
15 years ago: $2.86
20 years ago: $2.58
25 years ago: $2.36
30 years ago: $2.02

Replies
Thirty years ago:

A blue collared worker's salary was $3-5 per hour. Now it is $20-35 per hour.

A doctor's salary was $30,000 per year and now it is $200,0000 per year.

But you forget there are ways to shop.....Not everyone shops at Kowalaski's.

In the mid west we have a gas station called Kwik Trip. We ALWAYS get:

1) eggs for 0.99 cents per dozen,

2) Butter for $1.99 per pound,

3) Bananas and loose onions for 0.38 cents per pound and more.....

4) Milk in plastic bags is $1.24 for half a gallon and they provide you with a free pitcher.

So, yes there is little inflation.....Fox News and the Republicans need to understand not everyone is shopping at Macy's for clothes or Kowolaski's (high end grocer) for food items because we are not as rich as them.

Remember, it was called fuzzy math and can still be called fuzzy math!!!
____

Thirty years ago..

Water bill $6 month now $120
Electric $35 Now $250
New car $6K Now $24K
Lic Plate $10 Now $75
Insp Sticker $9 Now $40
Car Ins Yr. $ 150 Now $1500
Home Ins Yr. $200 Now $2000
and...the list goes on........

Our boys at the fed say their is no inflation....
___

Remember when an oz was only $30.00 and you got a full four fingers worth?
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