A dollar definitely doesn't go as far as it used to at the grocery store, shown in this H-E-B receipt from Dec. 11, 1998.
Want proof a dollar just isn't worth what it used to be? Reddit user SmokinStrange91 has it. In a Monday post to r/HEB, the user dropped a photo of a vintage H-E-B receipt from Dec. 11, 1998, along with the following comment: 'My grandma passed away in 2001.
Recently I was going through some old boxes in the shed and came across some of the things my mom saved. One of those things was my grandmas purse and in it was this receipt from 1998. Look at the price of those eggs!' It's a familiar shopping list. Flour tortillas, Ro-Tel, chorizo, bacon, Roma tomatoes. On the one hand, it's a receipt that shows the city still shops pretty much the way it did nearly 30 years ago. What's different — and has drawn comments from more than 350 users and nearly 5,000 up- and down-votes — is the price on every single item. User Hexagram_11 said, 'I was raising a big pack of kids and feeding them on a tight budget at HEB in 1998. They did have affordable prices! Those 89-cent bags of potato chips and 59-cent loaves of sandwich bread got us through the hungry teenage years for sure.' 'I'm always amazed when I see receipts from back then and see how many items cost less than a dollar,' said user ElKirbyDiablo. 'I'm in my 30s so I was there but it still surprises me. A dollar can't buy you anything now.' 'Wow we are officially in the dark ages,' user t3xascurlllz added. DON'T MESS WITH BREAKFAST: Rising egg prices hitting San Antonio restaurants where it hurts We've crunched the numbers to see just how pricey filling the pantry has become. We only added up the human food items based on current prices listed at heb.com. We excluded five of the listed 23 items, mainly because it was difficult to identify comparable products. Here's the breakdown. Hill Country Fare Extra Thin White Sliced Bread: Then: $0.59. Now: $1.30. H-E-B Thin Potato Chips: Then: $0.89. Now: $2.60. White Wings La Paloma Flour Tortillas: Then: $1.48. Now: $3.87. Generic Picante Sauce : Then: $0.99. Now: a bottle of Valentina picante sauce costs $1.35. H-E-B Bone-in Boston Butt Pork Steaks, Value Pack : Then: $5.30. Now: $7.53. H-E-B Grade A Large Eggs, 18 count: Then $1.45. Now: There wasn't an H-E-B-branded equivalent, but a similar option from Hill Country Fare costs $6.12. Ro-Tel Mild Diced Tomatoes and Green Chiles: Then: $0.65. Now: $1.41. Heinz Hickory Smoke Barbecue Sauce: Then: $0.73. Now: $2.06. Green cabbage, 2.54 pounds: Then: $0.85. Now: $2.26. Green bell peppers, 1 unit: Then: $0.34. Now: $0.75. H‑E‑B Coarse Ground Black Pepper: Then: $0.79. Now: $2.58. Pop-Tarts Frosted Brown Sugar Cinnamon Toaster Pastries: Then: $1.57. Now: $2.72. Kiolbassa Chorizo: Then: $2.75. Now: $4.46. Kraft Original Flavor Macaroni and Cheese Dinner, 1 box: Then: $0.50. Now: $1.29. Bar S Naturally Hardwood Smoked Sliced Bacon: Then: $1.29. Now: $5.12. Bush’s Best Homestyle Baked Beans: Then: $0.67. Now: $2.23. Pillsbury Grands! Southern Style Biscuits: Then: $0.98. Now: $2.98. Roma Tomatoes, 0.48 pounds: Then: $0.76. Now: $0.49. That comes to a total of $22.58 in 1998, and $51.12 today for an increase of about 126%. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, that '90s cash is only worth $43.96 as of February, suggesting food prices are, based on one receipt, anyway, outpacing inflation by 15%. If there is one upside, we all have a free pass to nosh as many Roma tomatoes as we can. They cost $1.59 per pound in 1998, and $1.02 today. Pass the pico, y'all.
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