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<blockquote data-quote="Pink Elephant" data-source="post: 737424" data-attributes="member: 21572"><p>For fun, found this in my travels. A grocery list from 1976! Just take a look at the prices!</p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 22px"><strong>Supermarket register tapes from 1976</strong></span></p><p></p><p>Seven years into retirement, I finally got around to cleaning out a file cabinet in the attic yesterday, and I found an envelope full of register tapes from the supermarket. 1976 must have been the first year they printed an itemized receipt; some of the tapes from early in the year were just a list of unidentified numbers. Looking through them is like going down Memory Lane! We don't eat beef or lamb any more, I changed from Pepsi to root beer, and our baby, who was just starting on solids then, is now 36! But I still use many of the same products, just different brands or different forms of the same thing.</p><p></p><p>Here are some sample prices (I can't believe so many items were under a dollar):</p><p></p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Round roast $2.19<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sirloin steak 2.85<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">XL grnd beef 1.43<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Lamb chops 4.05<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Chkn breasts 1.85<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Apple juice .45<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">BB light tuna .50<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">OS crnbry sc .25<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Spaghetti .40<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ragu sauce .69<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Sugar 5 lb .89<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Brown sugar .45<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Townhse crkr .85<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Maxim coffee 3.39<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cheerios .63<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wheat brd .34<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Parsly flk .25<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Salt .17<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pepsi 16 oz 1.49<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gerber cereal .41<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gerber str carrot .20<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Gerber str meat .39<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Rubber pants 1.09<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1.26 lb banana .21<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">12 oranges 1.38<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cantaloupe .59<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1.13 lb onions .33<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pascal celery .49<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Green pepper .20<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">1.97 lb peachs .77<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Skim milk qt .43<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">A large eggs .76<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Am cheese .83<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Butter lb 1.31<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Promise margarine .77<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bryr van fdg 1.99<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Froz peas .67<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Froz spinach .23<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bounty towel .59<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Scot facials .55<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Kitty litter 10 lb .79<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Cascade 1.15<br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ajax cleansr .39</li> </ul><p>This was fun, a snapshot of the past.</p><p></p><p>Sue</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Pink Elephant, post: 737424, member: 21572"] For fun, found this in my travels. A grocery list from 1976! Just take a look at the prices! [SIZE=6][B]Supermarket register tapes from 1976[/B][/SIZE] Seven years into retirement, I finally got around to cleaning out a file cabinet in the attic yesterday, and I found an envelope full of register tapes from the supermarket. 1976 must have been the first year they printed an itemized receipt; some of the tapes from early in the year were just a list of unidentified numbers. Looking through them is like going down Memory Lane! We don't eat beef or lamb any more, I changed from Pepsi to root beer, and our baby, who was just starting on solids then, is now 36! But I still use many of the same products, just different brands or different forms of the same thing. Here are some sample prices (I can't believe so many items were under a dollar): [LIST] [*]Round roast $2.19 [*]Sirloin steak 2.85 [*]XL grnd beef 1.43 [*]Lamb chops 4.05 [*]Chkn breasts 1.85 [*]Apple juice .45 [*]BB light tuna .50 [*]OS crnbry sc .25 [*]Spaghetti .40 [*]Ragu sauce .69 [*]Sugar 5 lb .89 [*]Brown sugar .45 [*]Townhse crkr .85 [*]Maxim coffee 3.39 [*]Cheerios .63 [*]Wheat brd .34 [*]Parsly flk .25 [*]Salt .17 [*]Pepsi 16 oz 1.49 [*]Gerber cereal .41 [*]Gerber str carrot .20 [*]Gerber str meat .39 [*]Rubber pants 1.09 [*]1.26 lb banana .21 [*]12 oranges 1.38 [*]Cantaloupe .59 [*]1.13 lb onions .33 [*]Pascal celery .49 [*]Green pepper .20 [*]1.97 lb peachs .77 [*]Skim milk qt .43 [*]A large eggs .76 [*]Am cheese .83 [*]Butter lb 1.31 [*]Promise margarine .77 [*]Bryr van fdg 1.99 [*]Froz peas .67 [*]Froz spinach .23 [*]Bounty towel .59 [*]Scot facials .55 [*]Kitty litter 10 lb .79 [*]Cascade 1.15 [*]Ajax cleansr .39 [/LIST] This was fun, a snapshot of the past. Sue [/QUOTE]
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