1 bag of groceries 50 bucks Just ridiculous I still remember my grade 7 teacher Mr Carlson complaining about 1 bag of groceries being 20 bucks in 1981 - ThreadSky

dhaliwalsports.bsky.social • 96 days ago

1 bag of groceries 50 bucks

Just ridiculous

I still remember my grade 7 teacher Mr Carlson complaining about 1 bag of groceries being 20 bucks in 1981

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bobbycamarena.bsky.social•96 days ago

5 bucks for a coffee at Delta Planet Ice today. Highway robbery.

dhaliwalsports.bsky.social•96 days ago

Crazy

blueheron.bsky.social•96 days ago

Someone should sue Save on Foods for false advertising. Theres no savings happening when shopping at save on foods

jzaider.bsky.social•96 days ago

That teacher made about 18k a year

pacificwatershrew.bsky.social•96 days ago

I feels like $6 is what used to be $1. We’re trying to figure out coupons and grocery rebate apps. Also debating buying “surplus grab bags” from a local gleaning charity. It’s how they fundraise.

chuchdudoward.bsky.social•96 days ago

That’s bananas 😊

noreen123.bsky.social•96 days ago

We know what your rant will be tomorrow 🤣🤣

petrishriekandgo.bsky.social•96 days ago

We all know you have a 750ml of Crown in that bag though Rick...

rygill85.bsky.social•96 days ago

Run for PM and fix this Rick

lambo77.bsky.social•96 days ago

You need some of that Don Taylor money. Get a new agent 🤣

ghostbeerce.bsky.social•96 days ago

Wow, so time marches on and we're all still bending our knees to the rich - and then blaming everyone else except for the rich.

soapvox.bsky.social•96 days ago

All depends on what's in the bag. I could fill a bag for $20 or $150

birdinthebasement.bsky.social•95 days ago

Ya that’s generally how inflation over a 40 year period works

drewl10.bsky.social•96 days ago

Groceries are out of control. I am in Virginia and a box of cereal a $7....CEREAL.

gkarver.bsky.social•96 days ago

I remember when grocery shopping in the US was unbelievably cheap. I find things are the same price or cheaper here, in Canadian dollars.

drewl10.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yea...I try to create a menu for the week, nothing fancy but can still spend $200/wk easily for 2 people.

hugheshart43.bsky.social•96 days ago

You know you're getting old when every sentence starts with ‘’When I was young" .... Yup chocolate bars were 25 cents, a pack of smokes I bought at the corner store when I was 6 for my dad was 50 cents, and gas was .30 per litre. Or was it gallons back then? Ah to be young again.

vistaboy.bsky.social•96 days ago

Com'on man, get a grip. In 1981, $35 k a yr. was considered wealthy. Average pay was around $400.week. Inflation was in the double digits, mortgages were 10-16 %.

as-per-danielle.bsky.social•96 days ago

How much did homes cost?

bassetgreg.bsky.social•96 days ago

$120,000 for a 30 year old 3 bedroom bungalow near brentwood in Burnaby

bassetgreg.bsky.social•96 days ago

Closer to 1985

smoboy.bsky.social•96 days ago

Imagine how The Amazing Brentwood! has inflated values in that neighbourhood.

bassetgreg.bsky.social•96 days ago

The lawn streets North of Brentwood were really quite nice back then.

as-per-danielle.bsky.social•96 days ago

I just checked with my mom and my parents first house in Kelowna in 1982ish was $68,000.

smoboy.bsky.social•96 days ago

Yes, my wife grew up there. Brentwood was her mall of choice back then. I think she worked there for a spell.

vistaboy.bsky.social•96 days ago

I paid $175k for a 1250 ft2 rancher in Richmond just west of #1 and Steveston rd.

guillermosperro.bsky.social•96 days ago

My Parents built a three bedroom home on an acre for $120K in the late 70's Crescent Park

kinderhuey.bsky.social•96 days ago

What everyone would give to have a mortgage of 80,000 with an interest rate of 18%.

mrbearimy.bsky.social•96 days ago

That’s probably why the teacher was complaining

taj1944.bsky.social•96 days ago

That's a lot of small bananas

viewfromtherog.bsky.social•96 days ago

Was it full of just Mandarin oranges?

gkarver.bsky.social•96 days ago

Did Mr. Carlson drive a Pontiac Firebird?

dhaliwalsports.bsky.social•96 days ago

It was Queensborough elementary

papete73.bsky.social•96 days ago

I bought 4 items today. $31. FOUR!

puckedinthehead.bsky.social•96 days ago

You kids and your off-season avocado toast…

runswithcrayons.bsky.social•96 days ago

Ya its brutal. I was kinda trying to notice the other day and it seemed to me in general people were leaving with less than i recall. Made me curious.

canucksin4.bsky.social•96 days ago

What store Rick

defendther.com•96 days ago

That said,

canuckshouse.bsky.social•96 days ago

A week's worth of groceries for 2 people used to be like 100$ a few years ago. Now I'm constantly hitting 180$ each week.

saltonsailor.bsky.social•95 days ago

Eggs used to be Small, Medium & Large.
Next: Large, Extra Large & Jumbo.
Those "Mini-cans" of Pop are soon to be the "only" cans of Pop.
Lots of this "marketing" going on.
Notice the "shrinkage" of canned soup, etc.

saltonsailor.bsky.social•95 days ago

It was about $1.00 in '41.....so it goes. Grocery execs. need their BONUSES.

ron-jones.bsky.social•96 days ago

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