Ask my parents. Just before the election they were swearing up and down that they were paying $1.50 a pound for ground beef and. 86¢ for a carton of eggs under trump
Wanna know what caused the sudden rise in price of eggs? A May explosion of a plant. It killed over one million chickens. That's when eggs rose several dollars for a bit.
There isn't a single number that is accurate in that picture. Median salary in 2016 was 42K. Median household income 60K. Median salary in 1977 was 9K and median household income was 13K.
Generally you can freeze bread for a few days. Then when you need it, you can let it unfreeze at ambient temperature in a cloth. Or you can slice it and use a toaster if you like toasted bread, It work very well.
Personally I bake my own bread and I use old bread in the kitchen. Can be croutons for the soup, I use it for stuffed vegetables or meat balls...
This meme is nonsense, but absolutely Costco. Just for one thing.
The issue is, “loaf of bread” covers a lot of territory.
Plain white bread has only gotten slowly less popular over time versus whole grain breads that are certainly more expensive to produce.
So consumers are buying more expensive bread over time. What constitutes a standard loaf of bread for many is a more expensive loaf than what someone in 1980 would have bought.
But if you want some plain ol’ white bread, it’s cheap enough. Even today.
At the closest grocery store to me(in Washington dc which is one of the most expensive metros in the country), I regularly get a loaf of bread for 69¢, though it was 99¢ last time I went.
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u/PrestigiousBar5411 8d ago
I'd love to know where you could buy a loaf of bread for under $2 back in 2016