• Pyr@lemmy.ca
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      8 days ago

      Not saying just use bread. Use any common item that is a staple. Rice, gallons of gas, etc. you can even do a mix, feel free to experiment. But using dollar value I think isnt very effective.

      • renrenPDX@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        8 days ago

        I see where you’re saying. How about a single bag or a single cart of groceries instead?

        I vaguely remember a grocery trip with my parents way back in the day when moving into our home. We had two full carts for $100 bucks. Nowadays, $100 bucks can fill one or two bags without much effort.

        Interesting video (YT link to KRTV News 2m48s) showing a grocery receipt from 1997 for 27 items totaling under $40. Today it’s about $110 for the same items. According to the video, the cost exceeds the calculated inflation estimate of $81.