Stumbled on an old receipt from 2008 that blew my mind on grocery prices

I was cleaning out a junk drawer yesterday and found a grocery receipt from March 2008. It was from the same store I go to now, a Kroger off 3rd street. A gallon of milk was $2.49 back then. Now it's $4.89 at that same store. Bread was 99 cents, now it's $2.79. I know inflation is real but seeing those numbers side by side made me realize how much our grocery budget has silently doubled over 16 years. Has anyone else dug up old receipts and felt totally thrown off by the difference?

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keithbennett16h ago

Bro that's wild! I found a Target receipt from 2006 last year and almost dropped my phone when I saw the prices. A 12 pack of soda was like $3.49 and now it's pushing $9 or $10 for the same exact brand. My mom always tells me about how she used to get a whole cart for $50 back in the 90s and I never really believed her until I saw that receipt with my own eyes. It's insane how much the same stuff costs now, feels like we're all getting squeezed at the register every week.

hart.cora15h ago

Didn't believe the hype until I saw my own 2012 receipt last week. Yeah, that changed my mind.