Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for October 19, 2012

Groceries still cost $10 a sack, the only thing is the sacks are a lot smaller and emptier.

cripes when i was a kid it was like 2 dollars a bag – now I can spend 65 per bag – oy!

When I was young in the early 1960’s. I remember shopping with my Mom. We filled two carts mounding top and bottom. I remember my Mom exclaiming that it was the first time she ever spent $30 on groceries.

The bad news is you need 5 or 6 sacks, $50 or $60 a trip

In p.4 at first glance before reading, I thought the table was full of rabbits.

And they do like their plastic sacks there. If I buy five items they find a way to put it in six bags.

hard work American Dream bootstraps land of opportunity freedom education sob

How utterly silly. You can still get rich without rich parents. The greatest part of America if you ask me. Of course, you have to work for it. That throws a lot of people.

Clever!

Krogers here in Michigan has, cleverly, found a way to take your mind off the rising food costs by giving points toward the purchase of gasoline. I, usually, manage to get .60-.70 cents off per/gallon every month. But, that equates to spending at least $700 per/month for food! Oh well, still gotta eat.

Yes, I remember those nickel bottles of pop.

Looking to the past — AKA the good old days — when I ws a kid bread was 19 cents a loaf and gas was 29.9 a gallon. Inflation was something you did to tires, or your swimming pool. However, the big screen TV I bought about 8 years ago is now half the price.PS, I love limericks.

@Lee-Anne Griffin: " You can still get rich …. Of course, you have to work for it."

True, but not always. Kardashians?

Also hard work, sacrifice, and risk doesn’t equate to big money: police, teachers, etc.

Kids are a lot stronger these days. When I was young it’d take two stout men to carry $50 worth of groceries. Now any random six year old can do it.

we were just commenting recently how small the grocery bags are these days and so many packers put one thing in some bags!

And the guess is…. one item per bag?

I was just observing this the other day! So True!

Yeah, back in the ’60’s, wages were much lower…and $20 worth of groceries would fill up the trunk of your car…big paper sacks…

Even though the cost of food has risen, the cost of food relative to income has declined over time. Given the predominance of processed foods in the grocery store, the cost per calorie and per mg of sodium relative to income has dropped precipitously. You don’t have to be rich to be obese any more.

Bring back the long hair!

Back in 68 I could buy a carton of cigarettes for 1/2 of what a pack costs now, glad I quit.

“Holy crap! You must be FAT !!!”.Or you’re just that stupid. Newsflash, healthy food costs more than Banquet frozen dinners. I spend $400-$500 a month to feed a family of 4 and we don’t have any major dietary restrictions, one of my hubby’s former co-workers has a son with allergies and they spent almost twice what we do becuase it costs more to buy stuff made safely….

You’re measuring with a much smaller sack