For a look at how much groceries cost in 1926, this ad for Kroger’s appeared in the Indianapolis Times one hundred years ago today, March 9, 1926.
The prices look low, but there’s been a lot of inflation since then. According to this online inflation calculator, one dollar in 1926 was the equivalent of about $18 in today’s money. So the 27 cent eggs work out to almost $5, which sounds expensive. But the 19 cent spare ribs are the equivalent of about $3.42 per pound, which doesn’t sound too bad.
What would you make for dinner if you were shopping a hundred years ago?
What would the average working man’s, blue or white collar, salary have been in 1926? Maybe $40 a week? All relative, I guess, though today’s inflation is sky-high.