I happen to save a lot of items. Among them some supermarket receipts from the 1980s.
Here is a scan of two from Ralphs Market.
One from Feb. 9, 1983 (oddly, exactly 12 years after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake).
And one from Apr. 1, 1983.

60 cents for greeting cards! :lol:

I noticed the 5 Coors.;)

Damn, the memories you brought back!!!!!!

Happen to have any gas receipts? :lol: I would like to see how gas USED to be cheap. Even then people griped! If they only remember how it used to be.

Wow, what a trip down memory lane! I remember when receipts looked like that. And holy crap... look at the price on the Coors. :lol:

I have a receipt from when my family and I went to Disney World in January of 1990. I uploaded it here... I might be able to locate it quickly enough. :)

Wow, those prices are really something? Just $1.19 for 10 lbs of spuds. We'll never see those days again. I read once that with inflation, everything is double the price in 20 years.

Does Ralph's Market still exist, Tony?

Wow, those prices are really something? Just $1.19 for 10 lbs of spuds. We'll never see those days again. I read once that with inflation, everything is double the price in 20 years.

Does Ralph's Market still exist, Tony?
Yes, Ralph's is still around. There is a huge one in the shopping area in the foothills of Porter Ranch.

I noticed the 5 Coors.;)

That was for my dad. He liked Coors. I always stuck with soft drinks.

Happen to have any gas receipts? :lol: I would like to see how gas USED to be cheap. Even then people griped! If they only remember how it used to be.

I usually pay cash for gasonline, but I do have a photo I took of an intersection in the mid-1980s which shows a gas station with a price of .85 cents for regular. :)
I remember when my mom complained that it cost $7.00 to fill the 26-gallon gas tank of her '69 Cadillac. That was in the '70s.

OMG look at the receipt on the right, towards the top it says LIKE COLA!!!

I remember that brand!!!


Also, look at the price for avocados on the same receipt: 3 for 99 cents! Nowadays it is usually 99 cents EACH...and that is for the SMALL AVOCADOS. :faint:

Here is LIKE Cola. The unsuccesful brand by the 7-up company. God, the memories!!!!!

Here is LIKE Cola. The unsuccesful brand by the 7-up company. God, the memories!!!!!
I remember it, too. It didn't last too long, did it?

I think the Northridge quake lasted longer than that soda. :lol:

I think the Northridge quake lasted longer than that soda. :lol:
Yeah, I didn't think it lasted for long. I should have saved some cans.

But, just before Coke changed to "New Coke" in 1985, I saved a six-pack (unopened) of Coke; I think it's from 1984 but I would have to check.

I too saved a six-pack of that "new Coke". :lol: But when we moved (way back when) the cans got damaged and I figured it wouldn't be worth anything anymore in the future.

North Dakota celebrated its centennial in 1989. Coca-Cola came out with three commemorative designs that they printed on 10oz glass bottles and were sold only in ND, beginning in 1988. I think I have two of the bottles, which has the same design on them...

This is the first example (http://cgi.ebay.com/COKE-Bottle-North-Dakota-Centennial-1989-Coca-Cola_W0QQitemZ160013593303QQcmdZViewItem), altho I don't have bottles with that design.

This is the 2nd example (http://cgi.ebay.com/North-Dakota-Centennial-Coke-bottle-Coca-Cola-Classic_W0QQitemZ6267553633QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item6267553633&_trksid=p3286.c50.m20.l1116), and that is the design that I own. Mine are also unopened.

The final example (http://cgi.ebay.com/North-Dakota-Centennial-Coke-bottle-Coca-Cola-Classic_W0QQitemZ6267553657QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item6267553657&_trksid=p3286.c50.m20.l1116).

I should have saved some bottled Coke. :(
But I think I have some empty ones, again from the '80s.

The price for an 8-pk of Kleenex was the price one box is now. ohno:

The price for an 8-pk of Kleenex was the price one box is now. ohno: :lol:
And the price for the Lorna Doone shortbread cookies... $1.34 back then and it just topped $4.00 recently. :eek:

Very nice reading Fleet.

My things change

Greeting cards were only $0.60? That's cheap compared to today!

Greeting cards were only $0.60? That's cheap compared to today!
Some today are price too high. I've seen $4.99 (just for a card?!?) and the average price, out here, is about $3.50. Some are bargain priced at .99 cents, though.

Very nice reading Fleet.

My things change
I have some World Almancs (the yearly editions) from the '60s and I think there is a price list of common grocery items. I should try to find those books and compare!

I have some World Almancs (the yearly editions) from the '60s and I think there is a price list of common grocery items. I should try to find those books and compare!
Wow Fleet. You must have a large garage or something. You keep all kinds of things don't you? Tell me, what all do you save or have saved? :D

Thats cool! wish you were from england so i could see what the prices use to be! :)

Those are so cool! Thank you for sharing them - remnants of days gone by, and things will never be the way they once were. :( OK, somebody stop me before I launch into "Memories"! :lol:

Those are so cool! Thank you for sharing them - remnants of days gone by, and things will never be the way they once were. :( OK, somebody stop me before I launch into "Memories"! :lol:
How abt "Yesterday"? :lol:

How abt "Yesterday"? :lol:
That, and "Where Have All The Good Times Gone?". :lol:

Wow Fleet. You must have a large garage or something. You keep all kinds of things don't you? Tell me, what all do you save or have saved? :D
Let's see...
- The weather page from 1980 and newer (but now I only save the summer months).
- TV Guides from 1980 (I do have some '70s) up until the late '90s or early 2000s.
- TV ratings from the newspaper from the late 1978 until 2003 or 2004.
- A box of Carnation Instant Breakfast (chocolate flavor) from about 1974. It cost 79 cents back then.
- LOTS of '50s-'70s car magazines.
- 1975-1995 Enquirer, Star and Globe tabloids.
- Video tapes of TV shows, also news and weather events.
- Obituaries from newspapers; the oldest I have is John Wayne (1979).
- My High School notebook and some of the classwork papers from High School inside the notebook. You know, the stuff you wrote down off the blackboard or from lectures.
- The newspaper articles about the '94 Northridge quake and newspapers of other events. I even have the 1979 Skylab crashing back to earth article.
- The very last issue of the Herald Examiner (1989).

There's probably a few I forgot.

I have some World Almancs (the yearly editions) from the '60s and I think there is a price list of common grocery items. I should try to find those books and compare!

I got these from the book TV Treasure: A Compaion Guide go Gilligan's Island

I got these from the book TV Treasure: A Compaion Guide go Gilligan's Island
I have that book! And I actually know where it is on the bookshelf. :)
Thanks for reminding me; those figures are the same as in an almanac. What a difference!

I've also noticed you can see prices in stores on the Andy Griffith Show frequently.

The McDonald's prices reminds me that I snapped a photo of the outside menu back around 1983. I'll have to look it up!

It would be weird to watch one a episode of the Price is Right from the 50's. We would be really off guessing.

4 Tires for $49.99!!!?????? :faint: Wow!!!!!!


Fleet, I have a large rubbermaid box full of headlines, newspaper articles, etc. as well. I doubt I will ever put them in a scrapbook.

4 Tires for $49.99!!!?????? :faint: Wow!!!!!!


Fleet, I have a large rubbermaid box full of headlines, newspaper articles, etc. as well. I doubt I will ever put them in a scrapbook.
Yeah, I can believe the price of the tires!

I also have a 1967 telephone book and a few Sears catalogs from the 1970s...

I just showed my daughters' the pics above and the faces they made at those clothes was YUCK!!!!!!!! :rofl:

I told them, "That was the style!" :lol:

I just showed my daughters' the pics above and the faces they made at those clothes was YUCK!!!!!!!! :rofl:

I told them, "That was the style!" :lol:
Actually, the green and brown pants look pretty cool - the plaid designs just look bad!! :lol: I'd wear the green or the brown pairs!

Those plaid pants do look ridiculous.
I don't recall ever wearing plaid- only solid colors.

I have a coupon from the '80s for Pac-Man cereal

Actually, now I feel like singing the All in the Family theme, "Those Were The Days". The Simpsons did a parody of it, but the things they mentioned were almost all 70s related. Someone should update it to the '80s. :lol:

I happen to save a lot of items. Among them some supermarket receipts from the 1980s.
Here is a scan of two from Ralphs Market.
One from Feb. 9, 1983 (oddly, exactly 12 years after the 1971 Sylmar earthquake).
And one from Apr. 1, 1983.

60 cents for greeting cards! :lol:

I was looking at some old threads. The good old days of affordable groceries. We'll never see those low prices again with inflation and tariffs.

A typical store-bought greeting card today is roughly $4-$6.

I uploaded the receipts to ChatGPT for analysis.

$130.74 (April 1983)

Using the same inflation factor (about 3.23× from 1983 to 2025):

$52.55 → about $169.74
$78.19 → about $252.55
$130.74 → about $422.29

So that grocery trip would cost roughly $420–$425 today if it rose in line with overall U.S. inflation.

For the greeting cards:

The receipt shows 5 greeting cards at $0.60 each = $3.00 total.
Inflation-adjusted, $3.00 in 1983 ≈ $9.69 today.
That works out to about $1.94 per card in today's dollars.

By comparison, a typical greeting card today is often around $4–$6 at major card retailers and supermarkets, though prices vary widely by brand and design.

It's also interesting that the receipts contain many items that have not tracked inflation evenly. Products such as coffee, orange juice, beef, and processed foods have generally increased faster than overall inflation at various times, while some produce items have sometimes increased more slowly. So if you recreated this exact basket today, the total could end up somewhat higher or lower than the simple inflation-adjusted estimate of about $422.

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