This is what a dollar could buy through the years

Spend enough time chatting with someone who’s been around for a while, and the conversation can quickly turn to how much less expensive everything used to be. Penny candy used to actually cost a penny, the five-and-dime actually used to sell items that cost 5 and 10 cents. It’s fascinating to see just how far $1 was once able to take you. Here’s what food a dollar could buy from 1937 until 2000. (By Dan Myers and Jordi Lippe-McGraw, The Daily Meal)

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