A recent post on a private Facebook group called The Village highlighted the biggest differences between groceries today and 34 years ago, and the comparisons are staggering.
As reported by TimesLive on Tuesday, 12 March 2024, till slips from a Pick n Pay Hypermarket in Ottery, Cape Town, from 1990 were showcased, and it became apparent how much inflation has increased over the years.
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The first slip, dated 29 May 1990, showed 60 items for a total of R146.77, with normal items ranging from bread, milk, fruit and veggies to baby food, biscuits, refuse bags and a pet’s tick and flea collar.
Among the examples within the slip are:
- Marie biscuits (brand not specified): then 200g for 85c, now R19.99 for the Baker’s Maries, in a 200g pack;
- Fruit juice (brand not specified): 1 litre was R1.59, now R34.99 for 1l Liquifuit;
- 2l low fat milk (no brand specified): then R2.75, now R19.99 (PnP brand);
- Bonnita butter 500g: Then R3.49, now on special at R69.99 (FirstChoice)
- Fabric softener 2 litres (no brand specified): then R9.45, now R49.99 (Sunlight)
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