Throwback Thursday ~ Grocery Ads From July 1961

Look at these ads in the Little Falls Evening Times from July 1961.

The now defunct A&P Super Market and P & C Food Market were advertising these specials in Little Falls newspaper back in 1961. We couldn't resist finding out how much these items cost today.

1961	2016

Chuck Steak at A&P
$0.37 per pound	$3.29 per pound

London Broil at A&P
$0.79 per pound	$5.99 per pound

Chicken Legs at A&P
$0.39 per pound	$1.49 per pound

Chicken Breast at A&P
$0.41 per pound	$2.29 per pound

Ground Beef
A&P 2 pounds for $0.89	$3.99 a pound
P&C 1 pound for $0.39
Head of Lettuce
A&P 2 for $0.25	1 for $1.99
P&C 2 for $0.29
Duncan Hines Cake Mix at P&C
4 for $1.00	$1.79 each

Canada Dry Cans at P&C
$0.10 each	2 8 packs for $7.00

Bananas at P&C
2 pounds for $0.25	$0.59 a pound

Cube Steak at P&C
$0.98 per pound	$5.29 a pound

We used the sale prices from Price Chopper as comparison always using the lowest price. For example, certain brands of Chicken Breast are selling for over $5.00 per pound, but we found some on sale for $2.29 per pound and went with that price point.

Lynn Osley Rosen

What a blast from the past right? For an even bigger impact look at the inflation calculator. Something that cost $1.00 in 1961 would now cost $8.05.

usinflationcalculator.com

Special thanks to Lynn Osley Rosen for use of photos.

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