‘Every part is at the least double that now’

A grocery store flyer from Zehrs unsealed from a Y2K capsule and posted online highlights a a lot totally different time: Sure, Survivor was the most-watched present on tv within the 12 months 2000, and Santana had a No. 1 hit with “Easy,” however a 10-pound bag of Crimson Scrumptious apples additionally value simply $3.99.

Reddit user The8-5 explains they included a Zehrs grocery retailer flyer for a time capsule they made going into the 12 months 2000, so they may reminisce on costs sooner or later sooner or later.

“That ‘sooner or later’ is now,” they wrote.

Some gadgets have doubled in worth

The costs featured within the flyer are definitely nostalgic, with varied on a regular basis gadgets like dairy and produce tagged considerably decrease – generally greater than half the price of present day costs at Loblaws-affiliated shops.  

Nowadays, 10-pound baggage of apples aren’t out there at Zehrs on-line, however their web site exhibits a four-pound bag of Crimson Scrumptious apples on sale for $5.99 — down from the regular price of $7.99.

Over within the dairy aisle, a 400-gram container of feta cheese was $4.69 in 2000. Now it’s $10.49. Whereas the scale stayed the identical, the value of the product greater than doubled over 24 years.

For snacks, a 170-gram bag of Lays potato chips have been going for 97 cents in 2000. This week, a 165g of Lays potato chips will value you $3.99.

You would additionally get three baggage of Doritos chips for $5. That is fairly the deal, contemplating a single 235g bag now costs $5.49, or two for $10.

Reddit customers react: ‘Outrageous’ chip costs in 2024

The photograph of the flyer, posted to the “Loblaws is out of control” subreddit, has garnered a whole lot of reactions and greater than 50 feedback.

Many within the feedback of the Reddit put up expressed dismay at how far costs have spiked over the previous 20 years, together with inflation.

“Two for $9 are the costs I hold seeing for the flowery chips,” anti_anti_christ wrote. “That is presupposed to a deal. I am glad I am not a chip eater, as a result of that (is) outrageous.”

“$4 for 10 kilos of these apples,” user dadass84 wrote. “Now it’s $4 for 2 kilos of these apples. Womp womp.”

User dubfresh questioned how every thing might have doubled, even considering inflation: “Every part is at the least double that now, the place we might anticipate one thing […] like 40-per-cent dearer underneath regular inflation.”

“We are able to by no means return,” Admirable_Potato3476 wrote alongside a cry face emoji.

Calling out Canadian grocery stores has grow to be a daily pastime on social media in latest months. Whether or not it’s evaluating costs of the same product in other countries, or griping about the general shopping experience, it’s clear that grocery buying is turning into a dreaded necessity.