Cuba 50-55 cents. Our survey of historical USA newspapers from 1975 also returned these sizes & prices: Research conducted by Lynne prices but haven't quite worked up enough nerve; and a smaller fraction who are trying to hold the line. makes sense to pick a week (first week in May?) Thus, it can sell at 5 cents long after we can,' Carolina Press:Columbia] 1993 (p. 168) popular demand, company promotion, and product surplus. Fitzgerald, sales director of the B-1 Beverage Co. of St. Louis. That's a paradox only until you Several USA newspapers confirm [1959] 37 cents/11.75 oz In the USA, basic McDonald's Secret Formula : how brilliant marketing and relentless salesmanship made Coca-Cola the [1887-WWII] Value of a Dollar states the price of Coca Cola About They tried a 16-ounce and 32-ounce this piece of data. [2004] 88 cents/2 cans (19 3/4 oz) [1979] 10 cents/can (10 oz) "The new "Low Down Value" menu will discount several key items to 59 cents, including the basic hamburger..." Dates, prices and food items varied according to availability. threatened. places, years, seasons and months. Tell them which date(s) and place(s) you [1934] 27 cents/lb Best breakfast, of tea, coffee or chocolate, loaf sugar 31 cents ...This huge Excel spreadsheet offers dozens of food prices including vinegar, rye, raisins, bread, butter, beef, beer, etc. The paradox vanishes with the words, "hidden price rise." [1964]--15 cents 1.55 oz, Super FoodTown, Cedar Knolls NJ Is a function of Summary of our findings: [1968] Value of a Dollar, Pepsi, .59/6pack of 10oz bottles a dime and receive four pennies. In New York they're liable to pay anything of sugar; 10 bushels of salt for a barrel of 'super' flour; 2 bushels of salt for 1 pr. While most of the buyers were men there [1972] At the new price, when a customer orders a small drink and small fries the franchisee var sc_project=308664; "1964: St. Paul's first McDonald's restaurant opens, on Fort Road. [1934] 8 oz, 8 cents customers millions of dollars. German pound and a dollar is worth 2.49 5/8 reichsmarks. [1978] 79 cents/15 oz McDonalds celebrated its 20th birthday April 20, 1975 by selling hamburgers at original price: 15 cents. [1925] no size, 9 cents True or not, that is what the people believe and tell each other." provide seasonal profit. night, good coffee, tea and chocolate, good steaks, etc. threatened. About Kellogg's: In the beginning, Kellogg's patented foods were served exclusively to the residents of the Battle Creek Sanitarium. [1964] 20 cents/ 3 "tall" cans [1973] 1.26 oz......10 cents Point of purchase (vending machine, grocery store, restaurant, army syrups or concentrates that bottles buy from the manufacturers, such as Coca-Cola, Nehi, Seven-Up, Pepsi-Cola, Dr. Pepper and Research conducted by Lynne Hennessy brandy varied greatly. If you want to learn more about the global economic impact of McDonald's food prices you might Free shipping. [2011] Daily Record, Coca Cola, 1.89/67.6 oz bottle A buyer of a six-cent soft drink...can deposit a penny and a dime in the machine and get a nickel back. [1914] no size, 10 cents Philadelphians pay 7 cents while folks in Colorado Springs shell out 6 cents. Tell them which date(s) and place(s) you etc. [1926] 25 cents/3 cans revolution. always supplemented what the home farmers grew, and now Germany has cut down on food imports. [1967] 49 cents/lb 'le big mac' on the Champs Eylsee? [1912] no size, 9 cents Why? 2 Cheeseburgers are specially bundled; not for single purchase. '..Wherever the soft drink prices land, one firm--the National Rejectors Inc., --stands ready for them. a patchwork price pattern across the United States. From New York to San A baker in the English Midlands makes the rolls. But had you --like CU--saved the labels, here's what you'd restaurants catered to every taste, at every price. marketed cans in five U.S. cities. specifically for their canned product called the "Harlequin" which featured a pattern of diamonds "On that cold, cloudy first day of business 30 years ago, Mr. Kroc's No. For many New Yorkers the step means they'll be $1.19 a pint in one store, and in another it was $2.85 a quart. [NOTE: This book is chock full of charts, data and economic analysis. specialties in addition to steaks, chops and a hundred other regular items...If present conditions continue long enough, the Pepsi: 100 years, Bob Stoddard establishment. In 1852 the crop was poor and prices were high. [1944] 9 cents/can 6.7 cents an ounce. Don't waste your time scanning through weeks of microfilm looking for one specific brand. Those to whom eating is a pleasure, as well as a necessity, no longer ask themselves: 'What shall I eat today?' Local newspapers (on microfilm) can be used to find advertisements for holiday restaurant uploaded full-text and free to the Internet. CU's shoppers found that there was no abundance in the stores of any kind of candy bars. It also $1.13; cabbage, 4 cents, mushrooms, 26 cents; eggs (dozen), 60 cents;...peaches 18 cents; pineapple (one) $1.80; cantaloul, 68 cents; If your library does not have old newspapers, your librarian can help identify which papers were Those to whom eating is a pleasure, as well as a necessity, no longer ask themselves: 'What shall I eat today?' "...illegal booze was expensive and most drinkers--female or male--could not afford to consume alcohol at preprohibition rates... What size were the portions and how many dishes, on average, were ordered. How many different sizes of Hershey bars were there in 1975? New Year's Eve 1933, Prohibition still in effect: Customers repeatedly were told that their [1965] 12 oz, 25 cents In one Fourteenth street store more in the present survey--aside from the six-ounce bars priced at two for 25 cents (which CU hasn't found in the stores for several [2004] 2.99/lb [2009] $1.10 green beans which were inside the store, but the proprietor, arrogant since people must take what they can get, said she could The largest receipt of strawberries by railroad on a single day, that we remember was a load of 893 bushels, or 142,000 baskets, brought in by an evening train on the Erie railroad, a few years since. says G.R. the Arches, John F. Love [Toronto:Bantam Books] 1986. [1991] .45 Superfine, 3.50-3.75, Family, 4.00. A [1922] 8 cents/can [1948] 15 cents/4.5 oz [1982] 1.65/19 oz [1978] 79 cents/15 oz Five baskets were supposed originally to make a quart. prices rose. [1968] 3/4 oz.....5 cents prices, is not buying more than absolutely needed. "Family Marketing: Current Retail Prices at the Principal Markets," New York Times, November 11, 1865 (p. 3) product type (canned condensed soup). Germany, not only meat but almost all vegetables, fruits and other foods are sold by the pound. lower than the old speakeasy rates. Federal Price Commission, no simple hamburger prices quote in tje New York Times. computer. Is a function of or their fathers--can remember, the price has been 80 cents for a case of 24 small bottles. No salt meant no meat during the long months '..Wherever the soft drink prices land, one firm--the National Rejectors Inc., --stands ready for them. sugar, ham, coffee, lamb, etc. construction, may work two shifts a day...Germany never grew all the food it needed, and the balance must be imported...Gresh foods from neighboring contries are any...Some days they cannot get pork, an other days it may be mutton or another staple. [1984]--50 cents pays 40 cents for a reichsmark. [1920] 9/16 oz.....3 cents 1.55 oz., ---Value of a Dollar [1956] 33 cents/11.75 oz factors (sugar availability) all play significant roles. 'Monday--At [1991] 2.39/lb [1965] 11 cents/ca (10 1/2 oz) [2011] 12 oz., $3.79 [2009] Daily Record, Coca Cola, 3.99/8-pack; 16 oz bottles Puffed milk chocolate bars were found to be more expensive than unpuffed bars of either the same or competing brands. for filling the home pots and pans are the hopeless addicts in the daily food gamble, as an extract from a housewife's diary headings & units (pound of bread), then scroll down to your target year. ---SOURCE: Macon [Daily] Telegraph, Macon Georgia, October 31, 1861 (p. 3) Germany, not only meat but almost all vegetables, fruits and other foods are sold by the pound. --- "McDonald's 'Low Down Value' Menu," Dan Koeppel, Brandweek, January 1, 1991 (p. 10) [1930] 2 oz.....5 cents In a fanciful sketch in the Broadway Journal in 1845, a 'gentleman in search of dinner' made a comic tour of the FoodTimeline library owns 2300+ books, hundreds of 20th century USA food company brochures, Coca cola began selling its products in cans in 1940, two years after the first soda in cans (Cliquot only because of the lucrative salary his uncle offered, but because he had developed an idea while apples, 16 cents, German Camembert, 36 cents...These prices are for the American or other foreigner who lives in Germany and who They Or a penny and a quarter will bring him four nickels." Customers repeatedly were told that their Tracing price histories for specific products (even ones as famous as Coca Cola and Pepsi) can be studying in the kitchens of Paris. After early 1864 it was said that bartering had become the 'best mode of getting was enough for a starving stevedore, naturally much of it uneaten and wasted; tomorrow we start housekeeping. in Paris to learn about French cooking, especially soup making. "'Value Pricing' resembles a department store's bargain basement. preceding modern refrigeration, it was used for food curing and preservation. For as long as most bottlers-- [1948] 15 cents/4.5 oz [1995] 1.09/4.8 oz To align these prices we recommend you calculate, whenever possible, the price per ounce. advantage of its volume of sales as well as having only a six-ounce bottle. Have questions? [1982] 18 oz, $1.25 the Food Timeline's teacher resources [1980] 1.05 oz.....25 cents Coca Cola & Pepsi prices Pioneering breakfast cereal manufacturers (Kelloggs, Post, Quaker, Ralston) left an indelible mark Prices generally were lower than those charged in home-loving Germans, certainly the city dwellers, will be transformed into a race of diners-out. [1968] 11 cents/can (10 1/2 oz) [1948] 15 cents/4.5 oz ), product size (10 ounce cans, 8 ounce glass bottles, 2 litre plastic bottles), and economic ---"Daily Food Gamble is Lot of Germans," Junius B. We presume that all the New Yorkers are afflicted with the gout just now, as the Summer days approach, and are eager to improve the botanist's remedy....New York City is the largest strawberry market in the world, and the strawberry grows in all climates and is sold in all latitudes. This is especially helpful if you are compiling prices for another city, as is The finest regular loaf was the penny white, next the places, years, seasons and months. Survey of historic U.S. prices for Coca Cola and Pepsi [1980] 99 cents/15 oz Your librarian can confirm availability or direct you to the closet holding library. "The Arch Deluxe didn't bring new customers into its stores, so now McDonald's Corp. appears poised to try something old -- price cutting. carte) was a simple list of basic items. cents. " sodas and orders of fries." Can Central cheeseburgers at its company-owned stores. Olver, editor The Food When Newspapers reporting 1975 Hong Kong launch stated "Items are priced quite Coca Cola in cans: All you need is a library card or student ID. [2003] 38 cents/can (10 3/4 oz) Ask your Not only was the company celebrating 20 years of business, it was opening new restaurants Why? "Golden Arches on the European Horizon? Old menus are the best place to find historic restaurant prices. [1974] 55 cents/15 oz Below please find an article published in the New York Times in 1856. [1918] no size, 8 cents [1953] 23 cents/7.25 oz It is made with fresh tomatoes, celery, and garlic oil for optimum nutrition and taste. three groups these days--those who've already raised prices to six, seven or ten cents a bottle and those who want to boost hamburgers cost 30 cents (Daily Mail, Hagerstown MD, May 1, 1975). Prices in newspaper ads reflect seasonal availability, In New York they're liable to pay anything In many cities in the state of Washington, soft drinks cost a dime a bottle. paying 20 cents for a small glass of the soft drink instead of 15 cents, and 30 cents for a large glass instead of 25 cents." We puposely excluded prices published by drug stores, department stores, and discount clubs. 1.55 oz., [1967] 12 oz, 29 cents [17th century] British CU's shoppers found that there was no abundance in the stores of any kind of candy bars. [1909] Mrs. Beeton's Everyday Cookery, 11th edition (p. 37-44) prices for beef, mutton, pork, veal, lamb, poultry, game, fish, [1660-1950]Bread prices London, average retail & industry notes [2007]--89 cents Normally the Big Mac sells for $1.90. The excuse is that the country Street Journal, November 2, 1950 (p. 1) Peas.--In great demand. Each adult is allowed half a pound [1914, 1947, 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990, 2000, 2004] Consumer Price inflation, 1947-2004, If you are looking for 17th and early 18th century items use the term "bill of store ledgers, menus, and personal diaries. $1.20 a case by selling the bottles at 5 cents each...The cost increases which nag the bottlers are many. [1920] 15 cents/"tall can" [1935] 20 cents/3 cans ---"The 55-Cent Big Mac Tack; McDonald's Proposed Price Cut Represents a Reversal of the Arch Deluxe Strategy," customers millions of dollars. If you want to compare We know of no reason why strawberries should be sold in these thimble measures.In Boston, all berries are brought to the market in those neat, round boxes, made in old Hingham, and containing as smooth quart....We hope some berry adventurer will try the Hingham boxes in the in New York this season. Charles Dickens Dinner, prepared by Charles Ranhofer, 1868. it. New York Times, June 3, 1972 (p.21) Their cost per ounce is 2.7 cents, compared with 3.1 cents per ounce The paradox vanishes with the words, "hidden price rise." The price in Maryland is $1.10. [2004] 2.99/lb Have questions? ---"Discount Menu is Coming to McDonald's As Chain Tries to Win Back Customers," Wall Street Journal, November 30, ---"Thirsty Jam Rum Stores; Prices Vary," Felix Bruner, Washington Post, March 2, 1934 (p.1) food lottery. [1964]--15 cents According to Dick Adams, the Pricing for these two products is generally competitive, meaning they are Canada Food Stats Unfortunately, most of these documents are not Argentine fiddlers, or Marimba bands, were contented to cling to the 50-cent-a-shot tariff, counting on volume of business to [2003] .80 [1979] 12 oz, 59 cents weight, not packaging (can). var sc_invisible=1; Bartering transactions are At the new price, when a customer orders a small drink and small fries the franchisee Pepsi: 100 years, Bob Stoddard "Berlin...Lotteries and bookmaking are legal in Germany, one in which everybody with a healthy appetite places at least two bets every day, is the if you bough the candy bar by weight, they way you buy sugar, you'd be paying almost 9 cents instead of 5 cents for a four-ounce bar. [1922] "large size," 12.5 cents [1933] no size, 20 cents/three pkgs '..Wherever the soft drink prices land, one firm--the National Rejectors Inc., --stands ready for them. Normally the Big Mac sells for $1.90. [1954] 21 cents/7.25 oz Prices in the Macon [Georgia] market.--The prices for all leading articles are considerably lower than in any other city, as is months)--was Hershey's 3/4-ounce bar. often the case with birthday and anniversary presents. customers millions of dollars. "The trend of the prices can be judged from two bills that have survived, rendered to 'J.O. [1995] 1.09/4.8 oz forget what he intended to eat. Retail food prices: 1995-present, monthly: [fee database] in Paris to learn about French cooking, especially soup making. The soup with the famous taste you know and love is healthy, because Campbell, Provides full serving of vegetablesCampbell's Tomato Soup, 10.75 Oz (Case of 12) The original 1834 Delmonico's menu (bill of fare or needs its foreign exchange to import war materials. SOURCES: food ads published in major U.S. newspapers included in ProQuest's Historic Newspaper database, 2000+ recent prices There is plenty of interesting information regarding McDonald's pricing strategies. Puffed milk chocolate bars were found to be more expensive than unpuffed bars of either the same or competing brands. For many New Yorkers the step means they'll be Each ration card is good at a designated store. [1987]--62 cents OPA is appealing the case; unless the decision is reversed, price control will be seriously [1947] 44 cents/4 cans Price and Supply on the Home Front, Canada 5 cent bar, no ounces, 3 for 10 cents Corn meal. [1861] Book of Household Cookery, Isabella Beeton (some recipes include average cost) [1977] 12 oz, 50 cents provide a wealth of information on prices, menus and rationing. [1974] 1.4 oz.....15 cents A restaurant menu usually has enough suggestions to make the average customer [1905] 6 cents/can Pepsi .05/bottle [1861-1865] CU's shoppers found that there was no abundance in the stores of any kind of candy bars. Chances are that you haven't noticed The Press Club was charging 25 cents for gin bucks, rye highballs and Manhattan and Martini Meanwhile, Dr. Dorrance's uncle, Arthur, was a partner in Joseph Campbell's Camden New Jersey, canning During the American Civil War inflation was rampant and food was scarce. [1986] 1.69/20 oz Coffee and rolls are a sure thing for breakfast, but anybody will give odds on what he will get for the two other [2010] .95 [1977] 89 cents/15 oz topic. Coca-Cola began selling cans to overseas armed services in 1955 and, in 1959, test FoodTimeline library owns 2300+ books, hundreds of 20th century USA food company brochures, According to Dick Adams, the a quart in 1918, soared to an average of $4.01 a quart by 1930. Instead of money, she took five turkeys in payment." Food ads published in local newspapers are the best sources for identifying brand-name retail prices. They are certainly cleaner and more inviting than those coarse baskets , and they make a neat and beautiful display of the luxurious fruit. The prices obtained for the fruit by the cultivators range form 12 1/2 cents to $1.50 the quart. [1911] 10 cents/can 'Tuesday--Bought three eggs, which a girl clerk had apparently had hidden behind the counter. soil. More than this, they are the most healthful of all fruits. [1935] 20 cents/3 cans In other words, But for utter --- "McDonald's 'Low Down Value' Menu," Dan Koeppel, Brandweek, January 1, 1991 (p. 10) [1953] 23 cents/7.25 oz Below please find prices from Campbell’s condensed soup product introduction: 1897 to 2014. Coca-Cola began selling cans to overseas armed services in 1955 and, in 1959, test Normally the Big Mac sells for $1.90. not have them until the stale ones outside were sold. brand ginger ale) went to market. [1911] 10 cents/can food lottery. [1930] 2 oz.....5 cents According to the records of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Kellogg brand cereals were introduced to the American published in certain towns for a specific time period. German pound and a dollar is worth 2.49 5/8 reichsmarks. "On that cold, cloudy first day of business 30 years ago, Mr. Kroc's No. [20th century] Retail food prices have been culled by the Canadian government from the 20th century forward. and one may fill with these for a New York shilling. Ask! Australia [1209-1914] English prices and wages Be specific. [1936] 10 cents/pkg Identify historic restaurants in your area that are still operating...they may be able to on American tables. They tried a 16-ounce and 32-ounce home-loving Germans, certainly the city dwellers, will be transformed into a race of diners-out. advertisements in the early years. [1958] 33 cents/11.75 oz Delmonico's: A Century of Splendor. [1954] 33 cents/3 cans (10 1/2 oz) In other words, [2009] 1.0/2 cans (10 3/4 oz) [2005] Daily Record, Coca Cola, 1.09/2 litre bottle needs its foreign exchange to import war materials. [1917] no size, 8 cents exchange rates. "The trend of the prices can be judged from two bills that have survived, rendered to 'J.O. [1920] no size, 11 cents Thus, it can sell at 5 cents long after we can,' "Berlin...Lotteries and bookmaking are legal in Germany, one in which everybody with a healthy appetite places at least two bets every day, is the Martha M. Hamilton,. [1956] 33 cents/11.75 oz was enough for a starving stevedore, naturally much of it uneaten and wasted; tomorrow we start housekeeping. Five baskets were supposed originally to make a quart. Doodle. Let's say you are in the habit of buying Mars' Forever Yours candy bars. The 5 cent bar was comparatively cheap, costing 3.3 cents an ounce; the penny bar, on the other hand, Historic restaurant prices 1.55 oz, Super FoodTown, Cedar Knolls NJ Argentine fiddlers, or Marimba bands, were contented to cling to the 50-cent-a-shot tariff, counting on volume of business to We learn from this information that strawberries were sold to consumers in baskets, boxes, pints, quarts, and bushels. It's one of the few constants in a churning bowl of changing norms. [1987] 1.99/20 oz a quart in 1918, soared to an average of $4.01 a quart by 1930. in talk being swapped here this week by 1,000 pop bottlers gathered for a convention of the American Bottlers of Carbonated hoarding and speculation, which drove prices up even more. It's just like the 5-cent phone call that now costs 10 cents in many places...The score pad to date...shows check old newspapers for grocery store advertisements. Value of a Dollar: Prices and Incomes in the United States 1860-2009, Scott Derks [Grey House Publishing:Millerton NY] 2009 (p. 641) [1964] Daily Record, Coca Cola, .27, two 12 oz cans [1933] 1 7/8 oz.....5 cents [2009] 1.0/2 cans (10 3/4 oz) They begin with the McDonalds Straight drinks of blended liquor were as low as 20 cents and 40 cents was being charged for bonded rye and imported ---"Daily Food Gamble is Lot of Germans," Junius B. Little if any of the supply is wasted now, as stores rarely have any which is not sold, and the thrifty German, at present [1968] 3/4 oz.....5 cents [1949] 10 cents/1 can (10 1/2 oz) [1920] 15 cents/"tall can" English custom, offered as "ordinarys"...meaning a prepared meal open to the public offered at an 43 cents; hamburger, 38 cents; goulash veal, 45 cents; pork tenderloin, 54 cents; pork kidneys, 38 cents; mutton chops, 41 cents; Why? Sold in more than 100 countries and promising a time-honored nostalgic taste, there's nothing quite like Campbell's for high quality soups in classic flavors. Doodle. [1995] 1.09/4.8 oz Bacon.--The market has been stationary. [NOTE: the book Value of a Dollar includes both charts detailing both historic price and prices expressed in 2007 dollars.] any appreciable difference in bars you've been buying for the past four years. cobbler could exchange a new pair of shoes for a winter coat. juicy beefsteaks...Vegetable trays had only green beans, kohlrabi and green peppers. [2011] .99 [1913] no size, 10 cents Sugars.--New Orleans, 9.5-13.5 cents. Hamburgers are bundled with a Here's an example of how the hidden price rise works Prices in newspaper ads reflect seasonal availability, you can do is approximate. [1979] 1.05/15 oz Wartime food prices is a great project, please call ahead to alert the librarians you class is.. 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