What started as a routine trip to a thrift store turned into an early-30-year-old snapshot of American grocery shopping.
Last week, I found a pristine grocery receipt from 1997 tucked inside a used book at a local thrift store. The receipt documented roughly 27 everyday grocery items purchased at a Stop & Shop grocery store in Massachusetts for a total of $38.86.
Curious how far that same amount of money would stretch today, I recreated the shopping trip item by item using comparable products at a Bozeman grocery store…