This year better for appraising

[Digger88]

I recall 5 burgers for $1.00 back in the early 60s. Mustard only, no veggies. Pop from a machine was 6 cents or 10 cents depending. The best was the 6 oz coke from machines for a dime. The cola frosted over when you opened the bottle top.

I know this is a location thing but saying pop instead of soda gives my douche chills, lol I've never heard that here. If someone said soda out there are they looked at like they're a crazy person?

 

[Terrel L. Shields]

If someone said soda

"Soda Pop" was a common term for non-Cola carbonated drinks. Strawberry, Grapette or Nugrape, orange .... all were called soda pop. "Coke" was pretty much meaning a Coca-Cola, "RC" was called that. Pepsi was not common when i was a child. When I went to Colorado on field trip all the vending machines were all Pepsi, something we didn't gag down well. That's when I switched to Coors. A sixpack of bottles (11 oz) were $1.10 in the liquor store. A Pepsi (12 oz) was 25 cents cold. Beer was cheaper. (circa 1972)

 

[Gobears81]

I know this is a location thing but saying pop instead of soda gives my douche chills, lol I've never heard that here. If someone said soda out there are they looked at like they're a crazy person?

We say pop. When I was in Southern Illinois, I said pop and blew the minds of the locals, but soda is definitely not frequently said here.

 

[Doug Wegener]

I remember someone posting a receipt online last year for their McDonald's meal at $17 and everyone was making a big deal about it. It doesn't seem THAT long ago that McDonalds had value meals for $1.99 -$2.99.

How the Big Mac Index Relates to Overall Consumer Inflation

Big Mac inflation appears to track CPI inflation, but its path can diverge from overall U.S. inflation because of price deviations relative to other items in the consumer basket.

www.stlouisfed.org

The link above suggests that McDonalds prices increased by about 20% from 2020 - 2024, and I'd venture that they've gone up since 2024 also.

I remember when the movies were a .25 cents. We should stop saying "prices have gone up". Say the dollar has been debased or going down would be more accurate.