What was affordable 30 years ago, that only rich people can now afford?

@NativePortlander1970 Buying groceries wasn’t bad 30 years ago and I was a single mother. I don’t remember complaining much about the prices.

@cherokeepatti Back then we could fill a cart for less than $100, easily, yesterday the woman in front of me totaled almost $400, and it wasn't junk food either.

@NativePortlander1970 Late 80’s I could buy $15-25 worth of groceries and cook with them and it was plenty. I didn’t buy much as far as junk food or soft drinks, cooked from scratch. When I was working at Walmart 13 years ago customers would leave the store after complaining that they paid about $300 for their cart full of groceries, now well over $400 I’m sure. I go to Aldis & Winco for most grocery purchases now. Even when I was working at Walmart I thought the prices were too high for anything processed and the produce & meat too. We had some competitive local chain stores that were good options back then. It was a Walmart customer that told me she was buying her groceries at Aldi in a nearby city. I started driving over there after I quit Walmart. Not much further than driving to the west part of my city to shop.

@NativePortlander1970 @cherokeepatti I'm single with no kids. I should be able to save some money when it comes to shopping for myself, but nope.

@SubstantialKick It’s really hard for blue collar working families with children. They may not qualify for food stamps and have to limit what they buy to the money they have to spend…unless they want to use credit cards and get themselves in debt that way.