"That's insane": Vintage Woolies receipt shines a light on cheaper days
<p dir="ltr">One mum has gotten more than she bargained for while cleaning out her wardrobe, stumbling across an old Woolworths receipt from 2011. </p>
<p dir="ltr">While the item itself wasn’t so exciting - and most would immediately toss it away upon discovery - she looked a little further, and one thing stood out to her: the prices. </p>
<p dir="ltr">“I'm currently going through my wardrobe and I found this receipt in a coat pocket," Tegan explained in a video posted to her TikTok, where she displays the receipt for everyone’s inspection. “It's from 2011, very vintage, and I was a new mum."</p>
<p dir="ltr">Her purchases can be seen in the clip, highlighting the size and prices of the various items she picked up that year - the likes of baby formula, spinach, chocolate, capsicum, avocado, and lamb cutlets, totalling the sum of just $49.59. </p>
<p dir="ltr">As she noted, the price of meat was her main point of interest, as it was “so cheap” at just $13.50 in 2011. Meanwhile, in 2023, anything under $20 is considered something of a bargain. </p>
<p dir="ltr">However, for those in the comments, the chocolate was the true upset. And as many pointed out, it hadn’t just gotten more expensive, it had also gotten a lot smaller. </p>
<p dir="ltr">“Lol that Cadbury is now 180g and $5.50,” one wrote. </p>
<p dir="ltr">“That’s what I looked up,” Tegan agreed. “Less for more”. </p>
<p dir="ltr">“Block of dairy milk was 200g too,” another chimed in to add, “now it's 180g”.</p>
<p dir="ltr">And another simply declared, “omg that's insaaane how much the price has changed!!”</p>
<p dir="ltr">For those whose priority is the baby formula, it was painful, with one pointing out that their brand had almost doubled in price - it had been $23.99 for Tegan back then, and marketed at $40 in present times. </p>
<p dir="ltr">“A weekly essential for some parents,” Tegan noted, “would blow out my budget these days.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">“My baby drinks the same formula it costs me $36,” another shared. </p>
<p dir="ltr">“Gosh I feel for you,” Tegan said in response, before adding, “we went through so many tins.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">One had a suggestion to properly compare the prices over the years, telling Tegan she should “buy it all again and put the two together.”</p>
<p dir="ltr">Tegan, however, already had a suspicion, responding that “it’d probably be over $100”. </p>
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