Feel like bursting into tears and then hurling your phone at the wall? Well then you've clicked on the right story!
A woman on X (formerly Twitter) has the entire internet sobbing after sharing an old Walmart receipt of her mom's grocery run from 2006.
If you've gone grocery shopping at all in the last four years you know that not even Walmart will save you from the ravages of inflation anymore.
And like most retailers in recent years, Walmart has been caught price gouging customers too.
But to see how much a full grocery haul would have run you 20 years ago is truly the stuff of nightmares.
Along with the image, X user @ruledbymercuryy wrote:
"found my mom’s grocery receipt from 2006, and I just fell to my knees omg…🧎🏾♀️"
The receipt is a lonnnnnnng one with 79 items, so you know this was a major grocery order with a hefty price tag to match. So what did it run her mom?
Sit down, take a breath and brace yourself: a staggering $161.87.
If that has you ready to find Mr. Walmart yourself and drag him out of his office for a talking to, you're not alone. People in the replies promptly freaked out, especially when they noticed that the X user's mom didn't even use any coupons! This was just the straight-up prices!
And! Her mom wasn't scrimping on what she bought either. Several people noticed some fairly big-ticket items on the receipt, like seafood and steaks.
One X user remarked that the receipt felt more like "evidence from a lost civilization," and it's not hard to see why. When is the last time you got out the door of a grocery store for a full-family grocery order for less than $300? And that's in the CHEAP parts of the country!
A grocery run of $161.87 today would probably last a single person a week at most.
A handful of people used AI to figure out what this same grocery order would cost at the currently posted prices at most Walmart stores in America. And, well... it was nearly $400 on average.
Several other things jumped out at people, like a gallon of milk for around $3, a dozen eggs for less than $2, and two different boxes of name-brand cereal all under $2. That's downright laughable at today's prices.
The woman's Walmart receipt definitely had the internet lamenting how much things have changed since 2006 when it comes to grocery prices.
And many people were downright angry—as they should be.
Anyway, big thanks to all the people who voted for a dictatorship in order to get cheaper groceries. Are we great yet?
