A man has unearthed an unbelievably cheap Tesco Receipt from almost 30 years ago, baffling shoppers amid the cost-of-living crisis.
The slightly torn piece of paper from 1997 was shared to Reddit earlier this week as one user happened to stumble across it exactly 26 years after it was printed.
Butter at 53p and mushy peas at 35p were among the remarkable list of 22 everyday items, with 17 less than a £1.00.
With the total coming to £27.36, many savvy shoppers claim these purchases would have cost more than £30.00 extra today – highlighting really just how much prices have rocketed.
The find comes as Britain continues to face the cost-of-living crisis, with supermarkets hiking the prices of everyday items – including Lurpak butter at an eye-watering £9.30 in July last year.
A Reddit user has shared an unbelievable Tesco receipt from 26 years ago
The Reddit user wrote: ‘Bought an old cassette today and found a receipt inside, looked down and saw the date was 25/07/1997, 26 years ago today!’
Felix cat food, which now often costs around £5.00 for a pack of 12, was another incredible item on the list, costing just 48p for an undisclosed size at the time.
Cooking oil – which saw prices surge by more than 23 per cent last year – was also just 53p.
Only one item on the list was priced higher than £5.00 at £10.99, though it is unclear what this was due to scribbles on the receipt.
While food price inflation has eased from its 45-year high of 19.2 per cent, it was measured to be 17.4 per cent this June.
Last month, it was revealed that the proportion of products sold in stores for £1.00 – which is still the single most popular price for a grocery item – has almost halved in a year from 9 per cent to 5 per cent.
And as cash buying becomes less popular, £1.25 has now emerged as the second most popular price for a grocery item alongside £2.00, according to Kantar.
Supermarkets had traditionally used ’round-pound’ prices in an attempt to make pricing clear for shoppers and give them no leftover change when paying in coins.
Popular chains such as Poundland, Poundstrecher and the now-defunct Poundworld have made a whole retail concept out of the simple price point in recent decades.
With the total cost just £27.36, many savvy shoppers claim these purchases would have cost more than £30.00 extra today – highlighting really just how much prices have rocketed
But the budget stores have been forced to raise prices above £1.00 in recent years as margins became tighter – and it appears supermarkets are now following suit.
In response to the receipt, one baffled user wrote: ‘I’ve been through the list and added all the items to my Tesco basket online to see how much it would cost these days. For those of you wondering, the total came to £45.13.’
They later tweaked it, writing: ‘Add another £15 say as I forgot the £10.99 item. Total is £60.13.’
Another replied: ’65p for Weetabix, what a time to be alive,’ as someone else chimed in: ’53 pence for butter?!’
Referring to the £1.85 ‘shower creme’, another Redditer wrote: ‘Felix cat food is like £5 a box Mayo now around £2.50 to £3 surprised at the shower creme though, mind you with Wilkos and Superdrug now they can afford to do most of those at a quid.
‘Was unpacking some of my late mum’s stuff from her loft and it was all packed in newspaper from 1993. Spent quite a while looking at the jobs and salaries £75k for an IT Manager in Leeds which surprised me.’
Meanwhile, others suggest the price of garlic bread at 99p hadn’t changed that much at all.
‘You can buy a garlic bread for 90p today. How has it defied inflation?’, one person wrote.
‘Garlic bread hasn’t really changed,’ another added.
