In 1940, eggs cost 33 cents per dozen, Harlan Sanders (not yet a Kentucky Colonel) introduced his Kentucky Fried Chicken, the first Dairy Queen opened, and M&Ms and York Peppermint Patties first hit the market.
Posted on 04/19/2025 6:47:12 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
In 1940, eggs cost 33 cents per dozen, Harlan Sanders (not yet a Kentucky Colonel) introduced his Kentucky Fried Chicken, the first Dairy Queen opened, and M&Ms and York Peppermint Patties first hit the market.
Year-by-year listing at link.
Me, born in 1960:
A dozen eggs cost 57 cents the year JFK was inaugurated; culinary milestones that year included the founding of Hardee’s and Domino’s, the U.S. rollout of Granny Smith apples, and the introduction of Little Debbie Oatmeal Cream Pies.
You can live cheaply if you had a dozen eggs a day, with a little bit of this and that.
List stops at 2005.
We need a month by month for the last five years.
This week I got a dozen eggs for free. My neighbor gave them to me from his chickens that each produce an egg a day. Since it is just him & his girlfriend, that apparently can’t eat them all. 🤣
57 cents. Both sets of grandparents were living on farms, with chickens aplenty. Egg-sucking or chicken-killing dogs were not tolerated.
How about a chart instead?
No.
“Since it is just him & his girlfriend, that apparently can’t eat them all.”
I can eat 50 eggs.
Yesterday I bought a dozen large eggs for $4.49. This is down 50 cents from last week and down from $6.19 in January.
It was about a dollar when I came to this planet. I paid around $6 this week for a dozen eggs. Should really buy in quantity since I go through a dozen in 4 days.
Nobody can eat 50 eggs.
You’re 85?
In the mining camps in the late 1800’s eggs were $10 each. 😮
In 1940, a PFC got paid $54.00, or just under 164 dozen eggs a month.
Base for a PFC now is $2733 a month. Based on that, eggs should now cost $16.66 a dozen.
But can you afford 50 eggs? :-)
That’s all fine and well but how does that relate to a percentage of hourly wage in r 2025 dollars?
DA C 3
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