Ten years ago, I frequented a frugal site where we'd challenge to feed a family of 4 for $20/week. For many it was a full time on going challenge. Nothing wrong with eating oatmeal, beans and cornbread or stuffed potatoes. That $20 budget is today's economy's $100.
Back in the late 1970’s we used to buy groceries every other week for our family of four which included two active teenagers. Always had two carts crammed full, never spent more than $200 and we ate well, breakfast and dinner at home and everybody took their lunch.
Now when you spend $200 you don’t even have one cart full, unless you’re buying toilet tissue, paper towels, washing powder or kitty litter.
What aggravates me most of all is that all the cans and boxes are smaller and they are not even anywhere near full.