In the eighties, when my kids were little, I used to buy a standing rib roast just for an everyday dinner. They weren’t outrageously expensive. Today I wouldn’t even buy one for a holiday since they’re between fifty and sixty dollars.
...and because the kids are now grown up - thus, fewer hungry persons seated at the dinner table?
Seriously: Wouldn't it take about as long now as then to earn the money (at a minimum-wage job) to buy the same quantity of rib roast?
Regards,