According the Bureau of Labors Statistics inflation calculator, $1.00 in 1974 is equivalent to $4.79 in today's dollars. So, multiply the numbers you see below by 4.79 and you will get those prices in today's money.
For instance, a $.65 Big Mac would be $3.11 today.
Using pricing information HERE, a Big Mac today is priced at $3.99 (not as part of a combo meal). This means the price of the Big Mac has increased 28% over the general rate of inflation for the past 40 years.
A fun-ish class excercise could be to do like I just did above and look at how, after adjusting for inflation, prices have changed over time.
Questions to ask would be how has portion size changed? Quality and composition of the food? Competition in the marketplace?
Here is a recent one. Big difference, eh? The simple life no more.
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Scary, when you see how much the dollar's value has fallen.
ReplyDeleteI remember 10 cent beer (in one bar only, unfortunately). And 15 cent burgers in a place that later became a Burger King.
If you bought a house back when a Big Mac cost 65 cents, you were in good shape ten years later. The paycheck went up, but the mortgage payment didn't.
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ReplyDeleteThank You
Even figuring the conversion of the $ in
ReplyDelete1974 to the $ in 2022 the price increases at all McDonald's is a
complete outrage. A 5.00 order
of McDonald's french fries? What
kind of world is this? It's like
actually living in a dystopian movie.
It's amazing to see how McDonald's menu has evolved since 1974! Prices were so much lower, and the selection was much simpler compared to today's offerings. Looking back, it's clear how much consumer tastes and fast food trends have changed over time.
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