1940s Cost Of Food
Below and how much food and groceries cost in the 40's
These Prices were all taken from newspaper adds around the country
Fresh Meat and Vegetables
- Apples, Pippin, 25 cents for 2 pounds New Jersey 1946
- Bacon Sliced 59 cents per pound Pennsylvania 1948
- Bananas 11 cents per pound Illinois 1947
- Beef Chuck Roast 43 cents per pound Illinois 1947
- Cantaloupe 23 cents Pennsylvania 1948
- Cauliflower 15 cents per head Pennsylvania 1948
- Chicken 41 cents per pound New Jersey 1946
- Doughnuts 15 cents per dozen New Jersey 1946
- Eggs 64 cents per dozen New Jersey 1946
- Flour 25 cents 5 Pound bag California 1944
- Fresh Chickens 55 cents per pound 1948
- Frozen peas Snow crop 19 cents Pennsylvania 1948
- Ground beef 55 cents per pound Pennsylvania 1948
- Lamb Chops 65 cents per pound Pennsylvania 1948
- Large White Eggs 69 Cents per dozen Pennsylvania 1948
- Leg O Lamb 59 cents per pound Illinois 1947
- Loaf Marvel Enriched Bread 13 cents per loaf Illinois 1947
- Margarine 18 Cents per Pound California 1944
- Onions 49 cents 10 pounds Pennsylvania 1948
- Oranges 8 1/2 cents per pound California 1944
- Oranges 49 cents per dozen Illinois 1947
- Perch Fillets 35 cents per pound Pennsylvania 1948
- Pork Roast 39 Cents per pound Wisconsin 1948
- Porterhouse Steak 69 cents per pound Illinois 1947
- Potatoes 38 cents for 10 pounds California 1944
- Seedless grapes 25 cents for 2 pounds Pennsylvania 1948
- Tomatoes 29 cents per pound New Jersey 1946
- Wieners 55 cents per pound Pennsylvania 1948
More
- 100 Aspirin Tablets 39 cents Ohio 1946
- Bleach 21 cents 1/2 gallon Pennsylvania 1948
- Campbells Tomato Soup 25 cents for 3 cans California 1944 California
- Chewing Gum 12 cents for 3 Pennsylvania 1948
- Coffee 85 cents for 2 pound bag Pennsylvania 1948
- Fruit Cocktail 38 cents per can Illinois 1947
- Grape jam 35 cents a jar Illinois 1947
- Heinz Cream of Tomato Soup 23 cents for 2 cans Illinois 1947
- Ivory Soap 8 cents California 1944
- Ivory Soap 35 cents for 2 bars Pennsylvania 1948
- Jello 23 cents 3 pks Pennsylvania 1948
- Kellogs Corn flakes 35 cents for 2 pks Pennsylvania 1948
- Ketchup 19 cents Pennsylvania 1948
- Ladies Zip Line Coats $45.00 Pennsylvania 1948
- Morton Salt 10 cents Pennsylvania 1948
- Plastic raincoats $4.95 Pennsylvania 1948
- Pork and Beans 25 cents for 2 cans Pennsylvania 1948
- Soap Powder 29 cents Pennsylvania 1948
- Tide Soap powder 36 cents Pennsylvania 1948
- Tooth Paste 47 cents Pennsylvania 1948
- Vicks Vapo Rub 59 cents Illinois 1947