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NOSTALGIA: Avocado Cost $1 In 2021, Now $2.50; Dozen Eggs, $1.60 To $4.21

LOS ANGELES, CA - JANUARY 08: Cartons of eggs are displayed for sale at a supermarket on January 8, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by I RYU/VCG via Getty Images)
  • Americans facing rising inflation have become nostalgic for prices from just two years ago – when the cost of basic groceries were almost half their price.
  • In the past, people may have cynically recalled how the cost of everyday items had risen over decades, but now people see prices escalating before their eyes, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.
  • Avocados cost an average of $1 each in early 2021 but had risen to $2.50 just one year later.
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