Items included peanut butter, cigarettes, dog food, canned foods and meat that many would consider cheap today
People took to the comment section and shared how they wished prices 20 years ago could appear in their lives againA woman stunned herself and others when she showed a 20-year-old till slip. Images: @marilynhartsz / TikTok, Marilyn Theresa Hartzenburg / FacebookA woman strolled down memory lane and marvelled at the low prices when she looked at a till slip from 2004.
The items included R135 Pampers nappies, a 2l bottle of Coca-Cola costing R8, R23 for a tray of extra-large eggs, R12 for a packet of cigarettes, R154 lamb pack, R5 for a 420g can of sweet corn, a R9 jar of peanut butter, dogtook to Marilyn's comment section to talk about the prices of the groceries and the quality of the till slip.@mirankie4 shared with the online community:Read also"Even the quality of your till slip was better. Nowadays, two weeks later slips are blank.
After listing the stores, many people countered that their experience indicated different prices. Some argued that Pick n Pay can be costly, while others asserted thatJade Rhode is a Human Interest Reporter who joined the Briefly News team in April 2024. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from Rhodes University, majoring in Journalism and Media Studies and Linguistics.