Good morning and Happy Friday! I’m Betty Lynn Fisher for Friday’s consumer edition of “The Daily Money.”
Texas resident Zoe Dippel and her sister-in-law were taking a walk down memory lane, looking through old family photo albums, when they pulled out a long grocery receipt. Dippel’s mother-in-law had saved receipts for 122 items she bought for her young family, including twins, in 1997.
What’s the total? $155.34.
Dippel’s two TikTok videos, comparing prices in 1997 and 30 years later, have gone viral and have been viewed by more than 3.4 million people so far.
She was surprised by some price increases, such as a 72-pack of Pampers diapers more than doubling from $12.99 to $31.47.
“To me it’s just crazy,” Dippel told USA TODAY of the price increase.
How much does that grocery cart built in 1997 cost now?
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Were you among the more than 1.5 million Verizon customers across the United States caught up in the nation’s worst wireless network outage on January 14? Verizon is offering a $20 credit to customers affected by the seven-hour outage. Here’s how to get it:
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