Good times when a single note did miracles in the pocket of Brazilians
If today you enter the market with $ 10 and go out with a bullet package and a suspicious look of the cashier, know that it was not always so. There was a time when this note was almost a magic wand: just to sacrify it from the wallet to fill the bag and still leave for a Big Big gum.
Let’s board a time trip and find out what you could buy with $ 10 in the 90s and early 2000s, according to some internet portals.
What you could buy at the supermarket with $ 10 in the past
In the 90s, with $ 10, you could buy almost a kilo of national picanha, which cost an average of $ 10.50.
Already the rice, indispensable item on the Brazilian table, came out for R $ 0.64 o. That is, with $ 10, you could guarantee the meat and still take a few pounds of rice home.
French bread cost about R $ 0.10 a unit. With $ 1, you had 10 fresh rolls. The type C milk of bag came out for R $ 0.54. And coffee, an inseparable companion of the mornings, sold for $ 2.20 the 500g package. A complete breakfast for less than $ 5.
Watching a movie in the cinema cost around $ 5. After the session, you could taste a Big Mac for $ 2.75.
And if hunger squeezed, a barbecue rotation came out for about $ 13, but with $ 10 it was possible to enjoy a lot.
The famous $ 1.99 stores were a fever in the 90s. With $ 10, you came out with bags full of household items, toys and even stationery. It was the ideal place for those who wanted to save without giving up variety.
It is important to remember that, despite low prices, salaries were also lower.
In 1994, the minimum wage was $ 64. Still, purchasing power was significantly larger than the current one.
Today, the $ 10 grade has lost about 86.70% of its value since 1994.
Ah, the good times when $ 10 did miracles in the supermarket! And you, remember anything else you could buy with this note?
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