Grocery stores have been a staple of American culture since the 1920s, and the European mind can't quite comprehend the scale of our nutriment abundance.
Your average grocery store has remained relatively unchanged since the 1970s, but the products in them, and the prices, are a like a different planet.
Here are 20 photos of what grocery shopping looked like 50 years ago.
1
Grocery Shopping
In 1974.
2
Paying By Check
A big haul in 1975.
3
The Frozen Food Aisle
Woman shopping, 1970s.
4
Grocery Shopping
Dairy section, 1971.
5
The Grocery Check Out
Around 1970.
6
Station Wagon
All groceries were safe in the back of the wagon.
7
Mom and Daughter
Shopping in the ‘70s.
8
The Soda Aisle
Mother and children, 1970s.
9
Schnuck's Grocery Store Cashier
St. Louis, MO, 1970s.
10
Customers Checking Out
A grocery store in Wilson County, NC.
11
Northland Foods
In River Falls, Minnesota.
12
Cereal and Dog Food Aisle
A perfect place for kids, 1970s.
13
Gelsen’s Supermarket
Cheap produce in the 1970s.
14
Alta, Norway, 1970s
Sapmi reindeer herders load up supplies at the local grocery store.
15
Supermarket Sign
Painting Extra store fun circa 1973.
16
Kmart Store
Busy in the 1970s.
17
Los Angeles
An elderly man in a grocery store, 1976.
18
The Treasury
Discount Store And supermarket, circa 1971.
19
7/Eleven
Convenience Store Easy food in 1971.
20
Chevy Chase
Going grocery shopping, late 1970's.
