Mum shocked after finding a Woolworths receipt from 2011: ‘Everything was so cheap’

A woman has been left in shock after finding a ‘vintage’ Woolworths card from 2011, which showed exactly how much more expensive life has become.

The mother was initially shocked by the “price of meat” before realizing she had misread the part and it’s actually “about the same price.”

But other shoppers picked out things that had risen in price and shrunk in size over the past 12 years.

Baby food topped the list and was a sore subject, with each can being 100 grams smaller than when the card was printed.

“A weekly essential for some parents would blow my budget these days,” the woman said after people commented on the surge.

Chocolate has also become less affordable.

“Cadbury now weighs 6 ounces and $5.50,” one woman complained.

Avocados were ‘about the same’, but other fresh products had also risen in price.

A study by FEMAIL found that the total cost of the items, based on comparable package sizes, had increased by just over 39 percent.

The initial food bill was $49.58, the bill for 2023 would be $73.83 if you could still get the same amounts.

However, if you were to buy the products in the new, smaller size, the bill would be $65.24.

The woman estimated that the same groceries “would now cost more than $100” before her mistake about the cost of meat was discovered.

Staples like baby food exploded in price — but so did small luxuries like chocolate. Both specimens have also become smaller

By 2011, the cost of lamb had skyrocketed, it was more expensive than beef for the first time ever, and dramatic predictions at the time predicted it to be $100 a kilo by 2012.

The price of lamb has fallen in 2023 because the supply has increased enormously, which explains why the costs for cutlets do not differ dramatically.

The woman explained that she had found the receipt in a dark jacket pocket and was shocked that it was still legible.