{"id":4940,"date":"2009-07-25T05:00:56","date_gmt":"2009-07-25T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/?p=4940"},"modified":"2019-10-02T19:10:59","modified_gmt":"2019-10-03T02:10:59","slug":"buying-food-grocery-shopping-tips-from-1950","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/buying-food-grocery-shopping-tips-from-1950\/","title":{"rendered":"Buying food: Grocery shopping tips from 1950"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The American housewife! Who has a more important or more responsible occupation? Wife, mother, laundress, counselor, maid, chef, purchasing agent. All of these are her duties at one time or another.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

So begins Buying Food<\/i><\/b><\/a>, a home economics film from 1950. Buying Food<\/i> is fascinating not just for its shopping tips, but also for the inside look at a grocery store from 60 years ago. (Self-service grocery stores<\/a> were introduced in 1916 and grew in popularity during the 1920s and 1930s, but they were still relatively young in 1950.)<\/p>\n

The condescending narrator e-nun-ci-ates his thesis:<\/p>\n

If her income is limited \u2014 and most incomes are \u2014 it is her duty to be sure that what she has to spend buys the most in healthful, nutritious food for her family. Yes, she feels that she must buy wisely if she can. But what does this mean? What can she do to be sure that her money goes as far as possible?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most of these tips will probably be quite familiar. But remember, this film is meant to educate future housewives: high school girls. Tips include:<\/p>\n