Shopping-cart time machine
Fill a cart, then send it back in time. The receipt shows what it cost in that year, what it costs now, and which items ran ahead of inflation. Your cart is saved in the page address, so you can share it.
Fill the cart
- Big Mac 1 sandwich
- Gasoline 1 gallon, regular
- Milk 1 gallon, whole
- Eggs 1 dozen, grade A large
- White Bread 1 lb loaf
- Ground Coffee 1 lb, 100% ground roast
- Ground Beef 1 lb, 100% beef
- Movie Ticket 1 admission
- Postage Stamp 1 first-class letter (1 oz)
- Coca-Cola 12 oz can, grocery
Receipt
Add a few items, or pick a preset, to see what the same cart cost in 1985.
Cart total over time
Add items to your cart above, or choose a preset to plot how this cart's cost has changed from 1967 to 2026: