This reusable grocery list is from the 1950s or earlier. This is what they took away from us.

@Natasha_Jay For low-vision people interested in the full list:

Left:

  • Baby Food
  • Bacon
  • Bread
  • Butter
  • Cake
  • Catsup
  • Cereal
  • Cheese
  • Cocoa
  • Cookies
  • Coffee
  • Cream
  • Delicatess
  • Eggs
  • Fish
  • Flour
  • Frozen Food
  • Fruit
  • Jams
  • Juices

Right:

  • Matches
  • Meats
  • Milk
  • Mustard
  • Noodles
  • Oil
  • Onions
  • Pepper
  • Poultry
  • Potatoes
  • Rice
  • Salt
  • Soap
  • Soups
  • Spaghetti
  • Spices
  • Sugar
  • Tea
  • Vegetable
  • Vinegar

It's enlightening when you think about how priorities have changed. The things they split out and the things they don't list at all and the now uncommon things they do all speak volumes.

@bluestarultor @Natasha_Jay what kind of industry lobbying group got them to separate spaghetti from noodles