General Foods: Food Price Facts, 1960s
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| - | Well, looks like you bought a bundle | 0:03 |
| of groceries there, Aunt Bee. | 0:05 | |
| - | And it seems to cost a bundle too. | 0:07 |
| - | Yeah, it does, but you know what, | 0:09 |
| food's the bargain today. | 0:10 | |
| The consumer spends the smallest percentage | 0:12 | |
| of his after-tax dollar for food | 0:14 | |
| than any time in the history of the United States. | 0:16 | |
| - | Is that so? | 0:18 |
| - | Course! | 0:19 |
| Don't forget, Aunt Bee, I'm well-informed on these matters. | 0:20 | |
| In 1947 to 1949, the consumer spent 26 cents | 0:23 | |
| out of his after-tax dollar for food. | 0:28 | |
| But today, food only costs him 19 cents out of every dollar. | 0:30 | |
| And another thing-- | 0:34 | |
| - | What's that, Andy? | 0:35 |
| - | Today in this country, | 0:36 |
| people spend less of their total income on food | 0:38 | |
| than the people anywhere in the world. | 0:40 | |
| - | Well, that's good to know, Andy. | 0:42 |
| - | So please, Aunt Bee, when you hear talk | 0:44 |
| about the cost of food, just give out the facts. | 0:46 | |
| Food is a bargain. | 0:49 | |
| - | I will, Andy, and I'll say you said so. | 0:51 |
| - | Me, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture. | 0:54 |
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