Looked up the price of a Whopper in 1985 and it blew my mind

I was cleaning out my dad's old desk and found a receipt from Burger King from August 1985. A Whopper was 89 cents. A whole meal with fries and a drink was $2.10. Adjusted for inflation that's like $6 today but I swear I paid almost $9 for one last week at the same BK on Main Street. Just crazy how much the margin on fast food has changed. Anybody else find old menus or receipts that made you do a double take?

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haydenp9513d ago

89 cents for a Whopper" is wild. I found a 1987 Taco Bell menu in a box from my grandma's house and a bean burrito was 39 cents. Now they want like $3 for the same thing and it's smaller. That receipt you found is a time capsule man.

valthomas13d ago

You remember when fast food felt like a deal and not a rip off? 39 cents for a bean burrito would be like a dollar today with inflation, not the three they're charging. It's depressing how they're just shrinking everything and raising prices.