2007-01-01 10:49:28 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
Well according to my Aunt who is 98 years Young The price of a candy bar in 1950 was 5 cents
2007-01-01 13:29:46 · answer #1 · answered by Littlebigdog 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A candy bar was 5 cents---a popsicle was 10 cents... penny candy was not only a penny--- but often 2 for a penny.
And.... 3 BR/2 story brand new houses were only $14,000...
In 1950 the minimum wage was nearly doubled from the year before--all the way up to 75 cents per hour!
Still, if you figure it out by percentage, you cannot buy as much for a dollar today as in 1950. Maybe that is part of the reason that in the 50's even middle-class people regularly saved money and their only debt, generally, was their mortgage.
2007-01-03 14:15:29 · answer #2 · answered by Rani 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wikipedia says 10 cents:
Although chocolate bars and candy bars had their beginnings in the 19th century, it was in the early-20th century that this confectionery commercial venture grew most rapidly. A number of the bars developed then still exist in relatively unchanged form. In the U.S., most candy bars started out priced at a dime, went to a nickel during the Great Depression, and went back to a dime after World War II. This price remained stable until the late 1960s.
An Economist says 5 cents:
[B]y the late 1950s, the going price of a candy bar was five
cents. By 1983, it had risen to thirty-five cents. The price was
deliberately raised in a series of small five-cent increments by
manufacturers. "each increase was disguised by making the bar larger at the same time -- the size of the bar having been gradually decreased since the time of the last price rise. People generally choose candy bars on the basis of taste and size, neither of which encourages them to make close distinctions
on the basis of price. Moreover manufacturers, one assumes deliberately, make size difficult to assess by making the wrappers larger than the bars inside, and by using variety of shapes.
2007-01-01 18:53:31 · answer #3 · answered by Curtis B 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the 50s, but I know in the early 60s they were five cents.
2007-01-01 18:51:30 · answer #4 · answered by heart o' gold 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably about 1 cent
2007-01-01 18:53:38 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A nice shiny nickel is the correct answer!
2007-01-02 00:38:14 · answer #6 · answered by departed lime wraith 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋