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Is inflation worse than Kevin McCallister's 'home alone'?

Inflation. Yep, inflation has done us far worse than little Kevin McCallister ever could. In fact, a newly viral video shows just how much the price of groceries has increased since Home Alone was released in 1990. And yes, you should probably brace yourselves.

What is the most unrealistic aspect of 'Home Alone'?

(NEXSTAR) – Of all the outlandish occurrences that take place in “Home Alone” — a movie about a family forgetting to bring their child on an international trip, and that child later outsmarting and nearly killing two grown men — the most unrealistic aspect, at least according to many of today’s viewers, is perhaps the cost of groceries circa 1990.

Are 'home alone' groceries overpriced?

In any case, today’s groceries might not be as insanely overpriced as they initially appear to some “Home Alone” viewers, especially if purchased at a reasonable supermarket: According to the inflation calculator operated by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, $19.83 in December 1990 had the same buying power as $45.60 in October 2023.

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