Analyze: Food Prices

Below is a list of prices for a number of basic grocery items, taken from a 1939 Reidsville newspaper ad.

• Flour - 12 pound sack - 85¢
• Coffee - 1 pound - 17¢
• Soup - 3 cans - 25¢
• Rice - 4 pounds - 19¢
• Soap - 4 bars - 15¢
• Lettuce - 2 heads - 15¢
• Tomatoes - 2 pounds - 25¢
• Hamburger - 1 pound -19¢
• Bacon - 2 pounds - 49¢
• Peas - 1 pound - 10¢
• Potatoes - 2 pounds - 13¢