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Food & Groceries

Value of $100 in 1930

Food & Groceries CPI data from BLS.

Year-to-present comparison

$1355 in 2025 buying power for Food & Groceries

CPI 2025: 440.4 – CPI 1930: 32.5. Inflation since 1930: 1255.0%.

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Other 1930 CPI baskets

Each value below drives its own “value of $100 in 1930” page.

Buying Power

1930 CPI: 32.5

Open 1930 · value of $100

Food & Groceries

1930 CPI: 32.5

Open 1930 · value of $100

Medical Care

1930 CPI: 32.5

Open 1930 · value of $100

Housing

1930 CPI: 32.5

Open 1930 · value of $100

Gasoline

1930 CPI: 32.5

Open 1930 · value of $100

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Methodology

Each page is auto-generated from data/inflation_master.json via Next.js static paths. The CPI history is sourced from official BLS tables.

Use the menu to explore every combination of category and year, or update the dataset by syncing new CSV files via python scripts/process_inflation.py.