https://www.usinflationcalculator.com/
In 1913 dollars a 10 cent can of soup is $2.66 USD today.
So at $1.00 in 2021 its a bargain. :)
I think modern manufacturing processes have made common items cheaper to produce and this is how the ordinary citizen has been able to survive 40 years with very little real wage movement. (my opinion)
That time range (probably-not-coincidentally) is when the Gas shortages happen.
This is interesting to think about. Transportation/logistic advancements in the first half of the 1900s allowed pricing at worst to stay consistent over a long period of time, at best allowed companies to increase their profits as supply chains were established that made transporting completed product cheaper. Thinking about things like trucks etc here.
Americans spent more on food than on housing until ~1950, despite going to restaurants much less frequently than today. Today they spend over 3x as much on housing as food. https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/how-ame...