What Made 1980s Grocery Shopping So Unforgettable? - These 17 Things Are Crazy

What was grocery shopping really like in the 1980s? Before self-checkout, Instacart, digital coupons, and loyalty apps, American supermarkets like Kroger, Safeway, A&P, Winn-Dixie, and Piggly Wiggly were filled with brown paper bags, tiny orange price stickers, Swanson TV dinners, frozen orange juice concentrate, live lobster tanks, cigarette displays, Kodak film drop-off counters, VHS rentals, and metal shopping carts with one bad wheel. In this nostalgic trip back to 1980s grocery stores and old American supermarkets, we’re counting down 17 forgotten things about grocery shopping in the 1980s that once felt completely normal. Some of these old supermarket rituals were inconvenient. Some were strange. But together, they made grocery shopping feel completely different from today. Subscribe for more videos about 1980s nostalgia, forgotten stores, vintage supermarkets, old restaurants, childhood memories, and everyday life in America before smartphones. 00:00 Grocery Shopping in the 1980s 00:47 #1 Newspaper Ads & Coupon Clipping 01:28 #2 Little Price Stickers 02:05 #3 The Cart With One Bad Wheel 02:42 #4 Cigarettes at the Grocery Store 03:19 #5 The Live Lobster Tank 04:00 #6 Free Recipe Cards 04:37 #7 Generic Food 05:19 #8 Frozen Orange Juice 06:00 #9 TV Dinners in Aluminum Trays 06:43 #10 The Freezer Aisle Blast 07:22 #11 Bulk Bins 08:01 #12 You Knew the Butcher 08:45 #13 Dropping Off Kodak Film 09:34 #14 Renting VHS Movies 10:22 #15 The 25-Cent Kiddie Ride 11:05 #16 Writing a Check 11:52 #17 The Bagger & Brown Paper Bags 13:01 What Do YOU Remember? #1980sGroceryShopping #VintageShopping #VintageAmerica #1980s