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The world obsessed over who shot J.R. Ewing in the TV show Dallas.
Ronald Reagan was elected president.
And grocery prices were a heck of a lot lower than they are today.
How does a dozen eggs for well under a dollar sound?
A pound of bacon for about $2?
Or maybe a pound of flour for just 20 cents?
Costs for some other items have continued to tick up, albeit at slower rates.
Our list below includesthe average costs of 12 different grocery staples for each of those years.
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