One pound of ground coffee (national average) (1980)

July · Grocery store

$3.23

One pound of ground coffee (national average) in 1980 cost $3.23.

Coffee got cheaper over the next five years, down to about $2.59 by July 1985.

Source: BLS via FRED, series APU0000717311. Prices are what people paid at the time, not adjusted for inflation.

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