No I wasn’t born in the 80s or 90s but wow, do I find such familiarity and comfortability with these videos. Thank you for being able to give me inexperienced nostalgia!!

I remember the 90s having a totally different "feel" than what life feels like nowadays. It's crazy. I can't really explain it. I do miss the simplicity before smartphones and all this new tech though.

@izthewiz-rb9np

Жыл бұрын

We have lost touch with reality and sense of community, Smart phones and a majority of these apps have done a number on society in a harmful way.

@jaredhicks5655

Жыл бұрын

You were a child in the 90s. There, I just explained it for you

@firasharb1454

Жыл бұрын

Well it was the 20th century so of course it’s not going to have the same feel as it does now

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

I would leave all this tech if someone with a time machine could bring me back to the early 80's. I was born in 81 but would have loved to experience these decades as an adult.

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

Very true. They tell us it's a false memory but we all know the truth. @veganhigler6541

I've been looking for this exact kind of channel. Thanks for the great content!

@milhousevanhouten3796

Жыл бұрын

me too, do you know any others by any chance?

@ChillSensesASMR

Жыл бұрын

@@milhousevanhouten3796 I don't unfortunately.

Life was real here. Experiences replaced trends. The phone was on the wall at home and videos were on the living room tv.

@vampirerobot

3 ай бұрын

This is a great comment!

I used to go to an Albertsons location that looked like this one. It was around until 2004. Brings back memories from 20+ years ago.

Some people are gonna snub their noses because this guy used food stamps. I would say in this case that he is one of the cases who warrants their existence. Life can be expensive, life with children even more so. This guy was working, plus he was going back to school to help his children. He seems like a loving father, and I hope things worked out for him.

@AZs00Buck

Жыл бұрын

He pays taxes and works, so the government owes him!

@mariposamoreno

Жыл бұрын

same. i hope everything got better for him and his fam

@chard60971

Жыл бұрын

Millions of white people use food stamps 😭

@electricearth1101

11 ай бұрын

food grows from the ground bud. its not a ps4. really not a big deal to eat every day even if you dont work a single day.

@stevej1799

10 ай бұрын

Only u must think that way.....also it's the vampire robots dad...he's in the other videos.....

All of them groceries today would’ve been $200

@RA-VEN8

21 күн бұрын

Was thinking that too.

I used to work at this Albertson store #885 in 1998 Located off Broadway and Alameda In Denver,CO This store was known as the party store in the 90's lots of partying after hours. This video brought back so much memories thank you.

I'm sure this was all used as B-roll footage and little (or none) of this man's personal story made it on the air. He seems like a decent person who was trying to make ends meet for his family. I'd love to know how the ensuing years have been.

@willgibson8534

Жыл бұрын

He is dead, in fact at least 70% of the people in these videos are dead

@LINJ638

Жыл бұрын

@@willgibson8534 True. Deadder than ever. Not that anyone cares though.

@willgibson8534

Жыл бұрын

@@LINJ638 I watch some of these and laugh how so many people think the people they see are just off doing some other job.. no.. most likely they are …… poop now

@cbot375

Жыл бұрын

@@willgibson8534 Since everyone dies then technically we are already dead.

@willgibson8534

Жыл бұрын

@@cbot375 someone at sometime will read this comment and we will be dead on a meat stick

I hate to hear how this guy was fallen on hard times having to be on food stamps to feed his family and himself too in the process. Imagine the hardship for him in that situation if it was now in 2024. I was just a child in 1995. Lived through the 2008 recession. I wonder how this guy managed through that. Hopefully he had the chance to have an easier time in life. I miss the 90s cause it's nothing compared to what we deal with today.

I remember when you could go to an Albertsons and purchase a white produce paperbag of ripe bananas for 25 cents for the bag and hot french bread right out of the oven for 50 cents a loaf Those were goodtimes

Would love to see this uploaded in near source material quality. I love to look at all the products on the shelves.

New subscriber here. Absolutely LOVE your channel! I am always looking for content just like this. Please continue to share more great videos, especially ones from the 60's or 70's. Thank you!

@vampirerobot

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Mary 😊

@OldSkullTTGer

Жыл бұрын

Ditto! As well as 80s and 90s... haha

@brianbenfield3270

27 күн бұрын

@@vampirerobot I'm not trying to sound personal, this is just out of curiosity, how old are you? I only ask because you got videos from the 70s and 80s. That's all.

I hope he ended up getting his college degree and stopped struggling before he passed away. As a single mom of 1, i understood everything he was saying. We just want to give our children everything they ask for.❤

@VaBarbie187

9 ай бұрын

@veganhigler6541 lol true. That's why I only have 1. I learned my lesson

@dave46459

7 ай бұрын

​@veganhiglerlame6541

@dave46459

7 ай бұрын

​@veganhigler6541 lame

I wish he didn't feel like he had to defended himself when he put the steak in the cart . Good guy right there !! ✊

@back2the80s

5 ай бұрын

Shouldnt have to. People need to mind their own business.

Then: look at what 1.00 will buy! Has several items sitting there. Now: Look what 1.00 will buy: empty shelf.

Wonder how this man is doing nowadays? I hope he’s doing well. Be sad if he’s no longer with us.

@vampirerobot

Жыл бұрын

Sad. But he actually passed away in 2016 Mark.

@MarkMeadows90

Жыл бұрын

@@vampirerobot oh no! I'm sorry to hear that. Does he have an obituary by any chance?

@vampirerobot

Жыл бұрын

@@MarkMeadows90 I've been skeptical about adding it out of fear what might transpire.

@MarkMeadows90

Жыл бұрын

@@vampirerobot you're good. I was just curious.

@vampirerobot

Жыл бұрын

@@MarkMeadows90 Is it an invasion of privacy or is it a loving tribute to a father? That kind of thing.

Grew up with 5 brothers and sisters around this time. Poorest of my life but we were well-behaved and happy. People like this man make me proud to be American and that we can help others feed their families.

Nowadays for cheaper food, you've got Walmart, Target, WinCo, and Grocery Outlet.

The Marlboro hat defintely came from the lung dart "miles" catalog. 1995 grocery store not playing the Muzak but instead playing some Jefferson Starship, Elton John, The Bangles, and Wilson Philips or ABBA from earlier decades.

@charlesterrebonne-lw5ml

Жыл бұрын

Yeah and the days of Joe Camel

@Ketannabis

10 күн бұрын

I have a marlboro windbreaker from that catalog

Lol the titles of the videos sound so creepy, but the videos themselves are loaded with nostalgia!

$3.99 a pound roast beef. 99 cents a pound potato salad. Darn you inflation. Also I worked at Albertsons age 16 in 1999, I remember the round check stands and the sound of the red line/green line intercoms!

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

Now roast beef is like $15.99 a lb for the good kind and like $11.99 for the generic stuff.

@tennillej9601

8 ай бұрын

Roast beef is over $20 in Australia

@tennillej9601

8 ай бұрын

@veganhigler6541 Lol won't be far off it the way inflation is heading

TV Guide is the April 15, 1995 edition with Fran Drescher on the cover. Getting near the time when the OKC Bombing happened.

@vampirerobot

Жыл бұрын

Yup. I used to collect old TV guides. I always look for the TV guide at the checkout in these videos.

I love seeing the old POS equipment. I loved being a cashier as it was busy task work. Kept me busy. I was also the stores official unofficial tech support. Our store manager had a policy that if I was working or scheduled and equipment acted up to have me fix it and only call tech support if I deemed it necessary. I helped at a couple stores setting up new machines or equipment a few times. Pretty cool being given mileage and a room for a night or two at a budget motel at age 18. Thought I was important. Company offered to train me at corporate for onsite support. I turned it down because I’d have to move to a far away location for a year. I now wish I did for experience. Store eventually went belly up and merged. So who knows where I’d be.

No such thing as cheap cereal. If he seen the prices today, he would flip like me. I seen this one cereal at Target that's almost $10 for a regular box of Magic spoon cereal! That's crazy even in this economy!

*LOOK WHAT ONE DOLLAR WILL BUY!* As I browse the stores of the modern grocery chain in 2023.

@jaredhicks5655

Жыл бұрын

$1 can still buy pretty much anything in the produce section (where that sign was located)

This is an amazing video ,90's throwback.

wow anyone else trying to guesstimate how much his groceries were going to cost? I pegged it at $150.00. LOL at inflation, wow

Back in the early 90s I could get a week's worth of groceries for about $20 if I shopped carefully and used coupons. A lot of items were less than $1 back then. I didn't think the rent on my first apartment was that cheap, but I always thought food at the grocery store was cheap.

If the camera was higher quality this video could pass for 2023

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

Not so. People not starring at cell phones, kids not running around screaming, cashiers actually friendly, prices much cheaper, people respected each other.

@mitchell.9632

7 ай бұрын

The camera and film probably where higher quality that what you are seeing on here. A lot of the uploads on here are for broadcast TV news. It is just uploaded at lower quality than the original.

@johnv8646

Ай бұрын

@@mitchell.9632 not to mention the entrance and the store itself looks so dumpy and dated. It absolutely could not pass for 2023/2024 I don't know what kind of crack that guy was smoking.

I was super shocked at his total! I mean mouth dropped and everything. That full cart would be at least $100 today! Even at Walmart lol

Back when the chip bags actually had more chips than air

@jaredhicks5655

Жыл бұрын

It definitely had more air than chips even back then

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

I would not know. My family refused food stamps and were poor, so we had to get the big bag of generic chips, lol. That was for school lunches only too.

50% of people that have college degrees end up having jobs in non related fields not even using their degree (s).

The exit signage on the door immediately flashed me back to my own local Albertsons as a kid haha

Just wait for cereal to go to $8/box in 2023 💁🏻‍♂️

Anyone else remember how Albertson's had the BEST muffins back in the 90s? Then they changed the recipe, maybe in the 2000s (I forget when exactly) but they just weren't nearly as good.

That looks like the April 15, 1995 TV Guide at 20:06 with Fran Drescher on the cover.

The white and grey floor tiles brings back a lot of childhood memories. Me and my brother would try to stay on the grey tiles and jump to the other grey tiles without hitting the white tiles LOL

@RA-VEN8

15 күн бұрын

I remember doing that too.

I love you can still get Kool Aid 5 for 1 dollar.

@vampirerobot

Жыл бұрын

Great comment Lindsey!

@jporter9244

Жыл бұрын

Good "hair dye" back then 😂

@winterlynn9012

Жыл бұрын

@@jporter9244 I remember using manic panic in the 90's to color my hair and I love that it's still around and the bottle hasn't changed at all, but yes Kool-aid worked too, lol

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

I remember buying those as a kid and having a Kool-aid stand. Dumped a bunch of generic sugar and homemade ice cubes and sold it for $15 cents a cup, lol. Some people would give me a dollar for one cup and I would be like, WOW!

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

lol not so healthy either@@jporter9244

LOOK HOW CHEAP THEM PRICES ARE!

@dave46459

7 ай бұрын

But look how little people got paid

Who would've thought that stock footage becomes retro eventually

The 90s were so epic

"Son, what is that damn mirror box you are following me around with?"

I was born in 1995!

@joshstephens3650

6 ай бұрын

I was 18 in 1995.

I remember in the 90s I could basically shop without looking at prices, and I just worked at a video store (I had a car, rented a place or a room, etc). Now spend too much on groceries and end up homeless. 😅

this is so grounding compared to the shit show we got going now

18:30 those circle shape checkout counters i found cool

recorded from april 1995

And now we have the sequel: Publix 😌

T.V guides at the register its long forgotten

The good days when you can go a weeks worth of grocery shopping for about 20-50 bucks

@jaredhicks5655

Жыл бұрын

He spent $69.80 at the end

Just when I was thinking about my favorite meal “Chicken Tonight”, I see this! 14:17. Also 23:26 was that really necessary for her to ask that question when see can obviously see he’s using it? She didn’t have to say it out loud for people to hear.

@vampirerobot

Жыл бұрын

Good point!

Jefferson Starship "Miracles" playing at 2:15

Seems like Aldi has comparable prices today

Jefferson Starship!

That cart would be worth $300 today.

You could spend like 40 bucks and have lots of groceries for all week

@dannylay7965

Жыл бұрын

$20 if you bought clearance items!

@jaredhicks5655

Жыл бұрын

Your anecdote of $40 vs this guy actually spending $69.80. I wonder which one holds more weight?

the first very Albertson's on 16th and State St. Boise Idaho is the best one.

Imagine Infrabren following this guy around weirding him out and telling him he looks really good 100x. I know this guy would sample the pickled sphincter.

I'm not addicted to smartphones, they make my eyes dry out.

Back when you could fill up the shopping cart decently, all for $20! Lol

@jaredhicks5655

Жыл бұрын

Maybe you didn't finish the video where his total was $69.80

People there looked miserable, if only somebody would have told him just to wait 2 more years. John Elway will deliver!!!

I came here to see raisin bran with the sun wearing sunglasses I know it was a thing dammit

I miss Albertsons they closed them all down in Florida

Back when you did not have outages as he had physical coupons to buy the food with. Not like what happened August 28, 2022 with the outage. Not to mention the analytics beyond just what was sold when these days that go into grocery shopping with the program and with the stores doing it on there end too (and this website too).

@back2the80s

5 ай бұрын

Can’t even double coupon in certain stores anymore. Then the coupons now are for items most don’t need usually or expensive stuff

Crazy to think I was just 4 at the time

@dave46459

7 ай бұрын

😂😂 I was 11

The last ti.e I've been to an Albertson's was in 99

Love seeing these videos so much. Well with a glorious mustache like this I know what he did for a living...... I'm kidding.

Eat fresh, eat simple food and you will live longer and be healthier. 90% of the items in a grocery store are detrimental to your health but great for corporate shareholders profit margins. Stop eating like cattle in a feed lot. 😉

@back2the80s

5 ай бұрын

Pay the extra costs low income can’t afford

toxic grain sludge and seed oils

Why didn’t you follow him around to the toilet to see whether he missed the bowl?

11:47.

look at the prices on these!

@dave46459

7 ай бұрын

Not really..people got paid $4 an hour though

Some call it stalking, some call it love.

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

Maybe Gen Z calls it stalking.

TWU

"Following a guy around in a grocery store" Seriously? Can't you just leave the poor dude alone? So much for personal space. Unless he said it fine to do so, then I'm OK with that

@maxwell-gn2jn

9 ай бұрын

Troll much? Clearly the guy enjoyed being filmed. Back then we did not piss and moan like Gen Z. No such thing as personal space when in public. You're not entitled to a bubble around you.

@tennillej9601

8 ай бұрын

@@maxwell-gn2jnWell said I'm sick of these Gen Z kids and their entitlement need to get over themselves

Its the op's dad...

@dave46459

7 ай бұрын

Lies

@stevej1799

7 ай бұрын

@@dave46459 he films his family

I was born in 1995!

@curtiswilliams5223

Жыл бұрын

Me too the day Eazy died 3/26/95