'Home Alone' Shopping Trip Would Cost $56.84 in 2023, Not $72.28

The total was calculated by checking prices at the same store where Kevin shopped in the movie and adjusting for inflation and differences in product sizes.

• Kevin McCallister's shopping trip in the 1990 movie 'Home Alone' would cost $56.84 in 2023, not the $72.28 claimed in viral social media posts.
• The 2023 total was calculated by checking prices at the same store where Kevin shopped in the movie, the Grand Food Center in Winnetka, Illinois, and adjusting for inflation and differences in product sizes.
• Items Kevin bought include milk, orange juice, bread, microwavable macaroni and cheese, a microwavable turkey dinner, laundry detergent, toilet paper, dryer sheets, plastic wrap and plastic Army figurines.
• Adjusting Kevin's $1 orange juice coupon for inflation, the discount would be equivalent to $2.35 in 2023.
• Today's prices are about 2.35 times higher than the average prices were in 1990, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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