Price evolution of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream in the United States

1. Relevance of the price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream
2. Price evolution of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream
   1. Absolute price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream per year
   2. Inflation adjusted price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream per year
3. Conclusion
4. FAQs about Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream's price in the the United States
5. Price evolution table and full chart

Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream is one of those products that usually commes packaged in a container, such as a box, bottle or jar. Within the context of this article, the prices we share correspond to 0.50 gallons of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream, since that is a common size you'll find it in. If the sources we use provided prices in different sizes, we have worked that data to match our standard size and provide a consistent comparison.

Price evolution of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream

The average price of 0.50 gallons of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream between 1980 and 2023 was $3.58, with the lowest price being $1.82 in 1980 and the highest $5.43 in 2022 (at least within the timeframe we have data for).

Absolute price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream per year

Our data source for this article was: Federal Reserve Economic Data .

The absolute price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream in the the United States has gone from $1.82 in 1980 to $5.29 in 2023. That's an absolute increase of $3.47, or 190.66% in a period of 43 years. (go to the next section for inflation-adjusted values).

This increment has not been linear though. During this period of 43 years the price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream actually decreased year over year 9 times, in 1991, 1993, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2021, 2023.

The biggest absolute price decrease in the price of 0.50 gallons of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream was in 2015, when the price dropped by $-0.15, or -3.07%. The biggest price increase was $0.54, or 11.04% in 2022.

With the price increasing most years, it comes as no surprise that the price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream today is higher than what it used to be some years ago.

Inflation-adjusted price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream per year

As accurate as the information above might be, it can also be somehow deceiving. This is because the value of money changes over time, usually decreasing. That means that $1 of today's money cannot buy as much as $1 in the past. This phenomenon is called inflation, and can make it complicated to compare historical pricing data. Luckily, we can adjust for it and calculate what a dollar value of the past would be equal to in today's money.

So let's not take a look at the evolution of the price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream in the the United States, in that same 43 years period between 1980 and 2023, but adjusting prices to inflation (aka. in today's money).

When we adjust for inflation, we see that the price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream actually peaked in 1980, when it cost $7.73 (in today's money), and was at its lowest in 1995 when it sold for $5.51.

The biggest drop in adjusted price happened in 2023, when the inflation-adjusted price dropped by $-0.60 (-9.72%). The biggest spike in adjusted price was in 2011 when it jumped by $0.54 (8.41%).

The average price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream during this period of time, adjusting for inflation, has been $6.34, and the most current price of $5.29 is 16.56% below that average. Enjoy it while it lasts!

Conclusion

The absolute price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream has increased by $0.29 ($5.80%) in the last decade, and $3.47 (190.66%) since 1980. But that comes as no surprise, as prices always tend to increase over time due to inflation.

Now, as we've explained earlier, the absolute price of a product does not necessarily represent its affordability fairly. For that we have to look at its inflation adjusted price, or in other words, the price evolution in today's money.

When we look at the inflation-adjusted price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream, we see that it has varied ± 17.5% over this period of time, and is currently 16.59% cheaper than the average over these years.

So not everything is bad news after all!

Even at $5.29 (per gallon), Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream is actually more afordable in 2023 than it was in 1980.

So if there had to be one single take away from this article it would be this: The average person has to make less of an economic effort to purchase Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream today than in the past.

We can consider that the price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream has remained maily stable over this period of time. It sure had some ups and downs, like in 2022 and 2015, but considering the magnitude and complexity of the global economy its price has mainly kept up with inflation.

FAQs about the price of Breyers Original Vainlla Ice Cream in the the United States