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The whole sentence is illogical as 'annual' implies 'per year'.

• SiempreViernes 9y ago
  I think it means average cost per month. Basically what they say is that yearly spend was $960, and then present it as per-month-cost, but I can imagine food prices varied quite a bit with the seasons back then, so that true spend at any given month could be quite a bit different from this average.
  • tome 9y ago
    Then why not say "The family’s food bill was $80 a month."
  • frobozz 9y ago
    I would have thought food prices were less seasonally dependent than they are now, on the grounds that out-of-season food simply didn't exist (outside of preserves that were made during a seasonal glut). An avocado in a British supermarket costs about 90p right now. In season, you can normally get at least three of them for that money. Similar price changes occur for soft fruit etc. 100 years ago (even 50 years ago), your diet, rather than your food budget, would have been the thing that changed with the seasons to match availability.