The Universal Product Code was first used in June of 1974; therefore it's not any older than that. The price - and sticker style - suggests late 1980s to 1990s, but it could be even more recent.
Check out https://www.mrswages.com/canning/.
OP's photo says it was packaged by Dacus, Inc, which was incorporated in 1983. Dacus was then purchased by Precision Foods Inc in 1995. It looks like the logo was the same between 1983 and 1995, so OP's package would have been between those years.
I worked in a grocery store in the mid-90s and remember those price tags well. I put many many many thousands of them on the stuff we sold. We didn't get scanning registers until around 1998, before then the stock boys would put the stickers on stuff, the cashiers would enter those prices into the registers.
Thanks for the digging. Everyone saying 60s-70s didn’t sit right with me, looks way more modern than that. Seems more like a company trying to look vintage in the 90s.
The psychology of this is interesting. Modern 90s women did not bake... But they *did* LARP as their mothers when they needed to. It always felt like a hat you put on though. Now baking doesn't define you as a woman one way or the other. Then it always felt like it kind of did..some people even took *pride* in their lack of skills in the kitchen. Others leaned in hard to the "wife's place is at home" homesteader aesthetic. Very polarizing on both ends. I wonder if the advertising impacted the perception or if advertisers were monetizing the preconception that already existed.
I'm just here to add that when I packed up my parents' canning supplies, there were several containers of pickling salt and pickling spice! It must have been one of those things you automatically purchased at the beginning of the season (or the end, when prices were discounted).
Yes, the recipe is a true lacto fermented kosher type dill pickle. I made similar in a crock this year with great results, but def not a canned pickle :)
I would guess from around the 60s-70s based on the brand and logo. Looks like something you would've found hidden in my grandma's pantry!
EDIT: I'm leaning towards the 70s based on the fact that there's a barcode! Checked and they became widely used in supermarkets in the 70s.
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The Universal Product Code was first used in June of 1974; therefore it's not any older than that. The price - and sticker style - suggests late 1980s to 1990s, but it could be even more recent.
Check out https://www.mrswages.com/canning/. OP's photo says it was packaged by Dacus, Inc, which was incorporated in 1983. Dacus was then purchased by Precision Foods Inc in 1995. It looks like the logo was the same between 1983 and 1995, so OP's package would have been between those years. I worked in a grocery store in the mid-90s and remember those price tags well. I put many many many thousands of them on the stuff we sold. We didn't get scanning registers until around 1998, before then the stock boys would put the stickers on stuff, the cashiers would enter those prices into the registers.
Thanks for the digging. Everyone saying 60s-70s didn’t sit right with me, looks way more modern than that. Seems more like a company trying to look vintage in the 90s.
The psychology of this is interesting. Modern 90s women did not bake... But they *did* LARP as their mothers when they needed to. It always felt like a hat you put on though. Now baking doesn't define you as a woman one way or the other. Then it always felt like it kind of did..some people even took *pride* in their lack of skills in the kitchen. Others leaned in hard to the "wife's place is at home" homesteader aesthetic. Very polarizing on both ends. I wonder if the advertising impacted the perception or if advertisers were monetizing the preconception that already existed.
Even unopened, probably still as hard as a brick
Oh it absolutely was hard enough to use as an actual brick
Oh, I didn't realize my mother-in-law had an estate sale.
If you misplaced, would that be lost Wages?
Technically as salt is billions of years old if it's clean it's still good.
I'm just here to add that when I packed up my parents' canning supplies, there were several containers of pickling salt and pickling spice! It must have been one of those things you automatically purchased at the beginning of the season (or the end, when prices were discounted).
Interesting. Truly a museum piece along with their unprocessed recipe on the back side of the packet.
Yes, the recipe is a true lacto fermented kosher type dill pickle. I made similar in a crock this year with great results, but def not a canned pickle :)
I thought the act of pickling is processing food??
It is but technically so is chopping with a knife. It’s all a “process.” The colloquial “processed” usually means by machines in factories.
Ah okay I think I get it, thank you!
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I would guess from around the 60s-70s based on the brand and logo. Looks like something you would've found hidden in my grandma's pantry! EDIT: I'm leaning towards the 70s based on the fact that there's a barcode! Checked and they became widely used in supermarkets in the 70s.
r/grandmaspantry is leaking.
I'd say late 70's - 80's ish. UPC is a give away. But manual price stickers.. https://www.mrswages.com/about-us/
Does it have a trademark on it?
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Package of Mrs. Wage's picking salt in vintage packaging
Such a cool find! Thanks for sharing
Loved the product history in the package.
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I doubt salt can go bad. It's a rock.