Why this photo has sent Woolworths customers into a frenzy

A Woolworths menu from more than 50 years ago has sent customers into a frenzy over the cheap price of meals, sparking calls for the service to be brought back.

A shopper uploaded a picture to Facebook on Tuesday of the Woolworths menu that listed a variety of cooked meals available at its cafeteria in 1970. 

‘Old Woolworths Caffeteria Lunch Menu from 1970,’ he wrote in the post. 

‘I’m taking orders, please note down what you would like for lunch…’ 

The cafeteria was a popular part of Woolworths in the 1950s and 60s, before they were eventually closed down later on. 

The menu listed several options, including a lunch special that comprised of Baked Macaroni with old English cheese for just 99 cents. 

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Customers were also served coleslaw, vegetables, and a bread roll with butter. 

They had the other option to choose ice cream topped off with chocolate sauce.

The cafeteria also served baked meatloaf dinners, which included brown gravy, creamy whipped potatoes, and garden vegetables, for just 95 cents. 

Customers could also choose to have a roast beef dinner with the same sides for $1.10. 

Hundreds of shoppers said the image of the menu brought back fond memories of when they used to visit the cafeteria.

‘Bring back the good old days,’ one wrote. 

‘Dinner was cheap back then,’ another added. 

Others were shocked at the low prices and said the items would cost customers much more today. 

‘Omg how things have changed,’ one person said. 

‘That’s pretty scary when you see the prices now,’ another person wrote. 

‘Multiply the prices [by] 13-14 and it’d be the same today,’ a third added. 

Some said the price of food served at the cafeteria would cost the same now as it did back then. 

‘The wages were low no comparison. In 1970 I earned 15 dollars a week!! So that was expensive for me,’ one said. 

‘All relevant with the wages paid then to wages paid today,’ another person wrote.

The average full-time worker in Australia in 1975 earned an annual salary of $7,600 which means they made around $20 a week. 

The full-time average adult today earns a weekly wage of $1,886.50 according to the latest figures from the Australian Bureau of Statistics.