Championship Dining

May 17, 1966, Twin City News-Record

I'm not sure I'd call Swiss steak "championship dining," but I'm sure there were fans of the dish out there.  To each his own.  Nevertheless, I was curious about pricing, so I found a similar ad from 1976.  By then, this dinner had risen in price to $2.75.  The Federal Reserve Bank's inflation calculator online says $1.50 in 1966 was worth about $2.63 in 1976, so kudos to the Left Guard for keeping the price so close to the inflationary price.  (By contrast, this $1.50 meal in 1966 would cost you $14.08 in 2023, the last year available in the calculator.)