By November 1942, sugar was already being rationed on the home front, and chocolate bars were being rationed in Great Britain. Hershey was already in the process of converting its output of chocolate bars to the exclusive distribution to those in uniform. They were not literally "rationed" like gas, but the producing companies created less-tasty varieties that would appear in soldiers' D-ration kits, after being reformulated to survive tropical or desert conditions.

Most consumer packaged goods are always getting updated packaging. But 80-year old labels on Hershey and Sun-Maid products look right at home in 2024.

Per the poster on the wall, minimum wage was 40 cents per hour.

According to this statistical abstract, at the end of 1942 milk was about 15 cents a quart (about 22 minutes of work), eggs were about 59 cents a dozen (about 90 minutes' work) and bacon about 41 cents a pound (about an hour's work).

I'll grab a Hershey's for 5 cents.

I've never seen raisins in a vending machine, but there she is: Sun Maid.