Our History
Winking’s Market began business on July 2, 1948. It began as a partnership between Richard “Dick” Winking and Elsie Feld.
Winking’s Market humble beginnings
Dick Winking behind the counter in Winking’s Market in 1948. In the background is milk deliveryman Johnny Bruening.
Some perspective: How much things cost in 1948.
- Yearly Inflation U.S.A. 7.74%
- Average Cost of new house $7,700.00
- Average wages per year $2,950.00
- Cost of a gallon of Gas 16 cents
- Average Cost of a new car $1,250.00
- Loaf of Bread 14 cents
- LB of Hamburger Meat 45 cents
- Science and Mechanics Magazine 20 cents
- Movie Ticket 60 Cents
- Cost of a first-class stamp: $0.03
World Events in 1948
- Harry S. Truman was President of the United States.
- Truman ends racial segregation in the U.S. military.
- Berlin Airlift begins June 21
- Margaret Sanger founds the International Planned Parenthood Federation.
- Alfred Kinsey publishes Sexual Behavior in the Human Male.
- Famous Deaths: D.W. Griffith, Babe Ruth, Orville Wright
On April 8, 2010 we lost Dick Winking. He was 8