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View on Instagram ↗“Back in April 2002, a gallon of milk cost a reasonable $2.89.”
Posted on Instagram by @faillgram · Shown as a link to the post · Source
Prices have gone up. But these receipts were never printed: they were made with AI.
Based on 1 strong and 1 supporting pieces of evidence.
What we found
The picture shows two Walmart receipts for the same six groceries, one from 2002 totalling $15.44 and one from 2026 totalling $57.93. It was shared on Instagram on 13 October 2026, credited to a TikTok account that had posted it the same day, with a caption about how cheap milk used to be. Lead Stories found the receipts were made with AI. The address printed on them is in a Florida town that does not exist, Walmart has no store at that address, and some prices are far off: the 2026 receipt shows eggs at $9.48, when a dozen Walmart eggs cost $1.67 at the time. TikTok itself put an 'AI-generated media' label on the original post. Receipts and documents can be faked as easily as photos, so check whether the shop and address are real.
Key facts
- Original source
- Posted on Instagram by @faillgram
- First published
- Not recorded
- Earlier appearances
- Not recorded
- The claim you saw
- “Back in April 2002, a gallon of milk cost a reasonable $2.89.” · not supported by the evidence
- Signs of AI
- Yes. Shown below, but not what decided it
The evidence, strongest first
Strong Decides the answer
Published fact-checkLead Stories, 15 October 2026↗Supporting Points the same way
TikTok's own AI labelThe TikTok post the Instagram caption credits carries TikTok's automatic 'AI-generated media' label.↗Weak Shown, not relied on
Detector scores are often wrong, so they never decide a verdict here.
What we couldn’t establish
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Bottom line
Lead Stories found the receipts were made with AI: the store address does not exist and the prices do not match.
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