Grocery Game

Grocery Game is one of the "Original Five" pricing games that debuted on the first week of shows. Particularly, the aforementioned game debuted on the September 5, 1972 episode (#0012D). In this simulated grocery shopping experience, the contestant must spend between $20 and $22 while purchasing the sum of a multiple of five grocery items presented by George Gray (previously Johnny Olsen, Rod Roddy, or Rich Fields, unless a guest announcer was serving in that episode). The ranges have varied over the years, including $6.75 to $7, $13 to $14, or $20 to $21, based on the state of the American economy at the time of the episode's filming. This game was controversially removed from the run order for an unknown period of time during Season 46 due to a losing streak by the contestants; however, as it has been seen during Season 47, it is known that this game is not retired.
== Trivia ==
Grocery Game was played for a car exactly once per season from Season 43 to 46. It is unknown if this was intentional or not.
A contestant once purchased $56.36 in grocery items in an episode. As of yet, no contestant has exploited this to purchase theoretically infinite amounts of groceries, though fans suspect most contestants would rather have the large prize than, say, millions of dollars worth of canned beans.
The set of Grocery Game is reminiscent of a grocery store checkout, one of which is seen to the right for reference.