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Groceries 'cheaper' than 150 years ago
Groceries 'cheaper' than 150 years ago
07-01-2012 3:44 PM
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Quote The weekly basket of food, drink and household items priced at £93.95 now would have cost an 1862 shopper £1,254.17 in real terms.
Quote This week a pineapple cost an average of £1.72 but in 1862 it sold for 5s - estimated to cost £149 in real terms.
Well, that's made me feel a whole lot better about this week's food bill


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07-01-2012 3:58 PM
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07-01-2012 4:12 PM
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Quote Pineapple: 8,553% higher
Grapes 1kg: 7,419% higher
Melon: 5,972% higher
Formed part of the diets of your average working class pauper.
However,
did (and tea is more expensive because we don't "own" India any more).
Quote Tea 250g: 2,713% higher
Butter 250g: 1,138% higher
Bread 800g: 451% higher
The BBC should read press releases a lot more critically.
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07-01-2012 5:04 PM
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I feel so much better off (not).
The way inflation/cost of living is measured is a crock.
When talking about inflation the BBC should stick to items closer to home like their licence fees.
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07-01-2012 5:13 PM
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Quote from: A However, did (and tea is more expensive because we don't "own" India any more).
Quote Tea 250g: 2,713% higher
Butter 250g: 1,138% higher
Bread 800g: 451% higher
The BBC should read press releases a lot more critically.
The figures are showing that all foods quoted are cheaper today than in 1862, so tea is cheaper now than 1862. So 'owning' India made tea more expensive

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Re: Groceries 'cheaper' than 150 years ago
07-01-2012 5:29 PM
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The basic initial production of tea is little changed, but the "downstream" would be almost unrecognisable.
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07-01-2012 5:38 PM
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Especially Cod and Herring, what was once the "poor man's" food.
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07-01-2012 5:40 PM
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07-01-2012 5:42 PM
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07-01-2012 6:02 PM
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All that's missing is "We've never had it so good" pinned to the the bottom.
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08-01-2012 3:49 PM
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