Groceries 'cheaper' than 150 years ago

[#1]

Groceries 'cheaper' now than in 1862, Grocer magazine finds

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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.

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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

[#2]

Yay!... but wages seem to be going the opposite direction 

[#3]

I don't think that

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Pineapple: 8,553% higher Grapes 1kg: 7,419% higher Melon: 5,972% higher

Formed part of the diets of your average working class pauper.
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Tea 250g: 2,713% higher Butter 250g: 1,138% higher Bread 800g: 451% higher

did (and tea is more expensive because we don't "own" India any more).
The BBC should read press releases a lot more critically.

[#4]

My first Sinclair basic calculator cost £29.99 when they came out. Now I can buy a fancy scientific one for virtually pennies.
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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However, Quote Tea 250g: 2,713% higher Butter 250g: 1,138% higher Bread 800g: 451% higher did (and tea is more expensive because we don't "own" India any more). 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 

[#6]

A lot of the difference will be down to efficiencies and reduced costs of distribution nowadays.
The basic initial production of tea is little changed, but the "downstream" would be almost unrecognisable.

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I assume fish are missing as that would throw a spanner in the works.
Especially Cod and Herring, what was once the "poor man's" food.

[#8]

Oysters

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jellied eels.

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Yes it's a very selective list.
All that's missing is "We've never had it so good" pinned to the the bottom.

[#11]

You can always go to Weatherspoons to drown your sorrows as they are selling beer at £1.29 a Pint which is the same price it was 20 years ago !