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Thread: US Food Prices Sharply Up

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    Quote Originally Posted by Clare R View Post
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    Goodness me didn't know decimal coinage had started that early !!!! 4d to 5d maybe.
    Yes must have been £sd.



    1955 The way we were
    * A loaf of bread cost 2.5p (6d in old money). Today it costs £1.20.
    * A pint of milk cost 2p (5d). Today it costs 45p.
    * The average house price was £2,064. Today it is £168,176. Percentage of the population who were owner-occupiers was 53.7 per cent. In February 2008 it was 69.8 per cent.
    * A gallon of petrol cost 22.5p (4s 6d). Today it costs nearly £5 a gallon.
    * A pint of beer was 4p (9d). Today it costs £2.90.
    * A cinema ticket was 9p (1s 9d). Today it costs £4.40.


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    Ah ! How I remember the 1s 9d's
    Clare R


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    Ah ! How I remember petrol being nearly £5 a gallon - it's nearly £6 now

    Still half the price of bottled water at Costa though, so can't complain.
    Dave.


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    I think our nearly £6 per UK Gallon equates to about $7.75 per US Gallon, if I've done my sums correctly.
    I wonder how much a bottle of water is in a US Costa? !
    Dave.


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    Yesterday I noticed our local supermarket had loaves of sliced bread at £1.49 which I thought was a complete rip off.


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