PRICE OF BREAD.
T\ e note with interest, and some satisfaction that the master bakers have finally decided against raising the price of bread. Particularly is this decision worthy of note in view of the price already universally charged for the half, or lib, loaf. This loaf, priced at 3d, is often 31oz to 4oz short of the lb in weight; to have added an extra Id cost to the already short-weiglit loaf would have been nothing short of a gross injustice to the purchaser, who is already losing something like 3d in every 1/. The half-loaf is much favoured by the general public, but is classed with fancy breads and is not subject to regulation in weight. "Wages are a factor in the handling of small and fancy loaves. Lnfortunately. overvono wishes to pass on his. increased costs to the housewife— until she feels beset on everv side with over-increasing expenses and finds the rise in wages merely a rise in costs. It is gratifying, therefore, to-find that at least one of our prtn*-ii>al d. of tradesmen have seen'lit not to ad 1 to that burden. HOl'^KWll'l-:.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 177, 27 July 1940, Page 8
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188PRICE OF BREAD. Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 177, 27 July 1940, Page 8
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