FOOD PRICES IN BRITAIN
THE INCREASE SINCE THE BEGINNING OF* TftE WAR. The Board of Trade "Labour Gazette" states that retail food prices at .February 1 in the United Kingdom were between 1 and 2 per cent, higher tjian a month earlier. Cheese showed the greatest increase—7 per cent. Butchers' meat and potatoes increased by about 5 per cent. In tlio' following table ie given a percentage comparison of the level of prices at February 1, 1917, in relation to the "normal" prices of .My, 1914:— \ United Large Small KingTowns. Towns, dom. Per Per Per Beof, British— cent. cent. cent. Ilibs 72 09 71 Thin flank 101 81 94 'Beef, chillod or frozen— Ribs 99 59 94 Thiii flank 121 105 • 113 Fish 152 110 "1 Flour 80 95 91. Bread 80 ™ in Tea * « Sugar (granulated) 173 IGB 170 Milk fil 57 59 , B Sr » » ;; Margarine ! 29 29 '29 te" (fresh).. 1« 129 196 ■ Potatoes\ W5 118 IJI All above articles (weighted • perago increase) 93 So 89 In the United States the index number representing the general level of retail food prices in the United States rose by about 4 per cent, from October 15 to November 15, and on the latter date, was 23 per cent, higher than, in July, 1914.'.
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Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3059, 21 April 1917, Page 11
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212FOOD PRICES IN BRITAIN Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3059, 21 April 1917, Page 11
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