GUIDE TO HOUSEWIFE

Dominion, Volume 26, Issue 103, 25 January 1933, Page 5

GUIDE TO HOUSEWIFE

Retail Prices in City Shops

BUTTER RISES TO 1/-

Eull results of the exchange rate increase have not yet been felt in city shops, but there are evidences that some further increases will take place. Butter has risen from 10d to 1/- a pound, a wholesale rise of lid a pound having taken place recently. The manager of one grocery firm in the city said that it had increased all imported lines by 7% per cent, but this increase does not seem to have been made general. No advance has yet been made in the price of cheese, and meat has so far remained unaltered also. As far as the fruit market is concerned, the exchange rate will affect the price of imported varieties. Pineapples, pears, white grapes and black currants are out and none are coming to the shops. Stone fruits are cheaper, but the market is quiet and there is nothing new coming in. in the following table, which shows the present prices of the various commodities in city shops, no charges for delivery or booking are taken into account, and the prices in parentheses are. those prevailing at this time last year. GROCERIES. Eggs, dozen, 1/2 to 1/5 (1/4) Butter, first-grade, lb., 1/- (1/1) Cooked ham, lb., 1/10 (1/10) Bacon, prime cuts, lb., OJd (—) Bacon rashers, lb. (9d. ( —) Prunes, lb., 4d. 7d (Gd to lOd) Cheese, mild, lb., 8d (Sd) Cheese, matured, lb., 1/2 (1/-) Condensed milk, tin, BJd (6d-10d) Apricots, loose, lb., BJd (9d) Dates, loose, lb., 2}d (3d) Dates, packet, 3}d,' 6d, 9d (Gd) Flour, 251 b. bag, 3/9, 4/3 Sugar, 701 b. bag, 13/- (14/-) Sugar, Ib., 2}d (2Jd) Honey, bulk and clover, lb.. 7d (8d) Rice, sago, barley and tapioca, Ib., 3d (3d) VEGETABLES. Cabbages, 2d, 3d (3d to 4d) Parsnips, carrots, 2d bunch (3d bunch) Turnips, bunch, 2d (3d) Potatoes, new lb., 12 to 241 b, 1/- (8 to 101 b„ 1/-) Lettuces, each, Id, 2d, 3d (Id, 2d) Onions, lb., 2d to 3d (3d) Cauliflowers, 3d to lOd (3d to Gd) Beetroot, bunch, 3d (3d to 6d) Spinach, bunch, 2d, 3d (3d) Silver beet, bunch, 3d (2d to 4d) Rhubarb, bunch, 2d, 3d. Gd (2d to 4d) Cucumbers, hothouse, each. 6d to 1/- (3d to 4d) Cucumbers, outdoor, 2d to Gd (6d) Green peas, Id and 3d (5 and Gib. 1/-) French beans, lb., 3d and -id (3d and 4d) Broad beans, lb., 2d and 3d (3d) Marrows, each, 4d to lOd (2d) FRUIT. Apples, new season's, lb.. 3d to Gd Apples, first-grade dessert, lb., 4d, Gd (4d, Gd) Apples, cooking, lb., 3d, 4d (3d, 4d) Californian grapefruit, each, Gd, 8d (4d-6d) Californian lemons, dozen, 3/- (2/-, 3/-) Californian oranges, 3/- to 3/6 (2/-3/-) New Zealand lemons, dozen, 1/- to 2/Bananas, dozen, 1/- to 1/6 (8d to 1/-) Hothouse tomatoes, 4d to lOd lb. (4d to Gd) Grapes, hothouse, black, lb.. 2/- to 2/6 Nectarines, lb.. 3d to Gd (6d to 8d) Cherries, lb.. 9d to 1/6 (Sd. 1/4) Plums, eating, lb., 3d to 8d Apricots, lb., 3d to 8d (4d to 6d) Peaches, eating, lb.. 2d to 8d (3d-4d) Peaches, cooking, 81b. for 1/- (3d)

MEAT. Mutton, legs, lb., Gd, 7d (Gd to 7d) Mutton chops, lb., Gd, 8d (7d to 8d) Mutton, shoulders, lb., sd, 5Jd (4*d) Dripping. Ib., 4d (sd) Spring lamb, lb., fid, 7d. 9d Beef, sirloin, lb.. 7d (8d) Beef, ribs, lb., 5d (sd) Itump steak, lb., 9d (ltd) Stewing steak, lb., 4d (fid) Beef steak, lb., Gd (7d) Tripe, lb., 5d (Gd) Mince, lb._, 4d (fid) Sausages, lb., 4d (4d) Sausages, pork, lb., 7d (Sd) Corned beef, lb., 4d, 6d (5d and 7d) Stowing chops, 4d (6d) Pickled pork, lb., G4d to 8d (Bd-10d) Pork chops, lb., Sd.to lOd (lOd) Gravy beef, lb., 4d (4d) Rabbits, each, 10d (1/-) FISH. Smoked cod. lb., 9d (1/2) Smoked hake, lb., Gd ( —). Smoked terakihi, lb., Gd (—) Smoked ling, lb., 4d (1/-) Terakihi, lb., fid (1/2) Hake. Ib.. 9d (lOd) Cod, fresh, lb., 9d (lOd) Fillet, lb., fld (9d) Butterfish, Ib., 9d (10d) Ilapuka, lb., 8d (9d) Warehou, lb., 5d (Gd) Flounders and soles, lb., lOd (1/-) Kippers, pair, 1/- (1/-) Crayfish, ench, Gd (6d)