RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 4, 29 September 1933, Page 2

RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY

What to Pay for Foodstuffs With the exception of the price o£ eggs, which has hardened slightly, no alteration has taken place in the prices of foodstuffs during the past few'days. Eggs are now selling at fron?ll*d to 1/1 a dozen. Butter remains at 1/1* a P °ln < tiie following list, which shows the present prices of the various commodities in city shops, no charges for delivery or booking arc taken into account:— Groceries —Eggs, llld to 1/1 doz; butter, first-grade, 1/1 i lb: whey butter, 1/04 lb* cooked ham, 1/10 lb; bacon, prime cuts Id lb; bacon rashers, Sd to 1/1 lb; prunes 4Jd to 7d lb; cheese, mild, 8d lb; cheese, matured, 1/2 b; condensed milk. 7id, Sjd, Did tiu; apricots, loose, 9d lb; dates, loose, 3d lb. dates, 4Jd to 9d packet; Hour. 3/8 251 b bag: sugar. 16/9 <olb bag: sugar. 3d lb, honey, clover. 6d lb: rice, sago, barley, and tapioca, dd lb; jams tinned, bid lb 21b 1/-: tinned apricots and peaches, lid; tinned tongues, 9sd; tinned salmon, 7Jd, 9d. and 1/-; tinned beans, 4ld. Bid. and 9}d; tmned tomato soup. Old aud 9Jd; spaghetti, 4*d, 6|d, and 9Jd; sultanas did lb; currants bid lb; oatmeal, 2d lb; rolled oats. 3d lb: ten. 2/-. 2/6 lb; China tea. o/-: coffee. 2/6: '““^Vegetabks.—Cabbages. 3d to fid; spring cabbage, 2d to 4d; parsnips, 3d and Id bunch- carrots 2d and 3d bunch; turnips, 2d aud 3d bunch; new potatoes, up to 4d’ a pound; potatoes, 1/- 101 b; lettuces. Id to 3d each; onions Id and Ud lb; onions, pickling. 1/- 81b to 101 b; cauliflowers 2d to 8.1; beetroot, 2d and 3d bunch; spinach, 3d bunch; spring rhubarb. Id to bd bunch: forced rhubarb, Sd to 1/4 bunch ; piemelon. Id lb: marrows, Id to Sd each ; pumpkins, Id lb: swede turnips. Id lb; garlic, Cd lb: leeks, 3d bunch: artichokes, ud lb: kumeras, 2d and 3d lb; greeu peas. 8d to 1/-lb; celery, 2d to 8d a bunch. Fruit.—\pplcs. eating, 3d aud 4d lb; apples, cooking, od and 4d lb: pears, eating, 4d and (id lb; pears, cooking. 3d lb; Californian grapefruit -Id and bd each; NZ grapefruit, 6 and 12 for I/-; Californian oranges, 1/6 to 2/- a dozen; Island oranges, 5 and 6 1/-; Sydney oranges, 6 and 4 for 1/-;. Island mandarins, I/- Lu .1/6 a dozen; Sydney mandarins, 10 and 8 for 1/-; tangerine, 6 for 1/-: New Zealand lemons, 8 to 16 1/-; Island lemons. 1/6 to2/- a dozen; bananas 12 to 8 1/-; pnssionfruit, 3/- a dozen ; plums. 1/2 to 1/6 lb; pineapples 1/6 to 2/- each; Californian grapes, 1/6 lb; forced rhubarb, 8d small bunch; Californian coconuts. 4d nnd (id each ; Californian tomatoes. lOd to 1/2 lb. Meat.—Mutton, legs. 6d. 7d lb: mutton, chops, Gd. Sd lb; mutton shoulders. sd. 5Jd tb: dripping, 4d lb; lamb, 6d to lOd lb; spring lamb 1/2 to 1/6 lb; beef, sirloin, 7d lb; beef, ribs. 5d lb; rump steak, lOd lb; mince, 4d lb ; sausages, 4d lb; sausages, pork, 6d lb; corned beef, 4d. 6d lb; stewing steak 5d lb; beef steak 6d lb; .tripe. 5d lb; stewing chops. 4d : pickled pork. 6Jd to Sd lb; pork chops, bd to Fish.—Smo'kedtod, U ’Bd lb; smoked fillet, 6d lb; smoked liug, 6d lb; tcrakihi, fresh, Id lb; cud, Ud lb; fillet. 1/- lb; butterfisb, Gd lb; hapuka, sdl lbi; flounders nnd soles. Sd lb; kippers, 1/- pair; oysters, in shell, 6d doz; off sheik Sd.