RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY

Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 37, 7 November 1933, Page 2

RETAIL PRICES IN THE CITY

What -to Pay for Foodstuffs Prices of foodstuffs in the city during the past few days have remained unchanged, with the exception of that for first-grade butter, which is now selling at lOjd., having decreased by Id. Nelson hothouse tomatoes are now In the’following' list, which shows the present prices of the various commodities in city shops, no charges for delivery or booking are taken into account:— Groceries.—Eggs, IOJ<I. to 1/- doz; butter, iirsbgrai e, 10-d lb; nhey hutter Sid lb; cooked hum, 1/10 lb; bacon, prime cuts, id lb; bacon rasheis. bd to 1/1 lb; prunes, 4J<l to 7(1 lb; cheese, mild, 8d lb; cheese, matured, l/~ lb; condensed milk, 7Jd, BJd, 9 2 l d tin; apricots, loose, 9d lb; dates, loose, 3d b; dates, 4Jd toOd packet; Hour, 3/6 251 b bag; sugar, 10/9Wlb bag; sugar, ..d b honey, clover, Gd lb; rice, sago, barley, and tapioca, 3d lb; jams, tinned, Oja b 2lb 1/-; tinned apricots and peaches, lid; tinned tongues, Ojd; tinned salmon 7}d, 9d, and 1/-; tinned beans, 41d, Gid, and Old ; tinned tomato soup, Gid and 9jd; spaghetti, 4Jd, GLI, and 9Jd; sultanas, 41d lb; currants bid ll>: oatmeal, 2d lb; roiled oats. 3d lb; tea. 2/-, 2/6 lb: China tea. 3/-: coffee. 2/b; loose cocoa, !/• lb. , „ , , . , . Vegetables—Spring cabbage, 2d to 4d; parsnips, oil and 4d bunch; carrots, 2d and 3d bunch; turnips, 2d and 3d bunch; new potatoes, 3d lb, a b 1/-; 2d lb and 71b 1/-; potatoes, 1/- 101 b; lettuces, 2d to 4d each; onions, 2d and od lb; cauliflowers, 4d to lOd; beetroot, 2d and 3d bunch; spinach, 3d bunch ; spring rhubarb, 3d to Gd hunch; forced rhubarb, Sd to 1/4 bunch; marrows, Id to bd each; pumpkins, lfcd lb; swede turnips, Id lb; garlic, Gd lb; leeks. 3d bunch; kumeras, 3d lb; green peas, 3d to (kl lb; asparagus, 4(1 to Sd u bunch; hothoubc cucumbers, Gd to 10(1 each. Fruit. —Apples, eating, 4d to Gd lb; apples, cooking, od and 4d lb; pears, eating, 4d and Gd lb; Californian grapefruit, 4(1 and _6d each; N.Z. grapefruit, G and 12 for 1/-; Californian oranges, 3d each and 5 a 1/*; South Austrnlinn oranges, 4 to 8 for 1/-; New Zealand lemons, 8 to 16 1/-; Island lemons, 1/6 to 2/? a dozen; bananas, 12 to 8 1/-; passionfruit, 2/6 to 3/- a dozen; plums, 1/II); pineapples, 8d to .1/6 each; Californian grapes, 8(1 to 1/- lb; Island coconuts, 4d and Gd each; Californian tomatoes, 10(1 to 1/2 lb; gooseberries, 7(1 to bd lb. Meat. —Mutton, legs, 6d, id lb; mutton, chops, 6d, bd lb; mutton, shoulders, sd, Bid lb; dripping, 4(1 lb; lamb, Gd to lOd lb; spring lamb, from lOd lb; beef, sirloin, 7d lb; beef, ribs, 5d lb; rump steak, lOd lb; mince, 4d lb; sausages, 4d lb; sausages, pork, Gd lb; corned beef, 4d, Gd lb; stewing steak, 5d lb; beef steak Gd lb; tripe, 5d lb; stewing chops, 4d; pickled pork. Gid to Sd lb: pork chops, bd to lOd lb; gravy beef, 4d 11). Fish.—Smoked cod, 8d lb; smoked fillet, Gd lb; smoked ling, bd lb; tcrakihi, fresh, 4d lb: cod, Gd lb; fillet, 1/- lb; butterfish, Gd lb; hapuka, Bd lb; floundera and coles, 8d lb; kippers, !/• pair, /