PRICE OF BREAD.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXVI, Issue 7926, 31 July 1886, Page 3

PRICE OF BREAD.

TO THH EDITOR. Sir,—lf we take " Bakery's " figures, as given in his letter, published in your issue of July 28, as correct, the sack of flour that ' costs him 23s returns him, for 70 loaves, at 6d, 355, and as the expenses are (taking- " Bakery's "figures still) 12s 3d, " Bakery" loses 3d on each sack. Now, as " Bakery" considered he delivered a knock-down blow: when he showed that, at sd, the loss per sack wa3 6s Id, and comes up smiling when inviting purchasers at 6d, he evidently had not discovered that the additional Id per loaf only reduced his debit balance. Certainly the amount is small, only 3d, but hardly a profitable business* even if "Bakery" has solved the problem of living on a loss. Of course, in this I assume that all the flour " Bakery" uses costs him 23s per sack, or .£ll 10s per ton; but I suppose some of what are known as "country" brands, which rule generally from £\ 10s to £2 per ton under "town" flour, are used by some of our bakers, as they surely cannot all be content to live on the 3d per sack loss like " Mr Bakery."—l am,&c, CHARLIE BAKER. .