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What things cost in 1988

24 items · 22 observed in the public record · 2 inflation-estimated

ItemIn 1988Today's money
Apples, dessert / kg77p£3.01
Bacon, gammon / kg£4.16£16.26
Bananas / kg£1.06£4.14
Beef mince, home-killed / kg£2.89£11.29
Beef, home-killed, rump steak / kg£6.92£27.04
Bread, white loaf, sliced / 800g46p£1.80
Bread, white loaf, unwrapped / 800g59p£2.31
Carrots / kg66p£2.58
Cheddar cheese / kg£3.00£11.72
Chicken, roasting, oven-ready, fresh / kg£1.74£6.80
Coffee, instant / 100g£1.32£5.16
Diesel, ultra-low sulphur / litre34p£1.33
Flour, self-raising / 1.5kg52p£2.03
Ham / 113g59p£2.31
Milk, pasteurised / pint26p£1.02
Mushrooms / kg£2.73£10.67
Onions / kg59p£2.31
Oranges / each15p58.6p
Sausages, pork / kg£1.92£7.50
Sugar, granulated / kg54p£2.11
Tea bags / 250g£1.00£3.91
Tomatoes / kg£1.28£5.00
Petrol, unleaded / litre35.6p£1.39
Potatoes, old white / kg25.8p£1.01

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