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What things cost in 1989

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

ItemIn 1989Today's money
Apples, dessert / kg86p£3.10
Bacon, gammon / kg£4.34£15.66
Bananas / kg£1.06£3.83
Beef mince, home-killed / kg£3.30£11.91
Beef, home-killed, rump steak / kg£7.86£28.37
Bread, white loaf, sliced / 800g50p£1.80
Bread, white loaf, unwrapped / 800g62p£2.24
Carrots / kg55p£1.98
Cheddar cheese / kg£3.17£11.44
Chicken, roasting, oven-ready, fresh / kg£1.92£6.93
Coffee, instant / 100g£1.41£5.09
Diesel, ultra-low sulphur / litre36p£1.30
Flour, self-raising / 1.5kg54p£1.95
Ham / 113g64p£2.31
Milk, pasteurised / pint28p£1.01
Mushrooms / kg£2.64£9.53
Onions / kg59p£2.13
Oranges / each17p61.4p
Sausages, pork / kg£1.96£7.07
Sugar, granulated / kg57p£2.06
Tea bags / 250g£1.02£3.68
Tomatoes / kg£1.21£4.37
Petrol, unleaded / litre38p£1.37
Potatoes, old white / kg27.3p98.3p

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