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What things cost in 1989

19 items · 18 observed in the public record · 1 inflation-estimated

ItemIn 1989Today's money
Apples, dessert / kg86p£3.09
Bananas / kg£1.06£3.81
Beef mince, home-killed / kg£3.30£11.88
Bread, white loaf, sliced / 800g50p£1.80
Bread, white loaf, unwrapped / 800g62p£2.23
Carrots / kg55p£1.98
Cheddar cheese / kg£3.17£11.41
Chicken, roasting, oven-ready, fresh / kg£1.92£6.91
Coffee, instant / 100g£1.41£5.07
Diesel, ultra-low sulphur / litre36p£1.30
Flour, self-raising / 1.5kg54p£1.94
Ham / 113g64p£2.30
Milk, pasteurised / pint28p£1.01
Onions / kg59p£2.12
Oranges / each17p61.2p
Sausages, pork / kg£1.96£7.05
Sugar, granulated / kg57p£2.05
Tomatoes / kg£1.21£4.35
Petrol, unleaded / litre38p£1.37
19881990
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