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What things cost in 1998

24 items · 24 observed in the public record

ItemIn 1998Today's money
Apples, dessert / kg£1.12£2.85
Bacon, gammon / kg£5.69£14.50
Bananas / kg£1.08£2.75
Beef mince, home-killed / kg£3.88£9.89
Beef, home-killed, rump steak / kg£8.64£22.02
Bread, white loaf, sliced / 800g52p£1.33
Bread, white loaf, unwrapped / 800g71p£1.81
Carrots / kg70p£1.78
Cheddar cheese / kg£4.98£12.69
Chicken, roasting, oven-ready, fresh / kg£2.23£5.68
Coffee, instant / 100g£2.10£5.35
Diesel, ultra-low sulphur / litre67p£1.71
Flour, self-raising / 1.5kg61p£1.55
Ham / 113g86p£2.19
Milk, pasteurised / pint34p86.7p
Mushrooms / kg£3.00£7.65
Onions / kg84p£2.14
Oranges / each21p53.5p
Petrol, unleaded / litre66p£1.68
Potatoes, old white / kg66p£1.68
Sausages, pork / kg£2.97£7.57
Sugar, granulated / kg67p£1.71
Tea bags / 250g£1.56£3.98
Tomatoes / kg£1.06£2.70

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