Pint of milk
1971: 5p
2007: 32p
= 640% increase
Pound of steak
1971: 60p
2007: 408p
= 680% increase
Sliced loaf
1971: 9.5p
2007: 88p
= 926% increase
Pint of beer
1971: 12p
2007: 224p
= 1867% increase
Aside from the enormous, above-inflation rise in the price of beer—despite the temperance lobby's disingenuous assertion that alcohol has become more "affordable"—I'm struck by how much the price of a pint has increased even since 2007.
The book was published by CAMRA so £2.24 pint was presumably the average cost of real ale, but anecdotal evidence tells me that the price must have risen to around £3 in the four years since, no? Does anybody have some 2011 prices to complete the picture?
