U.S. Food Prices
Food prices are still rising in the United States, according to a New York message. Even in the cheaper •shopping areas butchers are charging the equivalent of 5/- per lb. for steak, 6/- per lb. for lamb chops, 5/6a per lb. for butter and 5/llh a dozen of eggs.
More than 30 basic foodstuffs : showed an increase of 4d per lb. in the first week in message states that the average weekly earnings of American fac-' tory workers in June wer £l2/6/6, an increase of 5/- over the previous month. All the increases were offset Tby rising living costs.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 22, 17 February 1948, Page 5
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102U.S. Food Prices Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 22, 17 February 1948, Page 5
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