FOOD PRICES

Dominion, Volume 15, Issue 49, 21 November 1921, Page 7

FOOD PRICES

A WELCOME DOWNWARD TENDENCY. Housewives have noticed a distinct tendency to lower prices in foodstuffs in ■Wellington during the last week or two. Good butter is now obtainable in town at Is. Bd. per lb., whilst, certain other makes are still being sold up to 2s. per lb. Eggs have been coming down in price all over the country, and are now pretty well within the reach of people of humble means. Sugar is also down. There has been a glut of spring vegetables for the past, month or six weeks, and good supplies continue to come forward, thanks to an exceptionally favourable season. Meat of all kinds is down to a reasonable price, though some people maintain that in view of the lii"6weight figures retail prices should be still lower. . The result of these cheaper prices has been a corresponding fall in the price of meals in the city, which means a good deal to a great many people, who live in rooms, but who take their meals out; that is to say, they have one or two meals daily in a restaurant or cate. The prices of a three-course dinner m, most of the public eating-houses have fallen from Is. 6d. to Is- 3d. Luncheons in some of the tearooms are now obtainable at Is., and there are instances in the city where afternoon tea is being dispensed for sixpence. e The Master Pastrycooks' Association, following the trend, are reducing their prices for small gpods and block-cake down to pre-war level as from to-day.