CITY RETAIL PRICES

Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 100, 22 January 1935, Page 2

CITY RETAIL PRICES

What to Pay for Foodstuffs

Fruit and vegetables are available in Wellington in a wide range at the present time. Butter is selling at llld. for the best brands, and the whey variety is priced at 9jd. Present prices are as follow: — Provisions. Eggs—l/2 dozen. Butter—First grade, U^d.; whey, 9id. lb. Bacon.—Price cut rashers, 7d. to 1/4 lb. Cheese.—Mild, Gid. lb.; matured, 1/Ib. Honey.—Carton, 74d. lb. Flour—3/5 251 b. bag. Sugar—ls/6 701 b. bag; 3d. lb. Tea —£/- to 2/6 lb.; China tea, 3/- lb. Bread —5J<l. Fruit. Apples, 3d. and 4d. lb.; cooking, 2d. and 3d.; pears, 3d. and 4d.; Californian grapefruit, sd. and 6d. each; oranges, Jamaica, 2/- to 3/6 a dozen, Californian, 4 to 5 1/-; pineapples, 1/- to 2/- each; bananas, 8 to 14 1/-; lemons, New Zealand, 6 to 12 1/-; Californian, 2d. and 3d. each; peaches, 4d. to Bd. lb.; cooking, 51b. 1/-: apricots, 4d. and 6d. lb.; plums, 3d. to (id. lb.; cooking, 5 to 8 lb. 1/-; blue diamond, 3d and 4d. lb.; nectarines, 3d. to Bd. lb.; black currants, 6d. to Bd. lb.; grapes, hothouse, 1/3 to 2/6 lb. Vegetables. Cabbage, 4d. to 6d.; lettuces, Id. to 4d.; carrots, 2d. and 3d. bunch; parsnips, <l. bunch; swedes, Id. bunch; onions, 2d. lb.; spring, 2d. bunch; pickling, 8 to 10 lb. 1/-; rhubarb, 3d. t 0 6d. bunch; potatoes, 8 to 12 lb. 1/-; peas, 3d. and 4d. lb.; beans, 2d. to 6d. lb.; pumpkin, Id. lb.; marrows, Id. to 6d. each; beetroot, 2d. to 3d.; cucumbers, hothouse, 2d. to 6d. each; outdoor, Id. to 3d. each; tomatoes, outdoor, 3d. and 4d. ib.; hothouse, -Id. to 6d. lb.; shallots, 511). 1/-. Meat. Beef.—Rump steak, lid. lb.; undercut steak, 1/1 lb.; beef steak, 7d. lb.; sirloiu, 9d. lb.; ribs, 7d. lb.; topside, 6d. lb.; rolled 7d. lb.; corned, 6d. and 81b. lb.; mince, sd. lb.; tripe, 7d. lb.; saugages, 6d. lb.; sausnge meat, sd. lb. Pork.—Legs, Bd..and 9d. lb.; loin, 9d lb.; chops, 10<l. lb.; sausages, 7d. lb. Mutton. —Legs, 7d. and 8d lb.; forequarters, 4d. mid Gd.; shoulders, Gd. and 7d. lb.; loin, Gd. and 7d. Ib.; loin chops 9d. lb.; leg and rib chops, 8d Ib. Lamb.—Legs, 1/- lb.; loins lOd. lb. ; hinds, lOd. lb.; forequarters Bd. Ib.: chops, 1/- lb.; spring lamb, 1/2 to 1/6 lb. Fish. Smoked cod, Sd. lb.; smoked fillet, Gd. Ib.; smoked ling, 6d. lb.; terakihi, fresh. 4d. lb.; cod, 6d. lb.; fillet, 1/- lb.; butterfish, 6<l. lb.; hapuka, sd. lb.; flounders and soles, Bd. lb.