http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/agricu ... bread.html


It shows that politicians are out of touch with the rest of us.

Usually Cook does the shopping, or a boy from the village shop drops it off at the kitchens.

Not just out of touch, but apparently unable to use the Interwebs for basic research...

Interestingly, it would seem many teenagers are equally unaware. Presumably Mummy does the food shopping:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/n ... bread.html

And the house keeper keeps the accounts. So one does have minimal contact with the oiks who make the stuff. /s

So politicians know naff all about the cost/value of items, and reporters know naff all about writing sentences that are grammatically correct?

The £21 loaf of bread.

I think he's protesting a bit too much, tbh.

My local baker has bread from £1.80 to £2.60 a loaf, but it is very nice bread.

Have you seen Tesco's price fluctuations? You could struggle to give an average

In which case the minister should be given an answer that includes the prices of wheat and fuel as factors in the overall cost of bread.

Morrisons in-store bakery makes a long tin white loaf and sells it for a quid. Unless they decide it's worth 50p. Or 80p. Or £1.10. I guess it all depends on how much tax the government is squeezing out of us at the time.

It's actually the price of flour. It's an incredibly variable commodity. Essentially it operates as a futures market; someone like Warburtons or the supermarkets who make thousands of loaves a day won't buy flour for it on the day, they enter into contracts to buy it a month in advance and they make a guess at the time how much it's likely to cost them. If the actual price of wheat/flour changes between then and now their projections go out and they have to vary the price on the shelves to compensate for the fact.


Jon

If asked I would have said £1.50 but to be honest don’t really look at the price of the very basics (Bread, Milk etc) as I need to get them. I am more conscious of the price of meat etc which might be thought of as the bigger ticket items

I would have thought between 90p to £1.50 would be normal. We have far more types available now. It used to be white, brown or Nimble years ago. Also the price depends on the time of day when supermarkets are clearing stock so there is no left unsold. Even so this would be something that she might be expected to know. Ignoring the sexist stereotypes doesn't she shop for herself when a mere MP and before she became a minister?

In a similar way to places like BA with aircraft fuel?

What is a loaf of bread? If it's that white sliced [LIFTED] then you can stick it up your arse.

I'd say between 80p and £1.50.

The local bakery does really cheap (but nice) bread and often have deals (e.g. 2 loaves for £1.50). I usually buy a loaf from Lidl, Morrisons, or Tesco and it usually costs between £1 and £1.50