Food for thought: applying house price inflation to household goods prices - 2014 edition

By: Kantar Public
Published: February 2014

Food for thought: applying house price inflation to household goods prices - 2014 edition

If prices had increased at the same rate as house prices since 1971, then:

 A 4-pint carton of milk would cost £10.48

 A chicken would cost £51.33

 A bunch of 6 bananas would cost £8.49

 A loaf of sliced white bread would cost £4.37

 The average weekly expenditure on food for a family of four would be £454.55

 A pair of pyjamas would cost £111.40

 A pair of slippers would cost £85.19

 A pair of short nylon socks would cost £10.48.