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Default Bread prices (was Yay!)

In article >, gloria.p
> wrote:

> Yeah, I can remember bread at 15 cents a loaf in the 50s so it pains me
> to see it at $3.50-$4.99 for a fairly ordinary loaf.


I remember earning $0.65/hr. So a loaf of bread took about 15 minutes
to earn.

Average wage here is around $16/hr, and a commercial whole wheat loaf
is about $2.50.

Seems to me the price of bread has gone down...

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