This photo of a pack of Tesco Bacon is, at the same time, depicting an item from a Supermarket shelf which is both normal, and at the same time a commentary upon how we are governed, how we are ruled, how we accept the lunacy of Inflation as though it has never happened; and how the truth is kept well away from reality.
The price of that Bacon pack is £3.50. Nine months ago, that same Bacon pack could be bought for £1.95.
Some sixty-six years ago, I commenced work as an apprentice.
My first week’s paypacket came to the equivalent, in todays Decimal currency, of £3.25.
It's the value of the cheaper cuts that have caused their steep rises in price. Streaky was the least expensive cut, now people are turning to those along with belly cuts. My winter lamb bones and neck rings have risen faster than shoulders and legs. I'm going the other way though, instead of buying cheaper minced beef I'm now searching out Aberdeen Angus and Hereford mince. It costs a bit more but is tastier and somehow goes further.
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