Price check on broccoli

The price of broccoli: some readers have questioned the discrepancy between the picture of a piece of broccoli on page 3 yesterday (Food and fuel prices send inflation to new high as City fears interest rate increase) apparently showing a price rise of 11%, and that of another piece on page 2 of G2 (Beat rising food bills – follow the inflation-proof diet), which showed its price falling by 20%. The first piece of broccoli was there to represent price changes on vegetables overall, as monitored by the Office of National Statistics. The G2 broccoli price change was based on a shopping basket compiled by the Daily Mail – which in fact indicated a fall in price of 50%, not 20%. Link

  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Fark
  • NewsVine
  • SphereIt
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • FriendFeed
  • Twitter
blog comments powered by Disqus