From: "Tumbleweed" 
Newsgroups: uk.finance
Subject: Re: House insurance renewal premium
Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2005 07:34:56 +0100


"Ronald Raygun"  wrote in message 
news:nxlHe.80573$G8.43346@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> Tumbleweed wrote:
>
>> You say todays 44p loaf, but I suspect that isnt a good example.A
>> 'standard' loaf of bread is more like 80p, 44p is a 'loss leader loaf'
>> which didnt exist 25 years ago (IIRC).
>
> Are you getting 'standard' confused with 'luxury'?  :-)
>
> A loss leader loaf is likely to be much less than 44p.  I think
> I've seen supermarket own-brand no-frills bagged sliced raw toast
> for less than 20p.
>

Depends where you shop I suppose, at Waitrose in the Suuth of England, 44p 
is definitely rock-bottom :-)

But I think the same principle applies, that there are either loss leaders 
or very low priced deals on bread which werent available at all 25 years 
ago.

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Tumbleweed

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