Beer £46.52 a pint

The Office of National Statistics recently told us that the Consumer Prices Index is falling due mainly to the collapse in  the oil market and a reduction in food prices. The graph they published shows that quite well.















It was a much lower key item which caught my eye - a comparison of prices of staple foods over the past 100 years.   I have tabulated the figures below and added the final column which is a prediction of prices in 2114 made by Lloyds Bank. How they arrived at these figures I have no idea as the past 100 years are hardly a consistent guide

		1914		1964		2014		2114
Cheddar Cheese per 1b		£0.04		£0.16	4.0	£3.64	22.8	£57.68
Pint draught beer		£0.01		£0.11	11.0	£2.94	26.7	£46.52
Dozen standard eggs		£0.08		£0.10	1.3	£2.60	26.0	£41.14
Large loaf bread		£0.01		£0.06	6.0	£1.35	22.5	£21.36
Pint milk		£0.01		£0.04	4.0	£0.46	11.5	£7.28