Average price of wholemeal sliced bread in the UK since 2004
£1.36
80p
The ONS published an average UK price for wholemeal sliced bread, per 800g loaf for 21 years, from 2004 (80p) to 2024 (£1.36). The highest yearly average is £1.38 in 2013. The largest rise from one year to the next was +22.2%, in 2008. In 2024 the average was -1.4% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.19.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 800g loaf) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £1.36 | -1.4% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £1.38 | +21.1% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £1.14 | +5.6% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £1.08 | +1.9% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £1.06 | -2.8% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £1.09 | +2.8% | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £1.06 | +1.0% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £1.05 | +5.0% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £1.00 | -2.0% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £1.02 | -14.3% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.19 | -13.8% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £1.38 | +8.7% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.27 | +3.3% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.23 | +1.7% | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £1.21 | -3.2% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.25 | +3.3% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.21 | +22.2% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 99p | +10.0% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 90p | +7.1% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 84p | +5.0% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 80p | 1.3% |
ONS series VKYU. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
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