Average price of white sliced bread in the UK since 1968
£1.40
8p
The ONS published an average UK price for white sliced bread, per 800g loaf for 57 years, from 1968 (8p) to 2024 (£1.40). The highest yearly average is £1.40 in 2024. The largest rise from one year to the next was +32.2%, in 2008. In 2024 the average was +2.2% on 2023; all-items CPI inflation that year was 2.5%. Ten years earlier, in 2014, the average was £1.16.
Average price by year
| Year | Average price (per 800g loaf) | Change on previous year | CPI inflation that calendar year (ONS, D7G7) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | £1.40 | +2.2% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | £1.37 | +11.4% | 7.3% |
| 2022 | £1.23 | +15.0% | 9.1% |
| 2021 | £1.07 | +1.9% | 2.6% |
| 2020 | £1.05 | -0.9% | 0.9% |
| 2019 | £1.06 | – | 1.8% |
| 2018 | £1.06 | +2.9% | 2.5% |
| 2017 | £1.03 | +3.0% | 2.7% |
| 2016 | £1.00 | -3.8% | 0.7% |
| 2015 | £1.04 | -10.3% | 0.0% |
| 2014 | £1.16 | -10.8% | 1.5% |
| 2013 | £1.30 | +4.8% | 2.6% |
| 2012 | £1.24 | +3.3% | 2.8% |
| 2011 | £1.20 | – | 4.5% |
| 2010 | £1.20 | -2.4% | 3.3% |
| 2009 | £1.23 | +3.4% | 2.2% |
| 2008 | £1.19 | +32.2% | 3.6% |
| 2007 | 90p | +11.1% | 2.3% |
| 2006 | 81p | +14.1% | 2.3% |
| 2005 | 71p | +10.9% | 2.1% |
| 2004 | 64p | +10.3% | 1.3% |
| 2003 | 58p | +1.8% | 1.4% |
| 2002 | 57p | +11.8% | 1.3% |
| 2001 | 51p | -1.9% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 52p | +2.0% | 0.8% |
| 1999 | 51p | – | 1.3% |
| 1998 | 51p | -1.9% | 1.6% |
| 1997 | 52p | -5.5% | 1.8% |
| 1996 | 55p | +5.8% | 2.4% |
| 1995 | 52p | +4.0% | 2.6% |
| 1994 | 50p | -9.1% | 2.0% |
| 1993 | 55p | +1.9% | 2.5% |
| 1992 | 54p | +1.9% | 4.2% |
| 1991 | 53p | +6.0% | 7.5% |
| 1990 | 50p | +2.0% | 7.0% |
| 1989 | 49p | +6.5% | 5.2% |
| 1988 | 46p | +4.5% | |
| 1987 | 44p | +2.3% | |
| 1986 | 43p | +7.5% | |
| 1985 | 40p | +5.3% | |
| 1984 | 38p | – | |
| 1983 | 38p | +2.7% | |
| 1982 | 37p | – | |
| 1981 | 37p | +12.1% | |
| 1980 | 33p | +13.8% | |
| 1979 | 29p | +11.5% | |
| 1978 | 26p | +23.8% | |
| 1977 | 21p | +16.7% | |
| 1976 | 18p | +12.5% | |
| 1975 | 16p | +14.3% | |
| 1974 | 14p | +27.3% | |
| 1973 | 11p | +10.0% | |
| 1972 | 10p | – | |
| 1971 | 10p | +11.1% | |
| 1970 | 9p | +12.5% | |
| 1969 | 8p | – | |
| 1968 | 8p |
ONS series CZOH. About average prices · CSV
Related pages
Sources and receipts
- Consumer price inflation time series (MM23), Office for National Statistics.
File: mm23.csv. Read 2026-10-15. SHA-256
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