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Description: | This notice lists 'Official Maximum Food Prices' as fixed by the Ministry of Food in March 1942. In order to ensure an equal distribution of food during the Second World War, the government introduced rationing. As well as controlling food distribution, the government also fixed food prices to ensure that the cost of living kept in line with wages and income. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Publisher: | Museum of London | Rights holder: | Museum of London | Subjects: | London at War Home and Family | Temporal: | 1942 | Source: | Museum of London | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Go to resource |
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