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We had a similar process in the Middle Ages - the amount of bread in a loaf would varied while the price remained the same. Of course nowadays the price rises

• Wildgoose 5y ago
  In England the Assize of Bread was created in the 13th century. These laws set up price controls for bakers, which would allow someone to buy at least some quantity of bread for a penny. Every year at least the size of this bread would be set according to the price of wheat and other grains – if the grain supply was expensive, your penny would only get you a small amount of bread; if grain was plentiful, than the size of the loaf would increase. https://sites.google.com/site/atenveldtcooksguild/redactions-and-recipes/bread-in-the-middle-ages https://sites.google.com/site/atenveldtcooksguild/redactions...