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Price of a loaf of bread in the UK

The average price of a loaf of bread was £1.33 per 800 g in September 2026, down 1.1% on a year earlier.

Updated Prices for September 2026 · ONS Shopping prices comparison tool (experimental)

Average price, September 2026

£1.33

per 800 g

A year ago (September 2025)

£1.35

per 800 g

Annual change*

−1.1%

Bread, white

Average UK price of a loaf of bread, 800 g (£)

From £1.35 in September 2025 to £1.33 in September 2026. Series starts January 2025.

*The ONS annual change is for the item's consumption segment ("Bread, white"), the group of similar products used in CPI, so it can differ slightly from the change in the average price shown. Item measured: Bread - sliced white, 800 g.

Last 12 months

MonthAverage price
September 2026£1.33
August 2026£1.34
July 2026£1.34
June 2026£1.34
May 2026£1.34
April 2026£1.35
March 2026£1.35
February 2026£1.35
January 2026£1.35
December 2025£1.35
November 2025£1.35
October 2025£1.35
September 2025£1.35

Older ONS series: Bread: white loaf, sliced, 800g (ended January 2025)

Before the shopping prices tool, ONS published a separate average price for a loaf of bread as part of the RPI. That series ran from January 1971 to January 2025 and is no longer updated. It measured a slightly different item ("Bread: white loaf, sliced, 800g"), was published in pence and was collected differently, so it is shown separately and should not be joined to the new figures above.

Discontinued ONS average price: Bread: white loaf, sliced, 800g (pence)

10p in January 1971; 140p in January 2025, when the series ended.

January20152016201720182019202020212022202320242025
Price109p102p100p107p106p103p106p108p139p137p140p

Source: ONS, series CZOH (MM23, RPI average prices).

About this price

Source: ONS, Shopping prices comparison tool, September 2026. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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