A Big Mac in the UK cost approximately 45p shortly after its introduction in the mid-1970s. Following the opening of the first UK restaurant in late 1974, the iconic burger, along with fries and a cheeseburger, were part of the initial menu.
On that Saturday in 1974, a Big Mac cost 45p – it's now £4.99. Takings – under the watchful eye of manager Paul Preston, who later became CEO of McDonald's in the UK – were reportedly £98 and there was an ashtray on every table.
The Whopper prices are as follows: single Whopper 80 cents; single Whopper with cheese 90 cents; double meat Whopper $1.30; double meat Whopper with cheese $1.40. These prices look like that they are from late 1974 or early to mid 1975.
New recommended prices for packets of 20 are: Louis Rothmans Select (43p), St Moritz (37p), Rothman King Size (36p), Guards (30p), Rothmans International (40), Piccadilly No 1 (39½p), Peter Stuyvesant (36p), and Cambridge (29p).
Back in 1972, the average UK property was valued at just £5,158. Adjusted for inflation, this still amounts to a very affordable £49,333 by today's standards. Today, the average UK homebuyer is forking out £278,436 on the average property.
In 1980, a McDonald's Big Mac cost approximately $1.60 (more than THREE TIMES the price the meme suggested they cost). Today, the average price of a Big Mac is $5.79 ($2.21 LESS than the price they indicated).
The 12-cent price of White Castle held until 1967 when the price of a burger increased to 14 cents. In 1970 the price of White Castle burgers was 18 cent and life was good.
But did you know that, when the first UK McDonald's restaurant opened in 1974, a Big Mac cost just 45p? Yes, you read that correctly. The first location to open in the UK was in Woolwich, southeast London, throwing open its doors to curious customers 50 years ago, in the autumn of 1974.
The price of things: In 1975 a loaf of bread cost just 11p. A pint of lager in a local pub was 20p, while a pack of cigarettes cost 20p for 20. The average house price in Great Britain is just £16,980.
UK government proposes cigarette ban that would phase out smoking by 2040. Cancer Research UK and Chief Medical Officer Chris Whitty are among many who have welcomed yesterday's (4th October) announcement of a new law to protect future generations of young people from the harms of smoking.
The Index found that the average price of 1970 first-growth Bordeaux in 1975 was £6.02 per bottle – which contrasts with an average price of the 2005 vintage in 2010 of £602.58 per bottle, and, following a market softening, a value today of the 2010 vintage of $499.07 per bottle.
In 1970, the average car cost $4,000. By the end of the decade it was $6,000. The price of gas went from 36 cents a gallon to over a dollar. The era of cheap gas was over.
Here's how the cost of a standard bag of Frito-Lay chips has changed over the last 50 years. 1970s: A typical bag cost about 25 to 35 cents. Vending machine prices stayed under 50 cents.
