Typical UK supermarket single-bar price · 2026
Freddoflation
Tracking the tragic rise in the price of a Freddo
From 10p to 35p.
Freddos. Grim.
Price over time
Freddonomics
Put your finances into terms that actually matter
Choose an amount and a year.
Your £5 has lost 35.71 Freddos of purchasing power.
Forget pounds per hour. How many frogs are you earning?
The UK's headline adult minimum wage translated into the only currency that matters.
In 1999, one Freddo required around 1 minute 40 seconds of minimum-wage labour.
Uses the headline adult/main statutory minimum-wage rate for each selected period. Eligibility ages changed over time, so this is a playful purchasing-power comparison rather than a fixed-age wage series.
Useless, pointless Freddo facts.
Serious research into deeply unserious economics
Historical Freddo prices represent approximate typical UK single-bar prices rather than a universal price charged by every retailer. The current figure is treated as a typical supermarket price. Salary comparisons use the headline adult/main statutory minimum-wage rate applicable to each period.