Episode 2: the price of things today

In this 4 part series, we drop in on two characters called Flo and Elsie. In this second episode, we hear Flo & Elsie talking about food prices in supermarkets.

Flo: What’s that you’ve got there, Elsie?

Elsie: It’s a digestive biscuit Flo.

Flo: Oh I LOVE digestives. Especially the chocolate ones.

Elsie: I do too. But I tell you something …

Flo: What’s that?

Elsie: They haven’t half gone up in price recently!

Flo: Well you know why that is, don’t you!

Elsie: No?

Flo: Price of wheat. It’s skyrocketed. Just you look around your local supermarket you’ll notice!

Elsie: Really?

Flo: YES! Rice, bread, tea, chocolate …. Everything is more expensive now than it was this time last year. I wouldn’t mind but I’m on a pension! These supermarkets, they don’t think about that, do they!

Elsie: Oh I know what you mean … I can barely afford to feed my cat never mind myself.

Flo: It gets you down doesn’t it, Elsie.

Elsie: It really does, yes.

Flo: Here have another biscuit. While we can still afford it.

Elsie: I think I will.

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Written by Jennifer Wright

Flo: Jennie Cole

Elsie: Hilary Gibson

With thanks to:

Jo Haver: for playing Elsie in the photographs

Trish Stennett: for taking the photographs

Chris Spencer: for recording the jingle