As we said earlier, few people had fridges. Most people also got their wages weekly. Food took up a third of all wages.
Supermarkets did not exist. People still shopped within walking distance usually every day. In the grocer's shop, butter was made up into pats, and tea put into packets while you waited.
Everything you bought was served by an assistant. If you moved from one part of a large shop to another, you paid each assistant at each stop.
