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title: Food Cuts in Famous London Restaurants
url: https://propagandaarchive.org/collection/food-cuts-famous-london-restaurants-uk-1939/
description: A red-bordered sheet compares pre-war and current weekly use of eggs, sugar, meat, butter and cream at Claridge's, Simpson's and The Ritz.
section: Collection
---

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# Food Cuts in Famous London Restaurants

A red-bordered sheet compares pre-war and current weekly use of eggs, sugar, meat, butter and cream at Claridge's, Simpson's and The Ritz, with pictograms shrinking from 'Pre war' to 'Now'. The tell is card-stacking: three luxury establishments, with no totals or dates, stand for food cuts in general, and the sheet says they are 'a few examples'.

## Propaganda techniques used in this poster

[Card stacking](https://propagandaarchive.org/techniques/card-stacking/)

## Text on the object

Original (English) · read from the image, not independently checked

```
FOOD CUTS IN
famous London restaurants

Claridge's
EGGS AND SUGAR USED (per average week)
PRE WAR  NOW
9,100 Eggs  378 Eggs
700 lbs. of sugar  180 lbs. of sugar

Simpson's
VALUE OF MEAT USED (per average week)
PRE WAR  NOW
$1200 worth  $70 worth

The Ritz
BUTTER & CREAM USED (per average week)
PRE WAR  NOW
392 lbs. of butter  77 lbs. of butter
40 gallons of Cream  NONE
Only SYNTHETIC Cream. (10 galls.)

A few examples taken
from three of London's well known
luxury hotels and restaurants

G.P.G./AM./6.
PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY CHROMOWORKS LTD., LONDON  51-2968.
```

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