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

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# Food Cuts in Famous London Restaurants

A pictogram sheet compares weekly use of eggs and sugar at Claridge's, meat at Simpson's, and butter and cream at The Ritz, before the war and 'now', with figures in dollars and pounds. The tell is selection: three luxury establishments are offered as 'a few examples' of rationing's reach, with no denominator or figures for ordinary kitchens, so the pile reads as one shared sacrifice.

## 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  9,100 Eggs  700 lbs. of sugar
NOW  378 Eggs  180 lbs. of sugar

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

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

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

[stamp:] INCLOSURE 8 TO REPORT No. 52225 MILITARY ATTACHE, LONDON.
G.P.G./AM./6.
[imprint:] PRINTED IN ENGLAND BY CHROMOWORKS LTD., LONDON 51-2968
```

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