Well this old New York Times article says in 1900 British Beer was about 97 pfennigs a pound.

http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9C0CE4D9133CE633A25753C1A9679D946396D6CF&oref=slogin

This article says a pound of beef is 10 cents a pound.

http://www.kyrene.k12.az.us/schools/brisas/sunda/decade/1900.htm#daily%20life

And finally a list of commodity prices for 1890:

http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0034-6535(192610)8%3A4%3C177%3AAMIOCP%3E2.0.CO%3B2-S

However, this one requires that you access their site from a library.

Finally, there is this search string on Google Books that might help:

http://books.google.com/books?source=web&q=meat+prices+1890+england&btnG=Search+Books

My Google-fu is strong...