Miscellaneous Findings Atiout Portions 

 (Tables 30, 31) 



Four fifths of the Portland establishments said 

 they specified the kind of fish when ordering 

 portions . 



Only 2 per cent of the users suggested any new 

 portion items, not now available, which they 

 would like to have. 



7. Nonusers of Portions (Table 32) 



Establishments which used frozen processed sea 

 food, but not portions, gave a number of reasons 

 for not buying portions: portions were too ex- 

 pensive, they preferred to prepare their own 

 fish, the size of the portions was not suitable. 



Price also figured as a reason for not buying 

 portions in Atlanta, Denver, and Los Angeles. 

 It was less important as a reason in the other 

 six cities of the survey. 



Suppliers of Frozen Processed Sea Food 

 (Tables 33, 3'*, 35, 3^1 



Establishments in Portland tended to buy frozen proc- 

 essed sea food from sea food wholesalers, almost always 

 less than ten miles away, to have it delivered once a 

 week, and to be satisfied with the services of the 

 suppliers . 



Sea food wholesalers supplied 8U per cent of the estab- 

 lishments. Frozen food distributors accounted for 9 

 per cent . 



Main suppliers in Portland were located less than ten 

 miles from the establishment, in 97 per cent of the 

 cases. 



In 40 per cent of the cases, deliveries were made once 

 a week, while deliveries v-re made from two to four 

 times a week in another l8 per cent of the establish- 

 ments . 



Only a small fraction of the purchasers said they 

 could think of ways in which tie suppliers could 

 improve their services. 



F. Expenditures for Frozen Processed Sea Food; 

 Its Profitability (Tables 37, 38) 



More than three fifths of the establishments report- 

 ing in Portland said that they spent less than $250 

 for frozen processed sea food during the preceding 

 twelve months. The figures ranged upward to $100,000 

 and over. The median came at $197. 



Considerably more than half of the profit-making es- 

 tablishments which expressed an opinion, considered 

 frozen processed sea food more profitable than other 

 high protein foods. 



G. Government Inspection of Frozen Processed Sea 

 Food - Awareness, Effect, and Attitudes 

 (Tables 39, '*0, '*!, '^2) 



Four fifths of the establishments in Portland were 

 aware that they could buy frozen processed sea food, 

 which had been inspected or graded by the United 

 States Government. 



All of the establishments interviewed in Portland, 

 who were aware that they could buy Government in- 

 spected or graded sea food, said that they had bought 

 some. Vfhen purchasers were asked if the inspection 

 had affected the amount of frozen processed sea food 

 which they bought, 1* per cent said the inspection had 

 caused them to buy more. 



