About five sixths of the Cleveland establish- 

 ments using portions cooked them while frozen. 



5. Cost of Using Portions (Table 29) 



Fewer than a tenth of the establishments using 

 portions said they were more expensive than 

 other forms of frozen processed fish. A large 

 majority of users considered them less expen- 

 sive, or rated them about the same. 



Miscellaneous Findings About Portions 

 (Tables 30. 31} 



Nearly two thirds of the Cleveland establish- 

 ments said they specified the kind of fish 

 when ordering portions. 



Only 7 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 bxiying portions: they 

 served other types of fish, they sold com- 

 paratively little fish, they used fresh fish. 



Suppliers of Frozen Processed Sea Ftood 

 (Tables 33> 3^. 3^> 36j 



Establishments in Cleveland tended to buy frozen proc- 

 essed sea food from sea food wholesalers, usually 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 suppl 2d 63 per cent of the estab- 

 lishmer's, while frozen fojd distributors accounted for 

 another ^6 per cent. 



Main suppliers were located less than ten miles from the 

 establishment, in 7^* per cent of the cases. In another 

 22 per cent of the cases, main suppliers were located be- 

 tween ten and 50 ndles from the establishment. In more 

 than half the cases, deliveries were made once a week. 



Only a small fraction of the purchasers said they could 

 think of ways in which the suppliers could improve their 

 services. 



Expenditures for Frozen Processed Sea Food; 

 Its Profitability (Tables 37^~3^ 



Alncst half of the establishments reporting in Cleveland 

 said that they spent less than $250 for frozen processed 

 sea food during the preceding twelve months. The high- 

 est figure reported fell between $30,000 and $^9,999- 

 Other establishments were between these two. The median 

 came at $28i+. 



One half of the profit-making establishments which ex- 

 pressed 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. hl,~^ 



Seventy per cent of the establishments in Cleveland were 

 aware that they could buy frozen processed sea food, 

 which had been inspected or graded by the United States 

 Government . 



Of those who were unaware, a small number said they 

 would buy more sea food if Government inspected sea food 

 were available. Most said they would buy about the same 

 amount, or that they did not know. 



