Almost three fifths of the Chicago 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. 



Miscella.oe3ue Findings About Portions 

 [Tables 30) 31) 



Five sixths of the Chicago establishments said 

 they specified the kind of fish when ordering 

 portions . 



Only 1 per cent of the users suggested any new 

 portion items, not now available, which they 

 would like to have. 



7. Hopusers of Portions (Table 32) 



Establishments which used frozen processed sea 

 food, but not portions, gave a number of rea- 

 sons for not buying portions: they sold com- 

 paratively little fish, they served other types 

 of fish, the size of the portions was not suit- 

 able. 



E. Sxippliers of Frozen Processed Sea Food 

 Tables 33, i'*, 3;, 36)" 



Establishments in Chicago tended to buy frozen processed 

 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 -d 62 per cent of the estab- 

 lishmer.-s, while frozen foi distributors accounted for 

 another i_ per cent. 



Main suppliers were located less than 10 miles from the 

 establishment, in 79 per cent of the cases. 



In more than two thirds of the cases, deliveries were 

 made once a week. 



Only a small number of purchasers said they coxild think 

 of ways in which the suppliers could improve their serv- 

 ices. 



F. Expenditures for Frozen Processed Sea Food; 

 Its Profitability (Tables 37, 3iJ)' 



More than a third of the establishments reporting in 

 Chicago said that they spent less than $250 for frozen 

 processed sea food during the preceding twelve months. 

 The highest figure reported fell between $3C,0OC and 

 $'*9>999- Other establishments were between these two 

 extremes, with the median coming at $1*57 • 



Almost two thirds of the reporting, profit-making es- 

 tablishments which expressed an opinion, considered 

 frozen processed sea food more profitable than other 

 high protein foods. 



Government Inspection of Frozen Processed Sea 

 Food - Awareness. Effect, and Attitudes 

 (Tables 39, kC, hi, hS) 



Almost three quarters of the establishments in Chicago 

 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 



