Thirteen per cent of the users of portions said 

 thfey thought the quality of portions vas better 

 than that of other frozen processed fish. Al- 

 most three foxirths of the users rated the quality 

 as about the same, vhlle 3 P^r cent considered 

 the quality poorer. 



Major advantages cited for portions included: 



Size of portions, uniform portions 

 Convenience, ease of preparation 

 Fast, timesaving 

 Economy, no waste 

 Can control food costs better - 

 know profit 



% of 

 Users 

 Citing 



56 

 48 

 24 

 23 



21 



About one fourth of the users cited some dis- 

 advantage to using portions. A variety of dis- 

 advantages were mentioned. 



Users of portions generally thought their customers 

 liked portions the same as other types of frozen 

 processed fish. Fewer than 3 per cent said that 

 their customers liked portions less than other 

 types of frozen processed sea food. 



3. Packaging of Portions (Tables 2^, 26) 



New York purchasers tended to buy portions in 

 larger packages than purchasers in other cities. 

 The average weight of a package of portions for 

 the city was 6.5 pounds. 



They also tended to buy individual portions of 



larger size, and the average weight of an in- 

 dividual portion was 6.3 ounces. 



Almost all establishments, in New York and the 

 other nine cities, said they were satisfied 

 with the size of portions in the packages. 



U. Methods of Preparing and Serving Portions 

 (Tables 27, 28) 



Frying was the most widely used method of pre- 

 paring and serving portions in New York, with 

 89 per cent of the establishments serving them 

 this way. The average establishment served 75 

 per cent of its portions fried. 



Frying was the leading method in nine of the 

 ten cities of the study. The exception was 

 Springfield, Massachusetts, where baking was 

 the most popular method. 



Almost two thirds of the New York establish- 

 ments using portions cooked them while frozen. 



5. Cost of Using Portions (Table 29) 



Fewer than a sixth 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 30j 31) 



More than three fourths of the New York pur- 

 chasers said they specified the kind of fish 

 when ordering portions. 



