of medium-sized plants were satisfied with 

 their current freezer space, but almost 

 one -half (hS percent) of the large plants 

 with 11 to 25 cubic feet of freezer space 

 and 35 percent of the small plants found 

 their space inadequate. 



About 1 plant in 5 expected to in- 

 crease its freezer capacity in the next 

 year or two, while 7 in 10 would keep it 

 at the same level. 



Plans to increase freezer space were 

 reported by 28 percent of the smaller 

 plants, by 18 percent of the large plants, 

 and by 10 percent of the medium -sized 

 plants. A greater proportion of plants in 

 the Northeast planned to increase freezer 

 space (27 percent did) than did plants in 

 the South, North Central and West. 



Canned Fish . — Almost half of the 

 183, U30 pounds of canned fish consumed in 

 the survey period was tuna. Salmon, with 

 76,^16 pounds used in the same h weeks, 

 was not far behind. The only other 

 species of canned fish with any substan- 

 tial use was sardines. 



Six out of ten plants used tuna, 

 varying from h2 percent in the South, to 

 81 percent in the //est. Salmon, which 

 was used by hh percent of the plants in 

 the country, as a whole, was consumed by 

 about one-third of the western and 

 southern plants and by more than one -ha If 

 of the North Central plants. Sardines, 

 used by an average of 13 percent, were 

 most popular in the Northeast and least 

 popular in the South. Plants with company- 

 run facilities had the most users of each 

 of the three kinds of canned fish. 



Most of those buying canned tuna 

 bought it in U -pound cans or less. This 

 was true of all sections of the country, 

 plant sizes, and forms of operation. Of 

 those which used larger cans, the majority 

 were company-run facilities, and plants 

 with 500 or more employees. 



In general, pink or chum salmon was 

 used by about 12 percent of the plants. 

 In the South, it was about on a par with 

 other species of salmon while in the 

 Northeast only 3 percent used that product 

 as against U0 percent using other species. 



Canned fish formed the bulk of the 

 inventory in factory food-service units in 

 the amount of 282,000 pounds — a quantity 

 sufficient to last for just over 6 weeks. 

 In the South, the supply was ample for 

 over 9 weeks. All other sections of the 

 country had enough canned fish for more 

 than U weeks. 



Of all kinds of fish found in plant 

 inventories, canned salmon (almost 150,000 

 pounds) accounted for the largest stock. 

 Next was canned tuna. Supplies of canned 

 salmon were adequate for just under 8 

 weeks, and of tuna U-l/2 weeks. 



Only 9 percent of plants that used 

 canned fish were without any inventory at 

 the time of the survey. About one-fourth 

 had less than 25 pounds, and 28 percent 

 had one -hundred pounds or more. The 

 median average amount on hand was 5U 

 pounds. 



Shellfish 



Shellfish used by plant feeding 

 facilities during the U-week period 

 amounted to 202,039 pounds at a cost of 

 $lli5,070. Almost halT the total was used 

 in plants located in the Northeast, and 

 about three -fourths of the poundage was 

 used by large plants. Services operated 

 by contractors used somewhat more shell- 

 fish than company-run facilities, but the 

 differences in their dollar volume was 

 only slight, indicating a greater use by 

 company services of the more expensive 

 species. 



Half the shellfish used in the survey 

 period was fresh and approximately a third 

 was frozen, with only 18 percent canned. 



Plants with a thousand or more em- 

 ployees used the largest portion of shell- 

 fish in any form but used less than half 

 as much canned as frozen shellfish. Both 

 the medium-sized and small plants used 

 larger percentages of canned than of fresh 

 or frozen shellfish. 



Between company versus contractor-run 

 facilities, the use of fresh shellfish was 

 equally divided; canned was almost as 

 evenly split, but leased operations used a 

 much greater proportion of frozen shellfish. 



