Form in Which Eggs Were Sold, hy Marketing Group 



Eggs are usually trader! on the market in one of three forms: loo*e 

 graded, loose ungraded or cartoned. Loose eggs are packed in flats and 

 fillers in 24 to 30 dozen eases. Cartoned eggs are packed in one dozen 

 cartons and then packed in cases. Data concerning the form in which 

 eggs were sold is presented in Tahle 17 hy marketing group and in 

 Tahle 18 by type of outlet. 



Most of the firms in the survey performed some processing of the 

 eggs they handled (Table 17). The packer group sold only 3 percent 

 of the eggs they handled in ungraded form and the producer groups sold 

 18 percent ungraded but the wholesaler group sold over half ungraded. 

 By definition a firm in the wholesaler group would have been in the 

 packer group had it processed over half of the eggs it handled. Eighty- 

 seven percent of all eggs marketed by these firms were graded. It was 

 assumed that all cartoned eggs have been graded and candled. The 

 miscellaneous group largely performed a transfer function. 



Table 17. For in Which Eggs were Sold, by Marketing Group. 1965. 



* Assemblers, breaker, truckers. 



Form in Which Eggs Were Sold, hy Type of Outlet 



Different customers required different degrees of processing in the 

 eggs they purchased (Table 18). All of the eggs sold to consumers on 

 retail routes were graded and cartoned while only 15 percent of the eggs 

 sold to wholesalers were cartoned by the seller. Sales to chain stores 

 were 96 percent graded and cartoned eggs. However, independent food 

 stores apparently carried on some cartoning activities or sell loose eggs 

 as 15 percent of the eggs sold to this type of buyer were graded but 

 uncartoned. 



The bulk of purchases by restaurants, hotel and institutions were 

 graded but not cartoned. About 11 percent of sales to restaurants and 

 hotels were ungraded eggs. This did not appear to be consistent as it 

 would seem that these outlets would be particularly conscious of quality 

 since much of their business depends on direct consumer satisfaction. 



Fifty-nine percent of the egg sold by all firms in all states were 

 graded and cartoned. Twenty-eight percent were graded but uncartoned. 

 The balanee or 13 percent were ungraded. The sales of the ungraded and 

 uncartoned eggs were largely interfirm transfers to wholesalers and 

 packers who graded and cartoned the eggs for resale. Very few eggs 



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