PEICES AXD QUALITY OF CEEAMERY BUGPTEE. 



19 



Table 5. — -Proportionate sales of hutter and oleo^margarine in relation to aver- 

 aye cost prices and margins of gross profit of retailers and hotels, etc. — Con. 



36 CHAIN STORES IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, AND 



MINNEAPOLIS. 



Commodity sold. 



Weekly 

 sales.i 



P'!r cent 



oi total 

 weekly 

 sales. 



Average 



cost 

 price.2 



Retailers 

 gross 

 profit. 





Pounds. 



494 



329 







Per ceTtt. 

 54 

 36 







Cents. 



0.7 

 1.9 



Cents. 

 3.0 



Common creamery butter sold in trade-marked cartons 



3.3 











823 



90 



1.3 



3.1 







Process butter 



9 



82 



1 

 9 



- 6.0 

 -11.5 



4.0 





5.2 







9 WAGON RETAILERS IN PHILADELPH IA , ST. PAUL, AND MINNEAPOLIS. 





485 

 346 

 158 



49 2.2 

 35 5.5 

 16 15. 



5.0 





6.0 





5.0 









989 



100 7.5 



5.3 











 



' 















30 DAIRY AND FRUIT STORES IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, ST. PAUL 



AND MINNEAPOLIS. 





826 

 244 

 26 



61 



18 



2 



2.3 

 5.3 

 13.2 



4.5 



Common creamery butter sold in trade-marked cartons... ... . 



5.9 



Special quality brands sold in cartons 



8.3 







Total for all creamery butter 



1,096 



81 



6.9 



6.2 







Process butter 



13 



244 



1 

 18 



- 6.0 

 -14.0 



5.0 





4.9 







35 HOTELS, CLUBS, AND RESTAURANTS IN CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, AND MINNEAPOLIS. 



Kind of commodity purchased. 



Purchased i ^^'l^^ 

 ^^'^y-' \ p^chates. 



Average 

 cost price.3 



Common creamery butter purchased in bulk 



Pounds. 

 14.0 



74.5 

 



Per cent. 

 15 



81 

 



Cents. 

 —1.5 



Common creamery butter purchased in trade marked cartons 



Special quality brands purchased in cartons 



—0.8 







Process butter 



3.6 

 



4 

 



—7.8 



Oleomargarine 









1 Average per retailer. 



2 Prices are expressed in margins of differences between cost prices of all grades of butter and oleo- 

 margarine and the highest New York quotations for Extras on the date of purchase. Proper allow- 

 ance for transportation costs were made in cases of purchases in Chicago, St. Paul, and Minneapolis. 



3 Average per restauiant. 



SUMMARY OF RETAIL SALES RECORDS. 



Table 5 shows that oleomargarine, process butter, and special 

 brands of creamery butter in most cases constitute only a small por- 

 tion of the total sales of all kinds of butter and butter substitutes. 

 Different stores within the same class of retailers handle different 



