Table 3,--Total value of containers purchased by 68 fruit and vegetable processing cooperatives, by type of 
container, 1965! 
Purchases by cooperatives 
Type of using each container Average purchases Cooperatives 
Gontainen per using using each 
Amount Percentage of cooperative 2 container 
total amount 
$ 1,000 Percent $1,000 Number Percent 
Metall Cans. ayo cps afaiele%r «1 ie sie «:2%s)6)*e-si~ |) 00,400 68 1,510 40 59 
GIAaSS\< ciciere0: 50 0/5, 00 6 0 sie e6e ne 006 © 9 6,560 Zz 390 17 25 
Paperboardy boxes: <5 levels sce 6) 6 sles 6 e066 17,040 19 334 Sl 75 
Uh i iedenel ole ecole oe wie 6 el ale one:e.'o.60ce 9,130 6 143 36 oye) 
PES OR OE a aa aaa ea 89,130 100 1,340 68 100 
1 Exclusive of other packaging supplies such as wraps and labels, 
2 More than one type used by most associations, 
Table 4,--Number and percentage distribution of 68 fruit and vegetable processing cooperatives reporting 
container purchases, by value and types of containers, 1965 
Type of container 
Total 
purchases 
Other 
containers 
Paperboard 
boxes 
Bottles 
Value of containers 
purchased 
No, of 
coop- 
eratives 
No, of 
coop- 
eratives 
No, of 
coop-= 
eratives 
No, of 
coop-= 
eratives 
No, of 
coop= 
eratives 
Pct,! 
(ess: than? $0,000... 25... 5 a = 3 6 6 17 D 3 
$ 5,000 - $ 9,999... 2 -- -- 2 4 6 17 3 4 
$ 10,000 - $ 23,999, .. 2 -- -- 7 14 1 3 2 3 
$ 24,000 - $ 49,999... 10 2 12 Z 14 7 19 9 13 
$ 50,000 - $ 99,999... 8 4 23 6 12 4 ll 10 Lo 
$ 100,000 - $499,999... 22 8 47 16 31 10 28 16 24 
$ 500,000 - $999,999... 18 1 6 8 16 2 5 9 13 
$ 1,000,000 - over, ..... 32 2 12 2 4 0 0 17 25 
Totals shvesee a. 8 100 17 100 51 100 36 100 68 100 
1 Totals may not add to 100 due to rounding, 
Glass purchases per cooperative ranged Purchases of paperboard boxes, including 
from $24,000 to $1,500,000. Forty-seven per- canning cases, master cartons, and bulk packs, 
cent made annual purchases ranging from ranged from less than $5,000 to slightly over 
$100,000 to $499,999. Only two firms, or 12 $1 million. Slightly over 50 percent of the re- 
percent, purchased more than $1 million porting cooperatives purchased $100,000 worth 
worth of glass bottles per year. or more of paperboard boxes. 
