Operations 



The cooperative currently stores sweet potatoes for its members and 

 rents its other facilities to the Atlantic County Market Growers 

 Corporation which acts in the co-op's behalf in receiving, packing, 

 cooling, and marketing members' produce. In addition, the corporation 

 handles other than members' produce on a purchase-and-sales basis or 

 consigned basis o 



Major crops handled are cabbage, lettuce, white potatoes, peppers, and 

 blueberries. Other crops include squash, cucumbers, sweet potatoes, 

 asparagus, scallions, beans, parsley, eggplant, rhubarb, escarole, 

 and romaine . 



Services Provided o-- The cooperative arrangements for members include 

 sale of produce, washing, and grading and packing potatoes and sweet 

 potatoes, vacuum cooling lettuce, icing produce when needed, storage 

 of sweet potatoes and squash, and trucking all produce. Supplies 

 handled for members include containers, staples, and cellophane » 



The corporation gives its customers a quality guarantee, loads the 

 produce on trucks, and starts them on their way. When necessary, 

 credit is extended to reliable buyers. 



Sales . -- Sales volume has gone down sharply in the past five seasons 

 as shown in the following tabulation: 



Season Volume of sales 



Nov. thru October Dollars 



1964-65 $1,557,983 



1965-66 1,397,860 



1966-67 699,795 



1967-68 815,488 



1968-69 761,079 



Markets Served .-- The principal markets in which produce is normally 

 shipped include Norfolk, Vac; Winston Salem, N. C; Columbia, S„ C; 

 Atlanta, Ga.; and Miami and Tampa, Fla. 



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