_. PRICES AND QUALITY OF CREAMERY BUTTER. 
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TABLE 5.—Proportionate sales of butter and oleomargarine in relation to aver- 
_ age 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. 
Wane, Per oe 
: eekly | of tota 
Commodity sold. sales! | weekly cost : 
sales, | DEC: 
Pounds. | Per cent.| Cents. 
Common creamery butter soldin bulk......................--- 494 54 0.7 
Common creamery butter sold in trade-marked cartons........ 329 36 1.9 
Special quality brands sold in cartons..................-.------ 0 0 
otal forall creamery) DUCE. << -.c cine cise ien'-n oe cise se 823 90 1.3 
IPIROOOSS OULENE Pacis cu GOA OGO HON a> COS SoU eOeO BEC Hos oeecaeanuess 9 1 — 6.0 
@leomarparines ots nus yee Se A Ae DAE Soe e seaa 2S 82. 9 —11.5 
Average | Retailers 
gross 
profit. 
Cents. 
3.0 
3h} 
9 WAGON RETAILERS IN PHILADELPHIA, ST. PAUL, AND MINNEAPOLIS. 
Common creamery butter sold in bulk. ...........-........-:-- 485 
Common creamery butter sold in trade-marked cartons...-.--.--- 346 
Special quality brands'soldin cartons |. 22 27222 s-2 sco sa5 5-5 158 
otaltor allcreamenrnyeDuUt lene see essa nce ee aie eee 989 
IPTROCESS OURS USS oo Ga GAUSS Sooo SCOR SEs GUSBOS aes Adasen be oF 0 
OlCOMALGATIMEE . et y-6 4. seek ieee Ace re ee Sele oe oe eee ene Sennen 0 
30 DAIRY AND FRUIT STORES IN NEW YORK, PHILADELPHIA, CHICAGO, ST. PAUL 
AND MINNEAPOLIS. 
Common:creamery,butter sold inspulks 2 stiee. 2222s cee. eso 826 
Common creamery butter sold in trade-marked cartons........- 244 
Special quality brands soldtim cartons sy. 222 oac-5- 22-2. 8e es -~e 26 
Total for all creamery butter....- Are gc he ep tenn, Aer 1,096 
1 AR OCSSIS) ON AHES Ck Sc on Stes alee es sk MO es ee er ee 13 
OlCOmaALsa wines eee cps ele aN lage Leia mega Sip ure eon 244 
ol] & | gogus 
oOo bo Wo or 
35 HOTELS, CLUBS, AND RESTAURANTS IN CHICAGO, ST. PAUL, AND MINNEAPOLIS. 
Per cent 
: P Purchased Average 
Kind of commodity purchased. of total : 
Weep purchases. cost price.3 
Pounds. Per cent. Cents. 
Common creamery butter purchased in bulk......................-- 14.0 15 —1.5 
Common creamery butter purchased in trade marked cartons......- 74.5 81 —0.8 
Special quality brands purchased in cartons...................--.-- 0 CU lesenr icra ee Ee Si 
LEFT SSISY ONIN STC i ee ae, ay Se eat enE Oe oR ev cea 3.6 4 —7.8 
OlCOmMarganine persia eee Ree ae os OA oe SAE NS ie Noe ae 0 Ou See ee 
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 ior transportation costs were made in cases of purchases in Chicago, St. Paul, and Minneapolis. 
3 Average per restaurant. 
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 — 
