MARGINS, EXPENSES, AND PROFITS IX RETAILING MEAT 33 
these 76 proprietors, 8 received less than $500, 16 between $500 
and $1,500, 32 between $1,501 and $2,500, and 20 between $2,501 
and $3,500/ 
Table 11. — Individual retail meat markets arranged according to the number 
of stores occurring in varying groups of annual sales volumes and total annual 
return to proprietors, 1923 1 
Total annual return to ] 
aroprietors 
1 
d 
m 
Xfl 
o 
o 
1 
¥ 
1 
55- 
f 
c 
3 
o 
o 
o 
o 
05- 
5?- 
1 
o 
•S/5- 
s 
to 
1 
53 
> 
O 
'Si 
u 
m O 
Annual sales volume 
o 
o 
4 
o 
o 
€0- 
S 
se- 
es 
iO 
§ 
o 
S 
se- 
si 
N 
d c3 
— , 35 
Less than $10,000.. 
4 
3 
4 
1 
.... 
1 
1 
i 
4 
9 
4 
7 
3 
2 
2 
.... 
8 
$10,000-$20,000 
2 
1 
2 
1 
i 
2 
3 
6 
3 
1 
.... 
3 
15 
$20,001-$30,000_ 
3 
6 
3 
3 
14 
$30,001-$40,000. . 
2 
"T 
1 
3 
2 
3 
1 
1 
"§~ 
1 
?3 
$40,001-$50,000 
19 
$50,001-$60,000 
16 
$60,001-$70,000. . 
1 
8 
$70,001-$SO,000 
i ! 
i 1 i 
1 
1 
$80,001-890,000 
2 
2 
7 
$90,001-$100,000. 
1 
1 
.;■: 
9 
$100.001-$110,000. 
1 
1 
9, 
$110,001-$120,000. 
.... 
1 
1 
1 
$120,001-8130,000 
1 
1 
1 
1 
4 
$130,001-8140,000 
...| 
1 
?, 
$140,001-$150,000 
. i . 
$150.001-8160,000 
.. |. . 
1 
1 
2 
$160,001-8170,000 
1 
1 
15 
1 
9 
?, 
Over $170,000 
i 
1 
2 
1 
2 
3 
1 
4 
f> 
Total number of stores for each 
group of proprietor returns 
8 
16 
32 
20 
— !— 
17 10 
2 
2 
142 
* Total return includes salary allowed to the proprietor, interest on the investment in the business, and 
any profit in addition to salary and interest. In partnerships, one partner has been regarded as the pro- 
prietor, the remaining partner or partners as employees. 
Individual retail markets with annual sales volumes below $14,000 have been included in this table. 
An examination of the data of Table 11 led to the conclusion that 
within a given group of annual returns to proprietors, there was 
very little relation between volumes of sales and return. 
Wide variation in the volumes of sales was also noted for the 
other groups of returns. 
RETAIL MEAT STORES WITH ANNUAL SALES VOLUMES OF LESS 
THAN $14,000 
Individual retail meat markets with annual sales volumes below 
$14,000 were not usually included in the discussion and tables of 
this study. Limited mention has already been made of the reasons 
for the elimination of these stores. 
In the course of the survey, profit and loss statements were pre- 
pared for 13 stores whose annual sales volumes were less than 
$14,000. The division of these markets according to class of stores, 
services rendered, and profit and loss is given in Table 12. 
