EXPENSE FACTOES IN CITY DISTRIBUTION OF PERISHABLES 
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retail sales per car for each commodity, the real spread in value of 
the retail sale is derived for the various store groups. The average 
price spread for the series was obtained by dividing the per car figure 
by 8,405, the weighted mean number of retail sales per car for the 
seven-commodity series. 
VALUE*OF STANDARD RETAIL SALE IN VARIOUS 
TYPES OF STORES 
SEVEN LEADING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, (WEIGHTED AVERAGES) 
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, I923H924- 
CENTS P 
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27- 
Credit-Delivery 
26- 
25- 
24- 
23- 
22- 
21 - 
All Unit Stores 
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1 £ | 
I C 
"Cash" £ ' 
Differential * ' 
(2.0 1) ii^ 
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Cash-Delivery |j , 
All Stores 
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"Carry" ^ 1 
Differential I 
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J~ , Cash-Carry v. t 
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^ _ Cash-Delivery ^ + 
All Chain Stores Cash-Carry 
20- 
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* Adjusted for differences in wholesale prices 
Fig. 10— Differentials among store types in cost to consumers of a uniform quantity of goods are 
shown in cents per retail sale. The chain store form of management accounts for a difference of 
3 cents per sale, in contrast to the independent store; while in unit stores the elimination of 
credit and delivery service accounts for a further difference of 3 cents per sale. 
The summary of differentials in value of the standard retail sale 
among the five-store groups for the commodity series as a whole 
is presented in Table 16. In the last column these differentials are 
given also as percentages of the retail price for each store-type. 
Figure 10 shows these contrasts in value of the retail sale. Differ- 
entials for each of the seven commodities are given in Table 17. 
