EXPENSE FACTORS IN CITY DISTRIBUTION OF PERISHABLES 23 
respective price spreads of the indicated store types. Table 14 
shows the actual differentials per car for the individual commodities. 
SPREAD PER CAR IN VARIOUS TYPES OF STORES 
SEVEN LEADING FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, (WEIGHTED AVERAGES) 
NEW YORK METROPOLITAN DISTRICT, 1923-1924 
PER CAR 
1200- 
1 100 - 
1000 - 
900 - 
800 - 
Credit -Delivery 
All Unit Stores 
: |{ 
C | 
"Cash" \\ 
Differential S i 
Cash-Delivery ^ [' 
All Stores 
t 
* ' 
| 
c ! 
- 
"Carry < ' 
Differential 2 I 
($80) gt 
Q \ 
Cash-Carry 6 . 
|j 
it i 
700 - 
<f> i 6 , 
600 - 
1 ^Cash-Delivery ^ + 
All Chain Stores Cash-Carry 
500- 
1 00 - 
0- 
FiGj 9. — Differentials among store types are here shown in distribution expense per car. The "net " 
chain store differential of $255 indicates the advantage of the chain type of management over the 
independent type of store. The "cash-carry" differential of $250 shows the saving to independent 
stores from eliminating credit and delivery services 
Table 13. — Differentials in price spread per car in five store types, seven commodity 
weighted averages, New York metropolitan area, February, 1923, to May, 1924 
Types of store operation compared 
Dollars 
per car 
Percent- 
age of 
price 
spread » 
management: chain stores with unit stores 
Gross chain decrease below tvpical unit store ._ .. ... 
425 
255 
250 
170 
80 
43 
Net chain decrease below cash-carrv unit store . 
31 
service: different vhit store types 
Cash-carry decrease below credit-delivery 
23 
Cash-deliverv decrease ^elow credit-delivery.. . 
16 
Cash-carry decrease below cash-deliverv .. .. 
9 
1 These percentages are rounded, hence they do not harmonize exactly. 
