Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices
Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices 1968 Letter of transmittal -- Order-in-council -- Acknowledgements -- The scope and nature of our enquiry -- Summary. Introduction -- Findings -- Recommendations -- The food distribution system in Newfoundland and Labra...
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ftmemorialunivdc:oai:collections.mun.ca:cns2/144271 2023-12-31T10:12:02+01:00 Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices Newfoundland. Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices Adams, William G. 1968 1 digital resource (167 pages) illustrations (black and white) image/jpeg; application/pdf http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/144271 eng eng The Commission St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador (69.08 MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/ReportoftheNewfoundlandandLabradorRoyalCommissiononFoodandDrugPrices1968.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books 2 2 HF 5417 N4 A4 1968 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/144271 Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Centre for Newfoundland Studies Drugs--Prices--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador Drugs--Prices--Newfoundland and Labrador Food prices--Newfoundland and Labrador--Labrador Food prices--Newfoundland and Labrador Text Book 1968 ftmemorialunivdc 2023-12-04T11:29:40Z Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices 1968 Letter of transmittal -- Order-in-council -- Acknowledgements -- The scope and nature of our enquiry -- Summary. Introduction -- Findings -- Recommendations -- The food distribution system in Newfoundland and Labrador. Transportation -- Sources of food imported and method of distribution -- Equalized freight -- Wholesalers and commission agents -- Fruit and vegetables wholesalers and source of supply -- Quality of fruit and vegetables -- Feed -- Flour -- Retail stores -- Wholesale supermarket -- Labrador: channels of distribution -- Food prices: provincial and mainland comparisons. Introduction -- Prices within the province -- Our province vs. the mainland -- Public hearings for consumers -- Conclusions -- Where the food dollar goes. Net profit percentages on food -- Comparisons with other retail food operations in Canada and annual trends of profits and expenses (annual volume over $1,000,000) -- Comparison with other retail operations in Canada (annual volume $500,000 to $1,000,000) -- Comparison with other food retail operations in Canada (annual volume $200,000 to $500,000) -- Comparison with other food retail operations in Canada (annual volume under $200,000) -- Retail mark-ups -- Wholesale food companies and commission agents -- Fishing industry -- Bakeries -- Dairies -- Farmers -- Margarine products -- Eggs and poultry producers -- Co-operatives -- Drug prices. Introduction -- Findings -- Where the drug dollar goes. Costs, expenses and profits of retail drug stores -- Comparison with mainland drug stores -- Wholesale druggists -- Newfoundland incomes and living standards. Introduction: low wages are holding down prices -- Personal incomes are still far below Ontario's -- St. John's prices are rising more slowly than mainland prices -- Newfoundlanders spend more of their incomes on food -- Newfoundland wage levels are close to Maritimes, below Ontario and Quebec -- Food and drug costs in working days -- Appendices. ... Book Newfoundland Newfoundland studies Memorial University of Newfoundland: Digital Archives Initiative (DAI) |
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Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices 1968 Letter of transmittal -- Order-in-council -- Acknowledgements -- The scope and nature of our enquiry -- Summary. Introduction -- Findings -- Recommendations -- The food distribution system in Newfoundland and Labrador. Transportation -- Sources of food imported and method of distribution -- Equalized freight -- Wholesalers and commission agents -- Fruit and vegetables wholesalers and source of supply -- Quality of fruit and vegetables -- Feed -- Flour -- Retail stores -- Wholesale supermarket -- Labrador: channels of distribution -- Food prices: provincial and mainland comparisons. Introduction -- Prices within the province -- Our province vs. the mainland -- Public hearings for consumers -- Conclusions -- Where the food dollar goes. Net profit percentages on food -- Comparisons with other retail food operations in Canada and annual trends of profits and expenses (annual volume over $1,000,000) -- Comparison with other retail operations in Canada (annual volume $500,000 to $1,000,000) -- Comparison with other food retail operations in Canada (annual volume $200,000 to $500,000) -- Comparison with other food retail operations in Canada (annual volume under $200,000) -- Retail mark-ups -- Wholesale food companies and commission agents -- Fishing industry -- Bakeries -- Dairies -- Farmers -- Margarine products -- Eggs and poultry producers -- Co-operatives -- Drug prices. Introduction -- Findings -- Where the drug dollar goes. Costs, expenses and profits of retail drug stores -- Comparison with mainland drug stores -- Wholesale druggists -- Newfoundland incomes and living standards. Introduction: low wages are holding down prices -- Personal incomes are still far below Ontario's -- St. John's prices are rising more slowly than mainland prices -- Newfoundlanders spend more of their incomes on food -- Newfoundland wage levels are close to Maritimes, below Ontario and Quebec -- Food and drug costs in working days -- Appendices. ... |
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Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices |
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Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices |
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Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices |
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Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices |
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Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices |
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report of the newfoundland and labrador royal commission on food and drug prices |
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The Commission |
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1968 |
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Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. Memorial University of Newfoundland. Centre for Newfoundland Studies |
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(69.08 MB) -- https://dai.mun.ca/PDFs/cns/ReportoftheNewfoundlandandLabradorRoyalCommissiononFoodandDrugPrices1968.pdf Centre for Newfoundland Studies - Digitized Books 2 2 HF 5417 N4 A4 1968 http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/144271 |
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