Report of the Newfoundland and Labrador Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices

• Main Author: Newfoundland. Royal Commission on Food and Drug Prices
• Other Authors: Adams, William G.
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: The Commission 1968
• Subjects: Drugs > Prices > Newfoundland and Labrador > Labrador; Drugs > Prices > Newfoundland and Labrador; Food prices > Newfoundland and Labrador > Labrador; Food prices > Newfoundland and Labrador; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/144271

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. ...