IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/ags/jlofdr/26550.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Feasibility Of Packaging Potatoes In Institutional Size Retort Pouches

Author

Listed:
  • Hinman, Donald L.
  • Pierson, Thomas R.

Abstract

Packaging potatoes in institutional size retort pouches is analyzed as a possible market outlet for Michigan potatoes. A two-pronged research approach involves estimation of unit costs of retort pouch potato products (RPP) and an assessment of the market potential for RPP in the food service industry. Break-even costs for a six-pound pouch is estimated to be $2.62 (44¢ per pound), which translates to a likely price disadvantage relative to competing products. Food service operators expressed general satisfaction with existing potato products and will not readily switch to use of retort pouch potato products.

Suggested Citation

  • Hinman, Donald L. & Pierson, Thomas R., 1990. "Feasibility Of Packaging Potatoes In Institutional Size Retort Pouches," Journal of Food Distribution Research, Food Distribution Research Society, vol. 21(2), pages 1-8, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlofdr:26550
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.26550
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/26550/files/21020091.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.26550?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Keywords

    Agribusiness;

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:jlofdr:26550. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/fdrssea.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.