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Food Cost Review, 1984

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  • Dunham, Denis

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Retail grocery food prices increased 3.8 percent in 1984, compared with a 2.1- percent rise in 1983. The larger rise reflected tighter supplies of some farm products, higher farm prices, and a bigger rise in the farm to retail price spread. Food price increases for both years were much weaker than in recent years, and the share of income going for food continued downward. The farm value of USDA's market basket of foods rose 5.3 percent in 1984, following a 2.2-percent drop a year earlier. The farm-value share of a dollar spent at foodstores rose to 34 percent from 33 percent. The farm to retail price spread of USDA's market basket of foods rose by 3.2 percent. Food industry marketing costs increased at a moderate rate, largely because of a relatively small rise in wages and salaries of workers.

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  • Dunham, Denis, 1985. "Food Cost Review, 1984," Agricultural Economic Reports 305719, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
  • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:305719
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305719
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    1. Commodity Economics Division, 1988. "Issues And Options Related To The Reporting And Analysis Of Retail Prices And Price Spreads For Beef," Staff Reports 277999, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Buckley, Katharine C. & Hamm, Shannon R. & Huang, Ben & Zepp, Glenn, 1988. "U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Processing Industries," Staff Reports 278030, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. McDowell, Howard & Kramer, Randall A. & Price, J. Michael, 1989. "An Analysis Of U.S. Farm Income Policies: Historical, Marketing-Determined, And Sector-Wide Stabilization," Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 21(2), pages 1-11, December.

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