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Distribution of the Food Dollar by Marketing Function and Expense Item

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Estimates for 1973 were made of costs and margins at each level in the processing and distribution system for selected major food items purchased in retail food stores. The following foods were studied: beef, pork, fluid milk, butter, eggs, broilers, apples, oranges, tomatoes, potatoes, rice, bread, salad and cooking oil, margarine, and vegetable shortening. For each food item, margins at each level were allocated to the extent possible into the following components: labor, packaging, transportation, business taxes, depreciation, rent, energy, interest, repairs, advertising, other costs and profits. The data show that margins and costs for different marketing functions vary widely among products.

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  • Economic Research Service, 1974. "Distribution of the Food Dollar by Marketing Function and Expense Item," Miscellaneous Publications 327320, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:327320
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.327320
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