Developments in Marketing Spreads for Food Products in 1979

Denis Dunham

No 305713, Agricultural Economic Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Retail food prices in grocery stores were 10.8 percent higher in 1979 than in 1978. The largest Increase was for red meat, up 17 percent, reflecting a 24-percent increase in Choice beef prices. Higher farm values for food commodities, up 11.4 percent, accounted for a third of the increase. The spread between farm and retail prices (representing charges made for processing; and distributing foods after they leave the farm) was 11.9 percent wider and accounted for slightly over half the food price increase. Higher prices for fish and imported foods accounted for the remainder of the increase.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Marketing; Production Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 58
Date: 1980-03
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.305713

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