PURCHASE OF BUTCHERS' SHOPS
Sir.—The meat position is more serious than “Rip Van Winkle” comprehends. It cannot be denied we are facing an unsaleable surplus. Though today*s wages are the highest in history, for the man struggling with a family there are no cheap cuts oroffal, and sausages are pricey. Despite high costs, beef is best economic value today. Rationing and striping of meat developed a “housewife psychology” favourable to higher prices and retail butchers. But the honeymoon is over. Competition is the life of trade, so retail butchers have their remedy. There is nothing wrong with the freezing companies bringing shops six miles nearer the centre to supply good mutton to those not privileged with conveyance and time, and so shift the meat surplus to the family tables. Let us retain our privilege as a nation of meat-eaters. Retaining present prices would force on us the prepared meats system of overseas.— Yours, etc., „ , JAMES F. ANDREWS. November 7. 1953.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27192, 9 November 1953, Page 12
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