FRUIT SHOP DISPLAYS

Evening Post, Volume CXXXI, Issue 10, 13 January 1941, Page 6

FRUIT SHOP DISPLAYS

(To the Editor.)

Sir,—The two replies received to my letter "Fruit Shop Displays" show that my complaint was justified. Both letters admit that the practice exists and blame the high prices. I did not, and do not, blame the retailers for the high prices, only for some of their methods of display. It would be quite simple for "Work From 7 a.m., etc.," to separate the carrots into two grades, charging more for the larger ones, and if the high prices at the market make them unsaleable without a loss to the retailer why buy them? If the public complain for lack of carrots or other vegetables then the question of high prices can be fought out between the grower, the public, and the Government. The same can be said for bananas, and if it is inconsiderate to want good fruit then I must confess to being so. Also if there is no difference between the clear banana and the marked ones, why spend hours stacking them with large clean ones in front? There is a difference in the method of display today in the shop that caused me to write in the first instance. In conclusion, Sir, let me say that high prices should be no excuse for this unfair practice, and it is gratifying to see that "Suburban Shop" agrees with me—l am, etc., HONEST VALUE FOR OUR L MONEY.