Cheap Fruit Hard to Sell
It will siirpri-.,. minis person* to le.'iru tli.-o ;f is <j i f’f i <-i >ll .it tho pri'scnt 1 hue to sell idir.-ip fruit. That is the exi>i■ rit■ ni■ <■ of the official olgiin of Ihe Neu Zealand P'l ui t y rowel's ’ Federa tion. Further, with plenty of money circulating, the public were freely buying the higher priced line*.” De liciou* apples (piot.il at s ca*i l||ll|l'lli|l|l'i C!" |i C‘ II ~ I. ■" ■ . , '
were popular, hut while the people <•0111(1 get the best (piality fruit at this price they were not interested in Stunners and other varieties at ."> ■ and 4 Z a box. The retailer had no difficulty in getting 4d per lb for apples. and consumers were simply not interested in the 2d per Ih varieties.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3283, 2 July 1943, Page 8
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133Cheap Fruit Hard to Sell Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume 52, Issue 3283, 2 July 1943, Page 8
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