NEW ZEALAND APPLES
UNFAIR TRADING ALLEGED RETAILERS’ EXCESSIVE PROFITS. A BLOW TO EMPIRE TRADE. (Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright.) LONDON. June 13. (Received June 14. at 9 p.m.) The Daily Mail referring to the sales ol Australian and New Zealand apples says that although the Australian and New Zealand fruit seson is now at its height the greedy retailers are making profits of 80 to 150 per cent. Thousands of cases which arrived in London last week were sold wholesale at 6s to 10s for a 401 b case, but the same apples are costing the housewives 6d to lOd per lb. A leading agent declared that though these apples were cheaper than ever the public was not benefiting. There is a real chance for a fine fillin to Empire trade, but the retailers prefer big profits and a small turnover rather than a fair profit on larger sales, thus destroying a golden opportunity. —A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19816, 15 June 1926, Page 7
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