RETAILERS SUFFER
PRICE TRIBUNAL'S “SQUEEZE” UNECONOMIC MARGINS PA WELLINGTON. Aug. 22. The Price Tribunal has no policy apart from squeezing the retailer and the wholesaler to appease the producer on the one hand and the consumer. as represented by trade unions, on the other.” This statement was made by Mr L. K. Jonkers, president of the New Zealand Federation of Retail Fruiterers and Greengrocers, in his report to the federation’s annual meeting. Mr Jonkers said this impression had been gained after several discussions with the tribunal on price margins. . . , Contrary to expectations, said Mr Jonkers. the lifting last year of price controls on most vegetables had not resulted in much improvement. About 60 per cent, of retail turnover—potatoes, pears, lemons, apples, and imported oranges—was still under price control and the margins permitted were uneconomic.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 27166, 23 August 1949, Page 6
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