“GREEDY RETAILERS”
THE APPLE MARKET. DESTROYING A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. (Rec. .10 p.m.) London, June 13. The Daily Mail referring to the sales of Australian and New Zealand apples says that although the Australian and New Zealand fruit season is now at its height, greedy retailers are making profits of 80 to 150 per cent. Thousands of cases which arrived in London last week were sold at wholesale for 6s to 10s for a 40 pound case, the same apples costing housewives 6d to lOd per pound. A leading agent declared that though these apples are cheaper than ever the public are not benefiting. There is a real chance for a fine fillup in Empire trade but the retailers prefer big profits and a small turnover rather than a fair profit on larger sales thereby destroying a golden opportunity—Sun Cable.
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Southland Times, Issue 19896, 15 June 1926, Page 7
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