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Clinton News-Record, 1974-09-05, Page 5gy Jock 101(141, Huron MIT C E pecolp helping peofile 11 Send your dollars to CARE Canada, Dept. 4, Ottawa, KI P • 63 Street, Sparks Actionpriced! NIFTY, PAPER $I i•••, .r , - iN,g^,a ,: c • - l'fi4, ABSOLUTELY NO COMPROMISE IN QUALITY AT A P WEO ThieiWea, Tke Swift* taA s P Actionpriced! COCA-COLA PLUS BTL DEPOSIT ALL PRICES SHOWN IN THIS AD GUARANTEED EFFECTIVE THROUGH SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7th, 1974. Fresh for Flavour! CANADA No. 1 GRADE, ONTARIO, FINEST FLAVOUR TOMATOES Actionpriced! POST CEREALS (SAVE 12c) SUGAR CRISP (ALPHA BITS 15.0Z PKG 79$) ActionPriced! POLSKIE OGORKIE Actionpriced! ARMOUR Go STEWS 24-fl-oz BEEF OR IRISH Action priced! BREAQ & NITER 32jR-OZ JAR . i; i;t* wltlfrt3- I I 11:itls orona ion PICKLES 4-QUART 99¢ BASKET CANADA No. 1 GRADE, ONTARIO, FRESH DAILY Celery Hearts bunch 395i SOUTH AFRICAN, SWEET, SEEDLESS Navel Oranges dozen 99,i T.= 113iw 13-oz pkg DILLS 32-fl-oz jar HEINZ SPAGHETTI 28 OZ. 3 9 c DELSEY BATHROOM TISSUE Action Priced! PKG OF 4 ROLLS JANE PARKER, Southern Pecan Pie full 8-inch pie 99?. JANE PARKER, LEMON MERINGUE OR (SAVE 104 Cherry Pie full 8-inch pie each 795 JANE PARKER Date & Nut Loaf 16-oz loaf 69? JANE PARKER (SAVE 6c) Chocolate Brownies 15-oz foil tray 83? JANE PARKER (SAVE 6e) Jelly Roll 9.oz cake 5 JANE PARKER . Lemon Roll Boutique, Pink 4 Blue or Gold 41. Avecedo Action Priced! I Delsey Bathroom Tissue Pkg of 2 rolls 49? TOMATO ACTION PRICED! PORK LOIN ROASTS 16e La LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! 7 Boni Cut (Count Thom) Rib Portion Tenderloin rb Portion 3 to Th-lbs 17c LB LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! Rib Half Loin Tenderloin Half Loin lb $11.08 17c LB LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! Centre Cut Loin Roast or Chops lb $1.38 16e LB LOWER THAN A YEAR A001 Sliced Rib Portion $ Sliced Tenderloin Portion lb .1. 09 FREEZER CUT (CUT INTO CHOPS I ROASTS) 10 Pork Loins .1:tite 16 9 9 Al 20c LB LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! COUNTRY STYLE — "GREAT ON A GRILL!" Spare Ribs 115 $1.08 23t LB LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! SX BRAND, STORE PACK Sausages BEEF & PORK lb 78? 47t LB LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! SX BRAND, HOT & SWEET Italian Sausage lb 78? 34e LB LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! SX BRAND, NIAGARA Bologna BY THE PIECE lb 4411 Sc LB LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! TOWN CLUB, SLICED Side Bacon 1.16 vac p6c $1.29 19c Li LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! SX BRAND, SLICED, 3 VARIETIES Cooked Meats lb 911? STORE HOURS OPEN 9 - 6 THURS..FRIDAY NIGHTS TILL 9 P.M. (SAVE 6c) 12-oz cake 69? JANE PARKER, PINEAPPLE TOPPED (SAVE 6e) pkg of 8 6 9/ N, SUGAR, CINNAMON (SAVE 4c) pkg of 12 5 511 12-oz loaf 39{ JANE PARKER (BUY 2 PROS — SAVE 11e) Snowflake Rolls 2 Pkgs of 12 79,1 JANE PARKER, SLICED Cheese Bread JANE PARKER, APPLE RAISIN Coffee Cake Sweet Rolls Cake Donuts JANE PARKER, PLAI JANE PARKER-_ • (SAVE 10e) WITH THIS COUPON 97% CAFFEIN FREE, INSTANT 8 O'CLOCK COFFEE 8.oz $1 f JAR • • VALID UNTIL SAT., SEPT. 7th, 1974. SAVE MONARCH IMPERIAL ACTION PRICED! I Soft Margarine pkg of 2, 8-oz tubs 79/ Aylmer Catsup 25-fl-oz WI 59? 1 14-oz cake 69? Angel Cake large size cake 75? suomme ill IMO all NM ill II kP 8.02 pkg 66? No 111111 NMI MI " Mal 11111 BETTY CROCKER -A- 10 VARIETIES Hamburg Helper 16-FL-OZ BTLS 9' (24.11 VAC PAC $1.30) 20c LB LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! SX BRAND, SLICED Bologna 1-lb vac pac 85fe 201 LS LOWER THAN A YEAR AGO! SUPER-RIGHT QUALITY, FROZEN, MEATY Pork Hocks lb 39Y Save these Top Quality Jane JANE PARKER SANDWICH BREAD Enriched White or 60% Whole Wheat PORK LOIN QUARTERS CUT INTO PORK C HOPS lb 9 TO 11 CHOPS IN A PKG NO CENTRE SLICES REMOVED "Great on a Grill!" Town Club 1-lb vac pac 6 WIENERS y¢ Parker Baked Goods ! Buy 3 loaves — SAVE 29c 24-0Z LOAVES 00 INNNNIONA I "GREAT ON A GRILL!" 08 IMS111111111111110911111111111111 ,CLINTON ligW$-fiRICOAP, THURSPAY, $NPEMBEft 5, 1974,0 There is not likely to be much if any,, relief from fast rising food prices over the next 6 months. Except for beef prices, which are expected to decline by the end of the year, the consumer can expect to pay more for most food items during the next 6 months or even a year. The Food Prices Review Board said in July that it "sees reason for some optimism in respect to the overall food prices picture". The Board based its conclusions on the belief that "forces of supply and demand now appear to be working their way into a better state of balance which is decreasing the rate of price in- creases." However, although food prices are unlikely to keep moving up at the speed seen in the last 2 years (37 per cent from June 1972 to June 1974) some further large increases are clearly on the way. Rising costs of ingredients, packaging, transportation and labour will provide some of the push in keeping food prices high. The area where the biggest price leaps can be expected is in canned goods. The food processing industry has predicted retail price in- creases of 30 percent to 40 per- cent for canned and frozen vegetables by this autumn. These big increases in canned vegetable prices is coming almost a year later than most food price increases because last spring when the 1973 prices were being negotiated, the prices were set before it became evident how sharply other prices in the economy would rise. The growers settled last year for increases of about 5 percent. This year, the growers feel that they have to catch up for underpayment for their crops in 1973 and to keep pace with prospective inflation In Ontario, the largest vegetable-producing province, the price of peas delivered to the processing plant will be up 65 percent to $300 a ton, corn- on-the-cob will be up 75 percent to $55.75, tomatoes Jie ap 44 percent to $74 a ton, and cucumbers will be up 80 per- cent to 140 percent over 1973 prices. The prices of other vegetable crops such as beets, carrots, cabbage, pumpkins, beans and asparagus will rise proportionately. For the consumer, this will probably mean that a 14-ounce tin of fancy grade peas will likely increase to 35c this fall from 29c. A 14 ounce tin of choice grade corn, now 27c will sell for about 34c. Prices on most canned vegetables will in- crease by 6c to 10c a tin. Canned fruit prices will also increase because tin cans, sugar, fuel and labour cost more. The cost of cans is up 11 percent over last year, card- board cartons 6 percent, fuel an estimated 60 percent and prin- ted waxed cardboard boxes for frozen vegetables are up 32 per- cent in addition to labor cost increases. The growers also demanded higher prices for their crops because they say they can easily switch into alternative crops which are more attractively priced. Tomatoes, for example, are a highly profitable crop but they are also risky and troublesome. So when corn can be sold for $3 a bushel and soybeans for $5 to $6 (the present prices), growers will not grow tomatoes or any other vegetable crop unless they are offered a good price. Most far- mers in the vegetable- growing areas are not highly specialized, let alone wedded to a single crop. They tend to switch readily into the crops that offer the highest return, Price increases in milk and milk products are expected to be large also. Farmers are seeking price increases both for industrial (butter, cheese, milk powder) and fluid milk which they must have to meet their ever rising cost of production. If the consumer had to pay directly for the requested in- crease, butter could go up 18c per pound (it is now around 90c per pound depending on the type) and a pound of powdered skim milk by about 8c from 79c. Sugar-based products will also continue to rise in price because no letdown of sugar prices seems in sight, Retail price in the Toronto area of a 10 pound bag of white sugar was $1.43 y $1.49 early last fall. It rose to $3.35 - $3.49 by late winter and has stayed there ever since, The price increase is A result of -demand exceeding supply the last three years and of consequent speculation in sugar futures, Sugar prices will likely stay high primarily because Brazil's crop was damaged by heavy rains and most of Cuba's crop is expected -eit$Av$ $1 to go to the Soviet Union. Fruit canners, bakers, confectioners and soft drink manufacturers are all hard hit by the high price of sugar. Canadian egg and turk ey prices- said to be the highest in the world and about one third higher than in the U,S, - will probably remain at this peak, Bread will move slightly up- ward because of rising ancillary costs in flour production and plastic bread bags, Baking flour bought in the supermarket by the consumer will probably in- crease about. 5 percent, becau.K of the rising costs of flour millers, Cake mixes will likely increase by 10 percent - 12 per- cent primarily due to sugar prices but also because of in- creased labor, packaging and shortening costs, For the past year, beef has been the focal point of con- sumer .diseon.tertt over escalating food prices. Beef prices now seem to be on a downward path, however, this may not be very long-lasting. In Toronto, beef prices per hun- dred weight have .been as low as $45.00 AS compared with A peak of $62 last summer. :By late fall, prices could be in the mid $40's or maybe lower. This decline in price from about $60.00 to $45,00 means an average saving at the retail level .of around .15c to 30c per pound,. depending .on the cut, Fish prices are expected to remain fairly stable (except for lobster and shrimp). The most psubstantial decrease has been for fresh and frozen ocean Indications are that pork prices may. be headed for large increases, The glut of hogs on the market appears. la be finished. The constant spiral in food' prices has prompted some.' buyer substitution, especially among low income families and those on fixed incomes but sub- stitution is. not as much help as it used to be. It use to be possible to substitute poultry for beef and. hamburger for steak but now these substitutes have gone up too, Although this article may not strike the most optimistic note from a consumers standpoint particularly those on low and fixed income, it is only on the basis of an appreciation of the situation that togerber, we, can begin to work toward reasonable solutions, If you have any ideas about this matter of inflationary prices and how the situation might be rectified would you kindly send me your comments either to my home or my office in Toronto,