. Canadian grocer January-March 1919. t apart from sea-sonable changes, any downward tendencyis due more to mistaken ideas of thefuture than to facts. Buying still cau-tious, however. Molasses, 90 to , fresh, 50c; case, 46c to 47c. Butteris higher, creamery 52c to 54c; dairy, 47cto 50c; tub. 42c to 46c. Canned goodsare off in price. Tomatoes, $; corn,$; peas. $ Potatoes are slightlyhigher, $ Onions. $ to $, $ to $ Oranges, Cal.,$ to $ ST. JOHN, : Flour. No. 1 patents, bbls., Man $12 50 Cornmeal. gran., bags 6 50 6 75 Cornmeal. ordi
. Canadian grocer January-March 1919. t apart from sea-sonable changes, any downward tendencyis due more to mistaken ideas of thefuture than to facts. Buying still cau-tious, however. Molasses, 90 to , fresh, 50c; case, 46c to 47c. Butteris higher, creamery 52c to 54c; dairy, 47cto 50c; tub. 42c to 46c. Canned goodsare off in price. Tomatoes, $; corn,$; peas. $ Potatoes are slightlyhigher, $ Onions. $ to $, $ to $ Oranges, Cal.,$ to $ ST. JOHN, : Flour. No. 1 patents, bbls., Man $12 50 Cornmeal. gran., bags 6 50 6 75 Cornmeal. ordinary, bags 3 25 3 30 Rice, Siam. per 100 9 00 9 10 Molasses 0 90 0 95 Sugar1— Standard, granulated 10 25 10 30 No. 1. yellow 9 75 9 80 Cheese. twins 0 29 0 30 Eggs, fresh, doz 0 50 Eggs case 0 46 0 47 Breakfast bacon 0 30 0 38 Butter, creamery, per lb 0 52 0 54 Butter, dairy, per lb 0 47 0 50 Butter, tub , 0 42 0 46 Margarine 0 83 0 35 Lard, pure, lb 0 30 0 30% Lard, compound 0 27 0 27% Continued on page 74 ?-eh 7, 1919. 73. A Meat Department Aids Business The Addition of This Department Caused Business to Boom, and Was a Means oxAttracting Trade to the Store—Some Simple Systems That Ensure a Successful Business * ^ «T LiERE is no question of a- doubt, said Mr. Kent, of Hiltonand Kent, Dundurn Street,Hamilton, that a meat department isa very important factor in encouragingbusiness. We have found it so in ourexperience. Mr. Kent was a butcher by trade, andwhen he joined Mr. Hilton in partnershiphe strongly advised the addition to thestore, that was then situated a short dis-tance from the present site. Mr. Hiltonwas inclined to fear that such a depart-ment would be more of a risk than anadvantage, but Mr. Kent held to hispoint, and finally succeeded in gettingthe co-operation of his partner in thenew venture. The success of the combination wasnever for a moment in doubt, he stated,and there can be no question that theadded department went a good way inaccounting for t
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