. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. 220 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING ganizations are not interested in productioB, and only concern themselves in problems of distribution. Retailing.—This is the last step in which the fruit passes into the hands of the consumer. The retailer is the one next to the producer who is most vitally inter- ested, as he pays the bills and commissions to all the. Fig. 119.—A SPECIAL RETAIL MARKET middlemen. Eetailing is the most expensive part of all the processes of distributi
. Modern fruit marketing : a complete treatise covering harvesting, packing, storing, transporting and selling of fruit . Fruit trade. 220 MODERN FRUIT MARKETING ganizations are not interested in productioB, and only concern themselves in problems of distribution. Retailing.—This is the last step in which the fruit passes into the hands of the consumer. The retailer is the one next to the producer who is most vitally inter- ested, as he pays the bills and commissions to all the. Fig. 119.—A SPECIAL RETAIL MARKET middlemen. Eetailing is the most expensive part of all the processes of distribution, because it involves the element of service which the city buyer demands. The fruit in itself may btf comparatively cheap but the ex- pense of getting it to the consumer is often large. The crowded conditions in the cities, the reluctance with which the average commuter carries home packages, and the lack of judgment and foresight displayed by the average housewife in buying supplies, all contribute to the cost of service. This is a difficulty that can only be remedied by cooperation among the retailers. At present. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Brown, Bliss S. , 1880-. New York : Orange Judd Company
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