Canadian grocer July-September 1919 . aws received inMontreal this week, and the St. Lawr-ence is starting to refine again. thought that with the present re-ceipts of raws, the situation aught to heeasier in ten days time. There shouldbe no hoarding of sugar, and if grocerswill only give out a few pounds to eachcustomer, sufficient to carry them along,a few days at a time, there will beplenty for all. Speaking of the recent announcementof the Board of Commerce that thewholesale grocer should only have 5 percent, profit, Mr. Pyke stated that five per cent, was all that the wholesalersha
Canadian grocer July-September 1919 . aws received inMontreal this week, and the St. Lawr-ence is starting to refine again. thought that with the present re-ceipts of raws, the situation aught to heeasier in ten days time. There shouldbe no hoarding of sugar, and if grocerswill only give out a few pounds to eachcustomer, sufficient to carry them along,a few days at a time, there will beplenty for all. Speaking of the recent announcementof the Board of Commerce that thewholesale grocer should only have 5 percent, profit, Mr. Pyke stated that five per cent, was all that the wholesalershad had now for some time past. Hewas glad that the Board of Commercehad recognized that five per cent, wasjustified as the lowest possible workingbasis. Retail Profit Not Enough Retailers were not slow in expressingdisagreement wih the Boards action inonly allowing them one cent per pounda; profit on sugar. Every laboring manis getting higher wages, stated D. , Avenue Road, Toronto, but thegrocer is having greatly increased ex-. .1 splendid interior displayused in the A. J. Groom Store, Giielph, Ont. Mr. Groom has joined with C. T. HicksAnother former Guelph Retailer in the manufacturers agency and expect to dispose of his store shortly. 28 CANADIAN GROCER September 12, 1919 penditures, and his profits are beingmade smaller. If we are only to have acent a pound on sugar, then we had bestcut it out altogether, and let someoneelse sell it. With the price of thingsnew, a grocer cannot make anything outof sugar on a one cent margin. H. J. Reeve, manager of Michiesstore, King street, Toronto, told CAN-ADIAN GROCER that sugar was soldvery close at any time, and with a limitof a cent a pound profit, it would not bea very profitable line to carry. The costo: delivery is such an expenditure now-adays that a cent a pound margin wouldnot allow much profit for the Mr. Reeves opinion, it was not agood working basis. It is impossible to handle sugar pro-fitably on that basis,
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