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Prices and marketing margins: Studies show how retail stores price their fresh citrus, and what it means to growers, distributors, and consumers
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Sidney HoosAuthor Affiliations
Sidney Hoos is Professor of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley.Publication Information
Hilgardia 9(3):3-4. DOI:10.3733/ca.v009n03p3. March 1955.
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Abstract
The following is the first of two articles based on a study of prices and retail margins for oranges, lemons, and grapefruit, reported in detail in Reports No. 168 and No. 170, published by the Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley.
Hoos S. 1955. Prices and marketing margins: Studies show how retail stores price their fresh citrus, and what it means to growers, distributors, and consumers. Hilgardia 9(3):3-4. DOI:10.3733/ca.v009n03p3
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