Fruits, vegetables at retail: Availability of fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables varies with store size, location, and ownership as shown by survey

Coles, J; Dunsing, M

Fruits, vegetables at retail: Availability of fresh and frozen fruits, vegetables varies with store size, location, and ownership as shown by survey

Authors

Jessie V. Coles
Marilyn Dunsing

Authors Affiliations

Jessie V. Coles is Professor of Family Economics, University of California, Berkeley; Marilyn Dunsing is Assistant Professor of Home Economics, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 12(4):15-16. DOI:10.3733/ca.v012n04p15. April 1958.

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Abstract

The following article is the fourth of a series of reports of a survey of characteristics of and services offered by retail grocery stores in five counties in California made cooperatively by the Department of Home Economics, University of California, and the United States Department of Agriculture under the authority of the Research and Marketing Act as part of Western Regional Research Project WM-26.

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