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SUPERMARKET TRADING PRACTICES IN FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Article number

97_30

Pages

309 – 318

Language

Abstract

This paper reviews briefly the place of fresh fruit and vegetables in the supermarket.
It examines the buying policies of the supermarket chains with particular reference to the ways in which the supermarket outlet may differ from the wholesale market outlets for the producer.

Publication

VI Symposium on Horticultural Economics

Authors

A.H. Gill

Keywords

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1979.97.30

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C. Verdeyen

3. PLANNING TECHNIQUES AND MODELS FOR HORTICULTURAL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

J. Davis

4. INVESTMENTS IN THE HORTICULTURAL SECTOR

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8. EDUCATION OF HORTICULTURAL ENTERPRENEURS BY BUSINESS GAMES

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9. THE USE OF MICRO-COMPUTERS ON NURSERIES

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10. A COMPUTER SYSTEM FOR UPDATING GROSS MARGIN BUDGETS IN ADAS

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11. THE MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM FOR HORTICULTURE (MISTU)

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12. LINKING ECONOMIC AND ACTION THRESHOLDS IN PEST MANAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR ADVISORY SERVICES

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13. GUERNSEY TOMATO INDUSTRY – 1966 – 1976

J.H. Dempster

14. PLANTING DENSITIES IN FRUIT-GROWING IN RELATION TO COSTS AND RETURNS

J. Goedegebure

15. DIFFERENCES IN PROFITABILITY IN BELGIAN GLASSHOUSE HOLDINGS

D. Van Lierde

16. YIELD RESTRICTING FACTORS IN GROWING CUTROSES UNDER GLASS IN WINTER

E. van Rijssel

17. DEVELOPMENT OF THE BUSINESS STRUCTURE AND THE FINANCIAL POSITION OF YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS IN HORTICULTURE UNDER GLASS DURING THE FIRST YEARS AFTER TAKING OVER THE BUSINESS

A. Boers

18. ASSESSMENT OF THE FINANCIAL POSITION AND THE LIQUIDITY OF HORTICULTURAL BUSINESSES UNDER GLASS

A. Boers

19. PRODUCTIVITY DEVELOPMENTS IN DUTCH HORTICULTURE UNDER GLASS FROM 1972 TO 1977

J.T.W. Alleblas

20. MARKET AND MARKETING RESEARCH ACTIVITIES IN THE TEACHING OF HORTICULTURAL ECONOMICS

M.J. Sargent

21. TECHNICAL ASPECTS OF RUNNING PANELS

C.C.J. de Koning

22. FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF CONSUMER CHOICE BEHAVIOUR REGARDING CUT FLOWERS AND POT PLANTS

A. van Tilburg

23. POOLING OF PANEL DATA REGARDING FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

J. Vertessen | L. Muermans | J. Heyman

24. ANALYSIS AND PROJECTION OF THE FLOWER DEMAND OF PRIVATE HOUSEHOLDS IN GERMANY (F.R.)

G. Timm

25. LONG TERM CHANGES IN SEASONAL DEMAND FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY

H.-G. Dreßler

26. THE SEASONALITY OF CONSUMPTION OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

Dr. Anna Burger

27. THE INFLUENCE OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY’S TARIFF POLICY ON EUROPEAN ORANGE AND MANDARIN PRICES

L.M. Albisu | D. Blandford

28. POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF THE EC-PRODUCTION SUBSIDY ON THE MARKET FOR TOMATO CONCENTRATES

W. Elfring

29. COST-BENEFIT-ANALYSIS OF THE EC-MARKET POLICY FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES – CONCEPTS AND PROBLEMS

R.v. Alvensleben

30. INSTITUTIONAL CHANGES IN FLOWER RETAILING IN THE U.S.A.

Dana C. Goodrich Jr

31. SUPERMARKET TRADING PRACTICES IN FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

A.H. Gill

32. THE MARKET FOR CARROTS IN N.W. EUROPIAN COUNTRIES

H.F.J. Barendse

33. MARKET CHANNELS FOR ORNAMENTALS IN BELGIUM

J. Viaene | L. D'Haese

34. A STUDY OF THE SPANISH HOME MARKET FOR ORANGES AND MANDARINES: I.- THE RETAIL LEVEL

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35. A STUDY OF THE SPANISH HOME MARKET FOR ORANGES: II. THE CONSUMER LEVEL

E. Puig | C. Casado | J.L. Benedicto

36. INTERNATIONAL TRADE POLICY FOR FRUIT AND VEGETABLES

L. Hinton

37. THE EEC – POLICY REGARDING TRADE IN HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS – PRINCIPLES AND CONSIDERATIONS.

C.P. Driesprong

38. IMPLICATIONS OF THE EEC ENLARGEMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTS

J. Wolf

39. EXPANSION PROBLEMS OF THE E.E.C. WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO THE FRUIT AND VEGETABLE INDUSTRIES

J.C. Montigaud | F. Lauret

40. HOW E.E.C.-GROWERS VIEW THE ENLARGEMENT OF THE COMMUNITY

G. Opstelten

41. HUNGARIAN FOREIGN TRADE IN HORTICULTURAL PRODUCE

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42. A MODEL OF POTATO DEVELOPMENT AND BULKING AS AN AID TO ECONOMIC DECISION-MAKING

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43. SHORT TERM FORECASTING OF THE MARKET SUPPLY OF VEGETABLES, ESPECIALLY CAULIFLOWER

H.-J. Wiebe

44. AN ECOLOGICAL PRODUCTION MODEL AS A BASE FOR ECONOMIC CALCULATIONS

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45. FRUPRO1, A DYNAMICAL MODEL CONNECTING BIOLOGICAL AND ECONOMIC ELEMENTS OF ORCHARD MANAGEMENT

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47. SUPPLY SIDE OF THE MODEL FOR DUTCH AGRICULTURE

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48. HORTICULTURAL ENTERPRISES IN THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY IN 20 YEARS

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49. THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRUIT PRODUCTION IN THE CARPATHIAN FOOTHILLS REGION

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50. FRUIT PRODUCTION LOCALIZATION IN POLAND

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51. SOME DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED IN A DETERMINATION OF RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS FOR COMMERCIAL MUSHROOM PRODUCTION IN NORTHERN IRELAND

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52. DEVELOPMENT AND YIELD OF PLANTS IN FUNCTION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC FACTORS

F. Frigyesy

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