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Food prices rise
MAHHISBUHC.. I’a ■ln a
six-month period, from
February through Julv.
retail food prices rose an
average of 18 tents in
I’ennsv Ivama for 15
••hopping bn k ‘' items,
according to a supermarket
survc> report disclosed
toda> b> the Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
The average state shop
ping bag tost rose from $9 38
m F ebrunr> to $9 56 in Jul>.
according to the report
prepared b> the depart
ment’s Bureau of Rural
Affairs The highest average
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price was recorded in Mas at
t f » 58
Overall, the six-month
stale shopping bag average
was ttMl, i ompared to |9 22
for the previous six month
average
In a breakdown of seven
regions in the (om
monwealth, the highest
average for February
through Jul> was recorded in
the northeast at $9 74 The
lowest average was in the
southeast central area at
J 9 20
Products which basicall>
increased in price over the
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si* month* were fanned
prxrbes fresh pears, coffee,
and ground beef Products
which decreased In prn r
were cablwgr. shortening,
cornflakes, whole chickens,
eggs. and Amrncan rhrrsf
Several products which
followed no basic trend
during the -ax mnnllis were
potatoes, canned corn,
bread, sugar and tciilet
paper
During the -a* months,
shoppers in urban stores
enjoyed a five per cent
viv mgs civer shoppers in
rural stores The six-month
average of urban shopping
bag items cost tl 26. or 46
c ents levs Ih.tn the $9 72
average in rural stores
A comparison of prices
between Storebrand and
namebrand was made with
nine of the 15 shopping bag
items During the six
months, Storebrand items
averaged $5 88. compared
with J 6 45 for namebrand
items for a spread of close to
nine per cent
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Price Index up
HARIUSHURC, The
Septemlier 15. 1976 Index of
Prires Received by I’enn
s>lvama fanners Increased
one per cent from the
prev ions month and two per
rent above a year earlier,
according to the ( rnp
Reporting Service
Higher prices for milk
rows. milk, lambs, apples,
oats, barley, hay and eggs
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more than offset lower
prires for other com
modities The purchasing
powrerof prices received was
one percentage point above
August hut three percentage
points below a year ago
Nationally, the Index of
Prices Received decreased
nearly one per cent from
August and seven per cent
below a year ago I/iwer
The Friendly First
FARM LOAN CORPORATION
a subsidiary of
HKje First
(fetonk oft StaaAbun^
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price* for hog*, pot*
c*ltlr, orange* and wl
were partially afflict
higher price* for viyty
cotton and milk The
chasing power at the
level wan one perceni
point below August
twelve percentage po
below a year ago
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