—Lancaster Farming. Saturday. March 12, 1977
64
“Shopping bag”
prices high third
straight month
HARRISBURG Pa -
Pennsylvania’s average
retail “shopping bag” price
jumped 51 cents to another
record high in February,
according to the monthly
supermarket survey report,
released today by the
Pennsylvania Department of
Agiculture.
The average retail cost of
15 “shopping bag”items
sampled throughout the
Commonwealth during the
second week in February
was $10.91, a 51 cent increase
from the Jaunuary shopping
bag cost of $10.40. The
average retail price of the 15
items in December was
$10.21.
The survey results show
record high prices for the
shopping items for the third
consecutive month. For the
first time in the history of the
survey, regional prices
climbed above the $ll mark
in two regions of the state.
The survey reflects a steady
climb in the average
shopping bag cost as prices
continue to rise.
According to the survey
prepared by the depart
ment’s Bureau of Rural
Affairs, the average retail
price for February was
highest in the northeastern
part of the state at $11.27, an
increase of 66 cents from the
previous month. Lowest
prices were recorded in the
southeast central part of the
state at $10.59, where prices
declined one cent from the
January figures.
Five of the six regions
.purveyed reported an in
crease in shopping bag
averages during February.
The most dramatic jump in
the retail price of the
shopping bag was in the
northwestern part of the
state, an 80 cent boost from
$10.14 to $10.94. The one cent
decrease in the southeast
central region was the only
decline recorded in the
survey.
Hie difference in cost of
the shopping bag in urban
Viewpoints
To map out a course of
action and follow it to an
end, requires some of the
same courage which a
soldier needs Peace has
its victories, but it lakes
brave men to win them.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
British Scare
In 1969, when the first case
of a rabid dog in more than
50 years was reported in
Britain, the government or
dered the killing of hundreds
of pets and farm animals
within a 12-mile radius of
where the dog was found,
and banned imports of cats,
dogs, and other felines and
canines for two years.
and rural stores decreased to
about four per cent in
February. The average price
of the shopping bag items in
urban supermarkets rose 58
cents to $10.77, while rural
stores showed a 54 cent in
crease to $11.25.
The spread between
Storebrand and namebrand
items remained about the
same, at eight per cent
during February, according
to the survey. A comparison
of nine of the 15 shopping bag
items showed the average
price of Storebrand items to
be $7.14 compared to $7.75
for namebrand items
Items increasing in- price
were potatoes, from 13 to 16
cents a pound; cabbage, 23 to
41 cents a pound; shortening,
53 to 54 cents a pound; cof
fee, $2.43 to $2.67 a pound;
bread, 37 to 38 cents a pound
loaf; cornflakes, 58 to 59
cents a pound; chicken, 51 to
55 cents a pound; eggs, 97 to
$l.Ol a dozen large eggs;
ground beef, 94 to 95 cents a
pound; and toilet paper, 82 to
83 cents a four roll package.
Items deceasing in price
were fresh pears, 40 to 39
cents a pound; canned com,
35 to 34 cents a pound; and
sugar, 22 to 21 cents a pound.
Canned peaches and
American cheese remained
about the same in price.
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