Food Is A Good Buy
The University of Minnesota
recently released information
about food expenditures by fami
lies and individuals in the United
States and in other countries.
Food expenditures as a share of
disposable personal United States
income decreased from 22.1% in
1949 to 11.8% in 1990. The
largest decrease was in money
spent for food consumed at home,
which decreased from 18% to
7.3%. Percent of income spent for
food consumed away from home
increased from 4% in 1949 to
4.5% in 1990.
Americans currently spend
8.4% of their total personal expen*
ditures on food consumed at
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EQUIPMENT
Mountvlll*. PA Avondal*. PA
717-288-4538 218-268-2181
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Maxatawney, PA
215-683-7352
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By Doris Thomas
Lancaster Extension
Home Economist
home, which is the lowest percen
tage of any other country
surveyed.
Some other interesting informa
tion released:
Households with incomes more
than $50,000 per year spent 9.9%
of their income on food, whereas
lower income families (with
incomes less than $10,000) spent
more than 30% ton food.
From 1960 to 1990 the percent
of married women employed
increased from 31.9% to 57.8%.
Three out of every four women
from 35 to 44 years of age are pre
sently in the labor force. Surveys
indicate that women still do over
90% of the cooking in American
homes, and time-pressured con-
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PIPERSVILLE
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CENTER
Pip*r«vill«, PA NESLEY
215-766 0414 EQUIPMENT CO.
PotUtown, PA
218-469-6391
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Bangor, PA
215-588-5924
sumers do not wish to purchase
ingredients to prepare meals from
scratch: they want a “heat and
serve meal.”
Approximately 76% of Ameri
can households have microwave
ovens, which has increased the
demand for convenience meals
either as home delivery of take
out-to-eat food. The use of micro
wave cookery reduces time and
energy in food preparation.
Food scientists are being asked
to develop products with specific
attributes which consumers desire.
In 1989, approximately 9,200 new
food products were marketed.
Although convenience is one of
the main incentives for new pro
duct development, low-fat or non
fat products are also being empha
sized. Diet and nutritional consid
erations are a motivating factor,
but most consumers still want pro
ducts which do not sacrifice taste
and quality.
In 1988, more than 11 billion
dollars were spent on food-related
advertising. Competition for the
consumer’s dollars is keen, and
the objective of advertising is to
create a specific desirable
impression for the company’s
product.
Considering the desires of the
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Thorndal*, PA
215-269-2676
consumer, food safety, and other role of the American housewife
factors, it is obvious that the food has changed, and will affect future
industry will undergo many food buying preparation, and con
changes in the next few years. The sumption habits.
Home Gardeners
School Begins
RUTGERS. N.J. It’s back to
school... Home Gardener’s
School, that is. The fall session of
this annual event will be held on
Saturday, September 19, on the
Cook College campus. Sponsored
by Rutgers Cooperative Extension
in cooperation with Cook College
Office of Continuing Professional
Education, the Home Gardener’s
School is open, on a first-come
basis, to New Jersey residents.
The registration fee is $l7 for the
day and the deadline is September
11.
Home Gardener’s School Stu
dents will attend up to five diffe
rent classes selected from the
twenty-four offered. And they
may find it difficult to choose
among the varied and timely
topics.
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Available at these servicing dealers
Bechtelsvllle Ephrata. Hershev.
passmore service Lancaster
CENTER, INC
RD i, Rt. 100
215-367-9084
Dallastown
TRI-BORO
CONCRETE, INC.
435 Loeu*t SI.
717-245-3095
1-800-532-9018
East Earl
GOODS LAWN
& GARDEN CENTER
Route 23
717-354-4026 Ext. 34
Elizabethtown
MESSICK FARM
EQUIPMENT, INC.
Rheema Exlt-RL 223
Elizabethtown, PA
717-367-1316, 717-653-6667
Elm/Lebanon
BOMBERGER’S LAWN
& GARDEN
Elm: 717-6644663
Lebanon: 717-2724155
Eohrata
WES STAUFFER
ENGINES & EQUIPMENT
23 Pleeaant Valley M.
717-7364215
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, September 12, 1992-817
of year will be session on “Putting
Your Garden to Bed for Winter”,
“Using and Preserving Herbs for
Wintertime”, “Back Yard Com
posting”, and “Making Wine at
Home”. New offerings this Fall
include “Dry-laid Patios and
Walks”, “Birds of the Garden
State”, Bonsai, American Style”,
and “Landscape Pest Mange
ment”. Among the essential basics
offered are “Planting Bulbs”,
“Pruning Trees”, “Gardening
With Perennials”, and “Flowering
Trees and Shrubs”. And there’s
much more.
For a complete list of classes
and a registration form, contact
Rutgers Cooperative Extension at
(908)788-1339 or stop by the
Extension Center on Route 31,
8:30 - 4:30 Monday through
Friday.
BOLLINGER’S LAWN &
GARDEN EQUIP.
Ephrata, PA 717-738-1131
Harahay, PA 717-533-4060
Lancaatar, PA 717-856-2710
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EQUIPMENT
Comor of Rt 30 ft Rt 097
717-442-8970
Hamburg
SHARTLESVILLE
FARM SERVICE
RD 1, Box 1322
215488-1025
Jonestown
BLUE MOUNTAIN
ENTERPRISES, INC.
Rt 72 South
717-665-2094
Mverstown
EBLING LAWN &
GARDEN SERVICE
lea E. Lincoln At*.
717-6664720
Ono
SHUEY’S SALES
& SERVICE
Jo neat own Rd.
7174654915
Oxford
OXFORD
GREENLINE, INC.
1100 Umaatona Rd.
215-932-2573
Reading
NICARRY
EQUIP. CO.
RD 2 Box 2005
215-926-2441
Ronks
A & B SALES
& SERVICE
370 Newport Road
2 MUm South ol Rt 23
Along 772 Thru Montoroy
LINCOLN SUPPLY &
EQUIPMENT CO.
So mo roof, PA §l4-443-1681
MeCooto, MO 301-786-6800
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CHARLES S.
SNYDER, INC,
RO3
717-366-5945
Watsontown
BEILER’S REPAIR
1 M. W. of TurbotvllK
On Ht 44
RD 2, Box S 4
Whlteford MD
ENFIELD
EQUIPMENT INC.
720 WhooKr School Rd.
301-879-5090