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ward in August. The summer dip in 1949
automatic vendor such as this would be
was greater than usual.
ideal. The same applies to large office build-
ings, and many other public establishments_
Ch ewing Gum- Most reports in a fi eld
At present Cincinnati P encil is dealing
marked by few reports are very favorable.
direct with th is type of outlet, but an op-
Some of the flavor oils are showin g orice
erator could offer a better service, inasmuch
threats of a rise but th e demand for
as he would k eep the machines supplied, . chewing gum by consumers is still climbing.
with a location sharing in the profits with-
Ch ocolate- Attention centers on reports
out turnin g a hand_
of cocoa bean prices and supply. At the
time of this review prices of beans are
risin g again , slightly, but the trend is a
MERCHANDISE
ti ghter supply and som e higher prices.
( Con tinu ed from Page 24 )
Supply in June and July is expected to
be at its low for the year and then new
su pply. Th e coffee qu estion is still bein g
crop repor ts will begin 'to come in. The
debated and ope rators should remember
mid-year crops in Brazil and Africa have
that what was done with coffee could be
not been up to expectations.
done with sugar, cocoa bea ns, etc. But, as
A reJiabl e report on world supply says
summer comes in real force, th ere are no
Brazil's produ ction is gaining slowly, Af-
disturbing signs in the merchandi se pi cture.
ri can output is un certain , and world de-
The tight supply and high prices of
mand grows faster than total supply. Hence,
some important ingredients seem merely
prices will remain high.
to be a n'ormal situation that may come
any year.
Cigars-Cigar sales started upward in
Interest has shifted definitely and de-
F ebruary, compared with year ago, and
cidedly again to the imp act of crop reports
th e in crease is largely in the three lower
and these will be importa nt until Septem-
price brackets.
ber. By the month of March the general
Cigar ettes- The Internal Revenue re-
reports were such as to boost farm prices
ports for nine months of the fi scal tax year
on major products th at had been falling
show sales of standard cigarettes for th e
fast. This unfavorable weather trend con-
period with less than one per cent gain
tinued in April but the summ er months are
over the previou s 9-month period of the tax
expected to brin g back the effects of a
year. In other words, it now seems certain
promise of bumper crops. P eanut plantin g
that the gain for the fiscal yea r ending
weather seemed to be generally favorable.
Jun e 30 will show cigarette consumption
A review of reports on variou s merch an- holdin g a gain of about one per ce nt over
dise items follows:
th e previous tax year. Kin g-size cigarettes
Apples- Th e best that can be said is
in the fi scal tax re port show a decline of
that vending machines are needed to help
nearly 5 pe r cent for th e two 9-month
move a record 1949 crop; world crop was
periods. But the figures are inconclusive
hi gher than average crop year. Early reports
sin ce reports on king-size were meager and
on fruit damage this year were unfavorable.
th e F ebruary r eport this year showed small
tax stamp withdrawals for king-size.
Almonds- Th e bi g market centers have
for weeks been reportin g that prices hold
Cookies- Reports from manufacturers
stable, while demand is moderate and orders
are not available. Interest in th e greater
are for short needs only. Stocks h eld by
use of cooki es in ca ndy bar machin es fo r
big suppliers are on th e low side.
.
the summer is rising.
Coffee- The big market centers report
Candy B a r s- Offi cial reports h ave been
lower price trends, improvement in quality,
accumulat.ing in recent weeks to show that
a nd th e supply apparently equal to demand.
th e year actu ally s tar~e d off with declines
Th e hot summ er months normally redu ce
in candy bar output and sales. But some of
the consumption of hot coffee.
the very popular bars show exceptions. The
decline early this year in total candy sales
F r ozen F oods- With expanded facilities
may be only statisti car, and candy trade
for produ cing frozen fruit juices, the need
is now for getting more outlets. Frozen
leaders say a pickup started in F ebruary
and that th e rise was sharper than any
juices are still getting th e spotlight.
year on record. National Confection ers
Hosiery- Manufacturers recently held
Assn. announ ced in a recent bulletin that
their annual convention ; reported the gen-
" manufa cturers of candy ge nerally believe
eral outlook favorabl e and store sales good ;
some reports on price cuttin g were h eard
that 1950 has every chance of being as good
a year as 1949 .. . in poundage sales."
but in general prices are stable. Emphasis
Operators understand full well the nor-
is now on quality rather than pri ce. Alloca-
mal course of summer sales of candy, and
tion of nylon yarns is increasin g supply
th e hot summer is just ahead. Sales of
and the "shortage' has n ever really hurt
bars by the manufacturer start a decided
production. Manufacturers say they will
dip in A pril normally and then spurt up-
stop output before reducing prices fu rther.
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Ice Cream- Summer months have re-
vived optimism in the ice cream trade. Out-
put for the first few months has been above
the same period of 1949 and is also climb-
ing above th e 5-year average. Lower milk
prices promise continued aid to ice cream
output and sales.
Juices- The frozen concentrate business
has th e canned juice market jittery. Re-
cently, buying of orange juice cam e to a
standstill ; more r ecent reports say demand
for orange and blended juices is piCking
up while prices advance slightly_ The public
has shown that when orange juice prices
get too high it will turn to tomato juice.
Reports on planting of 1950 tomato crop
were unfavorable; prices of tomato juice
have advanced_
Milk-Science is preparing the way fo r
more convenient vendor sales in the fu ture_
An Indiana firm h as recently placed canned
milk on the market. Scientists also report
a new preservative, Subtilin, which will
kee p canned milk and other products fresh
and also prevent "canny taste." Meanwhile,
milk supply increases and widespread price
reductions were recently reported. Con-
sumption is increasing slowly. It is a good
time to put more vendors to selling milk.
Peanuts- Early planting reports for the
Virginia-Carolina region were unfavorable;
Florida area repor ted favorabl e planting of
new crop with h eavy trend toward Runner
type; T exas also reported favorabl e plant-
in g conditions. Total supply of peanuts still
reported low, with sharp increase in crush -
ing peanuts for oi\. Use of peanuts in
candy has increased considerably; use for
salting is still declining.
Market centers have recently r eported
demand moderate 0'" light while pri c~s hold
steady at high level.
Popcorn- No reports on plantin g of new
crop available at this time. A prominent
grower says popcorn is planted earlier thail
fi eld corn and that dry weather is . the great
enemy of full popcorn crop_
Soft D rinks- The buyin g of 'Aav?r oils
by soft drink manufacturers during April
and May is usually a clue to activity in
producing soft drink syrups. But the fl avor
oil markets have been conspicuous by
showing little buying by th e soft drink
trade; or, it is better to say that buyin g
has been for short term s ah ead and th ere
has been no real upsurge in expectancy
of a big summer like that of 1949. Most
of the state conventions of bottlers h ave
debated costs and how to improve low
profit margins. The conditions in the
bottling industry seem to open the wa y for
greater use of cup type vendors; makin g
1950 truly a cup vendor year. Coca-Cola
reported a drop in earnings for the first
quarter of the year, compared with a year
ago; gross business dropped below 1948
and 1949.
A cold April tended to delay rise in
demand for cold drinks. This issue will
. reach our readers at about the time real
summer begins, and it is entirely possible
that an unusually hot summer in 1950 may
repeat what happened to soft drinks last
summer.
CO.
Oakland
1, Calif.
,
. - MADISON, Wi s.- Frank Q. Doyle, gen-
eral sales man ager for the Coan Manufac-
turing Co., became a grandfather the first
part of May when his son, Stanley, and
-" dau ghter-in-law, Shirley, became the parents
of a son, Steve, in Chicago.
Doyle commented " the new arrival has
all the earmarks of a nickel counter, and
will likely wind up in th e coin machin e
fi eld."
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