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INGREDIENTS
DuGrenier Now Delivering
"Candy Man" Bar Vendor
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News interest in recent weeks centered
about such ingredients as sugar, mint oils
and other flavors and the perpetual choco·
late problem. In coming weeks interest in
supply and price trends on corn products is
expected to increase.
At the time of preparing this review,
price trend were upward on such ingred i.
ents as cocoa, eggs, soybeans and edible
oils. Down ward trends had been reported
on sugar and butter but the price trend on
butter is almost certain to show increases
over the summer period.
A major government crop report was also
released June 10 but the real effects of the
report on prices could not be judged in
time for this review. Some flurries in com·
modity prices followed the relea e; the reo
port had also been prepared before the
full effects of dry weather on crops in the
central states could be ascertained.
At the present time, many market reports
say corn will again play an important role
in the pr ice situation, as it did in 1947,
hence reports on the corn crop will be
watched closely during July. Visible supply
of corn was reported considerably below the
same time last year on June l.
It now appears that government parity
support will continue and will thus keep
prices up on some important products used
in vending merchandise. Routine reports ap-
pear regularly which suggest that higher
freight rates br ing price increa es of some
ingredient.
Reports do not show that the decisions
of the U. S. Supreme Court, as mentioned
in th is column last month, have noticeably
affected prices of ingred ien ts. But the ef-
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HAVERHILL, Mass. - Spurred on by
hundreds of inquiries, Arthur H. DuGrenier,
Inc. is in production of its Candy Man,
five·cent candy bar machine. Deliveries
commenced the latter part of June.
"In resuming operation of the Du·
Grenier plant, we feel that the wisest
thing we can do is to produce a tried
and tested DuGrenier vendor," Blanche E.
Bouchard, secretary of the firm, stated.
She added: "There are thousands of
Candy Man machines - the lowest priced
candy merchandiser of its type on the
market - in operation throughout the
country."
Candy Man h as a capacity of 72 bars.
It display and vends 12 varieties and fea·
tures quick, easy loading through a wide
side door.
Vendall Merchandisers Going
Over Big at Weymouth's
HOLLYWOOD - Although Weymouth
Service Co. has been handling Velldall
candy merchandisers less than 30 days,
initial response to both the five and eight
column machines have far exceeded the
company's expectations.
One of the reason the machines are
making such a big hit with candy bar men
is that after unlocking the door, only one
mechanical operation is necessary to servo
ice the machine, thus cutting time and
service costs.
The five·column model is finding especi·
ally high favor in industrial locations, the
firm reports.
Wevmouth Service Co., exclusive dis·
tributor for Southern California, Arizona,
Nevada, and the Hawaiian Islands, is offer·
ing immediate delivery in any reasonable
quant it ies.
Vending Discussed At
NCW A Convention
CHICAGO - Youthful among the trade
associations of the country, the National
Candy Whole alers Assn. held its third an·
nual conven tion and candy exposi tion here,
June 13·16. Attendance on the third day
had not quite reached the 1947 total; final
re~istration for 1947 was 1402, wh ile third
day tally this year had reached 1382.
Views on general business conditions and
how it affects candy sales stood high on the
program and was also included in remark
by many speakers.
Proceedings of FTC in charges against
Automatic Canteen Co. probably ranked
next highest in program interest. NCWA
claims credit for having compelled FTC to
push proceedings in a case invo lving the
vending machine firm that had been de·
layed for a number of years. Detailed reo
ports were given on the present tatus of
the Canteen case and also charges again t a
number of candy manufacturer involving
price discrimination to Canteen.
FTC charges and procedure had recently
been great ly augmented by a serie of de·
cisions by the U. S. Supreme Court involv·
ing points of price discrimination. With its
power more clearly define~!, FTC filed
charges May 27 again t 10 candy manufac·
turers and one chewing gum firm and has
been adding to the Ii t of firms since. Each
firm has been given 20 days to reply. In
practically all cases, sales to vending rna·
chine firms are the chief cause of com·
plaint; chain and syndica te stores are also
included.
The Canteen firm seems to have been
most frequently mentioned in the com·
plaints, but other firms in the vending
trade include Berlo Vending Co., Confec·
tion Cabinet Co., Sanitary Automatic Cabi·
I
f Am eNca s
1 o powerfully
most rl ised bars
adve
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JULY, 1948
RADIO-
Dav id Hard ing
" COUNTERSPY"
ABC NETWORK
Eve ry Sunday
5,30 P. M. EST.
Billion s of
BOOK MATCHES
Distri buted Natio na lly
Smashing
4 -Color Ad s in
LOOK Magazine
RADIO SPOT
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Full-color ods
in Pri nci pal Markets
COMIC BOOKS
in populor
Millions of
BOOK MARKS
Dist ributed to
School Ch ild ren
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