The Birmingham age-herald., 1921-03-19
.GROCERS, RETAIL AND WHOLESALE,
 TELL OF PRICES
Margin of Profit Is of Wide Punctuation, Some Goods Caring for Staples That
 Are Sold at a Loss

The percentage or gam ranges De- tween 12 and 15 per cent gross, with overhead absorbing about per cent of this amount.
 On some articles. so-called fancy groceries" the margin is wider. to carry the staple lines on which money is actually lost. For instance, the gross profit on coffee and tea ranges around 30 to 40 per cent. Profits or eggs and sugar range from 10 to 15 per cent on eggs and 2h per cent on sugar, representing actual loss in ham ding these commodities.
 Canned goods show fairly wide range of profits, with corn. peas, to- matoes and beans leading the process sion. Gross profits on these goods, wkich are greatly decreased by freight and other overhead charges, go from 15 to 40 per cent.
 WHOLESALE 1 Wholesalers make the following quotations on groceries: Coffee, 121s to 30 cents per pound; tea 2S to 45 cents per pound; sugar, sA to 9A cents per pound rice, 5% to 7h cents per pound; grits, bulk, $40 per 100 ipounds; navy beans, 6 to eA cents per pound; lima beans, to cents per pound; corn, 90 cents to $1.45 per dozen cans; tomatoes, s1.35 per dozen cans; peas, $1.60 to $1.s5 per dozen cans; baked beans, $1.40 to $1.75 per dozen cans; evaporated peaches IS to ! 20 cents per pound; evaporated apples. 10 to 12h cents per pound. l Sugar prices went up 25 cents per 100 pounds at the refineries yesterday, which will probably increase the WI olesale price like amount, accord 1 ing to H. S. Brumb bach, manager of the l c. D. Kenny company.
 Butter, eggs and cheese, dairy prod ucts handled in most retail groceries, rarge as followss Butter 45 to 57 cents; fresh eggs, 30 to 37 cents; cheese, 22 to 36 cents.
 RETAIL, CASH Parker's Cash grocery, 1924 Fourth avenue, north, w, T. Parker, manager; Coffee. 25 to 40 cents a pound; tea, 30 to 70 cents pound; eggs (fresh coun- | try), 35 cents dozen; rice, 51 cents a pound butter, 50 to so cents a pound condensed milk, 25 cents can; cheese S5 cents a pound; corn, Is to 25 cents a cam peas, IA to 20 cents a can; sugar 10 cents pound; beans, cents a can spaghetti, 10 cents a can; tomatoes No. cans, Il cents; asparagus, 2i Icents can.
 avenue! north, M. M Magnus man, lager: Coffee, 20 to 40 cents pound tea, 65 cents to $1 a pound; sugar , cents pound; butter, 53 to so cents cheese, 35 cents pound; rice, 5 to cents pound; eggs, 35 cents a dozen grits, cents pound; condensed milk IS and 25 cents can; corn, 10 10 2t cents can; peas, 12h to S5 cents 2 can: baked beans, 10 to Is cents a can tomatoes, to 8 cents a can; spaghetti 13 to IS cents a can; hominy. 7 to il cents a can; evaporated cream, 5A tc IA cents can.
 nue, north, B. F. Cowart, manager ter, 25 to SO cents; cheese 40 cents a pound; eggs, 35 cents a dozen; rice, 7K I cents a pound; grits. IS cents a pack. age; condensed milk, 20 to 25 cents a l can. peas, 15 cents can; corn, 15 cents a can spaghetti, 10 cents a can hom liry. Is cents pound; evaporated cream, 6 to 12h cents can; bake beans. 12h cents can; tomatoes, 1l l cents a can.
 OTHER PRICES
 Hills Cash Grocery No. 21, 1880 Fourth avenue. north, A. M. Black manager: Coffee, 20 to 40 cents a pound; sugar, g cents a pound; .ea, 70 to 90 cents pound butter 55 cents a pound; cheese, 35 cents a pound; rice 5 cents pound; grits, cents pound eggs, 35 cents dozen; condensed milk 17h to 2s cents can; peas, 12h to 40 cents can; baked beans, 10 to IS cents can; corn, 10 to 25 cents can; spaghetti, and cents can; hominy ITR to 10 cents a can; tomatoes 7H to Il cents cam evaporated cream, 5x to IA cents can; asparagus. 25 to 50 cents a can; peaches, 25 to 35 cents a | can.
 | w B. Emond and Son, grocers, 2231 Magnolia avenue, south. W. B. Emond manager, yesterday gave out the rol- lowing quotations: I Coffee best grades 40 cents; other grades at 25 and 35 cents: sugar 10 cents a pound; tea, 75 cents and Sl a pound; butter, 65 cents a pound cheese, 70 cents pound: condensed milk Pet brand. large size, Is cents; same brand. small sibe, two cans for Is cents fresh eggs. 40 cents dozen; rice, two pounds for 25 cents; grits. cents a pound.
 Norris Cohen. grocer. 7so Sixteenth street. north;
 | Coffee, best grades, 35 and 40 cents a pound; Eggs, 30 to 70 cents dozen rice. two pounds for 25 cents; grits, cents pound; condensed milk, 8 cents can; cheese. 35 and 45 cents a pound; sugar. 10h cents pound, and tee, 50 cents half pound
 Frank Rietta and company, Second avenue and Twenty-frst street, north, Frank Rietta, manager. yesterday submitted the following prices: I Cheese, 70 cents a pound: butter. 65 and TO cents pound; eggs. s6 and 45 cents pound.
 The Washington Market and Pro- ducc company, .o2s Second avenue, north:
 Butter. so and s5 cents a pound; cheese. 40 cents a pound: eggs. 35 and 45 cents a dozen. Y c. D. Kenny and company, retail cof- fee and tea house. 2o24 Second avenue. north:
 Coffee. 25 to 40 cents; sugar 10 cents a pound; tea, 65 cents to $1 a bound butter 65 cents a pound.
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