The Waterbury Democrat., 1946-10-10
Restaurants
 Allowed Price Do
Boost on Meot Means Nothing Without Supply

IOQ3y was OPA-QecreeQ "FCeSLdu- rant Day." the day for 15 percent boosts on meat dishes and price ad- justments on other meals, but few restaurants observed it, survey disclosed.
 we can't raise prices and keep our customers" was the general comment of restaurateurs.
 Diorio's Restaurant made no in- creases. The Front Page Restaurant prepared for only a few. The Term inal Luncheonette was among others which planned to stick gen. orally to old prices.
 To Increase Some Dishes
 One restaurateur said that slight increases will probably be made on such dishes as rice pudding and pea soup, because of sharp increases in the cost of rice and split peas. He said no changes will be made on meat prices. He said that some ad- justments may be made from time to time if the cost on food con- modities to the restaurant in- creaseS, but that the increase will fall far snort of the permitted f5 percent.
 Many local restaurants boosted prices slightly when the OPA went temporarily out of existence. Then the OPA controls were restored and the prices went back to the old levels. Waterbury restaurateurs said today that any increases that are made will be similar to those tenn porarily in force during the Sum- mer, and that they will mot reach the 15 percent mark.
 The restaurant owners expressed more concern today over the meat shortage, than over menu prices
 The worry also spread in Water bury today to poultry supplies which were reported dWindling. Turkeys Also Scarce
 One live poultry dealer said to- day that his store, which used to keep regular hours on Saturdays now exhaustS supplies by the mid dle Of the week. He said the SUD- plies were fair, but that the situ- atlon may become serious if poul- try continues to be the main sub stitute for meat.
 Turkeys appeared scarce on the market today, but dealers pointed out that they weren't yet in sea- son. One dealer said that suf- ficient number of turkey farms exist in the Waterbury area to fill loca needs providing out-of-state deal. CTS don't come in."
 The local poultry dealers point. ed out however, that chicken i selling at dollar a pound in New York and that farmers have beer turning over an increasing number of them to out-of-state dealers.
 Complaints on increase of fooc prices became more widespread here, meanwhile. A survey showed that butter was selling general. from 93 cents to dollar pound The OPA level had been 68 cents
 The Sales Management, na tional publication, reported tha food expenditures in Waterbury to- tai 92 percent more now than il 1940. The national increase wa. computed at 88 percent.
 Dr. Edward J. Godfrey, cit! health officer, reported today tha no dealer has registered in this cit! to sell horse meat for human con sumption. He pointed out that license must be secured before sucl sales can be made, and that. deal CTS selling horse meat are required to post signs stating that the mea is horse meat.
 Several stores in the Waterbur, area are selling horse meat for ami nal consumption, however. N special registration is required, bu the product must be labeled a horse meat, it was disclosed.