The Lexington advertiser. [volume] (Lexington, Miss.) 1904-1985, 1948-07-22
Grocery Prices Up!
No Drastic Changes
Are Yet Noted Here
locol Store Owners
Soy Meat, Eggs Rise;
MeoI, Milk Stationary


Grocery costs may have gone up
notlceabiy in key cities over the
United states. and slight changes
have been noted here, but no dras-
tic Increases have been reported.
according to local store owners.
WITHIN the past month a few raises
IN meat and eggs have been recess
STATED, though in some cases retail
prices have not yet been upped.
Sugar has risen from 20-30 cents
per 100 pounds.
According to George S. Patterson
of Patterson's I.G.A. store, the egg
situation has been changed within
the past two weeks because earlier.
eggs could be secured locally. With
a slump in the local egg market.
the proportionate rise in egg prices
was made in accordance with whole
sale market prices. Eggs r selling
in Lexington from SIS to so cents a
dozen, against prices two weeks ago
of from As to 40 cents a dozen.
Poultry Prices Decline
The price of meat has not in many
cases yet been changed, according
to local grocery men, in spite OF
noted rises on the wholesale mar
ket. Most store owners here say they
are keeping old prices until the
previously bought stocks at lower
prices have been depleted. A. L.
Jenkins, owner of City Market, re-
ports that poultry is on the decline,
due possibly to the abundance OF
fowl in the local market area. In
contrast to the four to 14-cent per
pound raise on meat during the
past month in cities, local prices now
report only an approximate zero to
10 cent increase. Bacon is about the
same.
In most stores here buttermilk
sells for IA cents a quart and sweet
milk 81 cents. Flour is reported the
same as in the past six months,
though prices r on the up on
canned goods and mayonnaiSe, ac-
cording to Pepper Tidwel of Jit-
ney Jungle. Within the past three
weeks a raise in the latter has been
reported from 80 to Sc cents a quart.
Fruits. Vegetables Up
West Coast fruits and vegetables
will be a little up according to-
several dealers, in keeping with
higher transportation charges and
the rising costs of labor. Oleo-
margarine was reported down two
cents a pound in the last month.
Oleo prices listed by local deal
ers were AS to AZ cents a pound, with
butter selling from 88 to SO cents a
pound, about the same as two
months ago. John Rhyme, proprietor
of Rhyme Coal and Feed store, said
wholesale prices or lard had gone
up rs to 81 cents a pound, effecting
an approximate 20 per cent raise.
Flour quotations have been fluctuat-
ing within the past few days with a
noted increase of 25 cents per bar
rel. Corn meal prices were thought
to be stationary
Cheese Reported To Rise
At Liberty Cash grocery, club
steaks and baby beef rounds were
selling at 80 cents a pound, with no
noted change in price though
cheese had been upped six cents a
pound. Flyers at the City Market
are selling for 66 cents against prices
a week and three weeks ago of 60
and 50 cents. Some fryers, sold at
that time for SIPS and $1.50, now
retail for ST apiece.
A. B. Holder of Henry Ice and
Coal storage, reports that prices Of
Milk have remained the same
throughout the past year. Vernon
King of Volunteer Market said new
prices of fruits and vegetables would
be up Is per cent. No changes in
sugar prices has yet been made.
Old Prices Quoted
Some last years prices are: Butt
ter, 80 cents a pound; milk, II cents
quart; eggs, SO cents dozen; bacon,
70 cents pound; salad oil, 80 cents
pound: bread 10 cents loaf; marga-
rine, 43 cents pound; pork chops,
70 cents pound; shortening, 43 cents
pound; and round steak, SO cents
pound.
OPA prices of these same articles
were: Butter, IS cents pound; milk.
1412, cents quart: eggs, SO cents
dozen; steak, As cents pound; pork
chop, 38 cents pound; shortening,
22h cents pound; bacon, AZ cents
pound; salad oil, So cents, quart;
bread, II cents loaf; and margarine.
Is cents pound. Only price lower
during l947 than during OPA was