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CERGRO blue book : key price book

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Description: The CERGRO blue book was a service to grocers to be used as a tool to establish their own independent pricing. It includes case and cost per unit prices; prices for non-competitive, independent and chain stores; and current shelf prices for top retail chains. Cf. Sep. 26, 1990 issue.
Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Call number: 642053
Provenance: Gift of Joe Coulombe, November 8, 2001.
Dimensions: 28 cm
Associated people: Coulombe, Joe, (1930-2020,)
Associated organization: Certified Grocers of California, Ltd.
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Key price book

Rare Books

The Key price book was a service to grocers to be used as a tool to establish their own independent pricing. It includes case and cost per unit prices; prices for non-competitive, independent and chain stores; and current shelf prices for top retail chains. Cf. May 24, 1989 issue.

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Grocer's weekly guide

Rare Books

Grocer's weekly guide was a service to grocers containing wholesale costs; unit costs; percentage mark-ons for each item; retail prices from Ralph's, Safeway, Market Basket, Alpha Beta, and Von's; retail prices of independents; produce prices from Von's, Ralph's, and Safeway; beer prices at Von's, Ralph's, and Safeway, and dairy and meat prices for all 5 chains. Cf. Feb. 22, 1956 issue.

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Food Prices

Manuscripts

Approx. 10 items: several copies of newspaper columns relating to food prices and materials produced by the National Association of Food Chains and Super Market Institute.

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Circulation Department rate increase

Manuscripts

Approx. 40 items - letters, reports and memos. Notable subjects and items include: circulation price increases ; street sale price increases ; (Southern California) Retail Liquor Dealers Assn. ; letters to a number of grocery store chains announcing pricing adjustments.

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Trade price list of the Unexcelled Fireworks Company

Visual Materials

Image of a leaflet listing pricing information about different types of fireworks, firecrackers, and goods for sale by the Unexcelled Fireworks Company in New York. Print was folded, with four printed pages total, two on verso and two on recto. Right page of recto includes the title and a vignette similar to imagery on the Great Seal of the United States. Includes an image of an American eagle holding up a banner labeled “UnXld Fireworks” in its beak. Below the eagle is a shield with American stripes and stars, and the eagle holds an olive branch with one talon, and arrows with another. Left page of recto includes pricing information and five vignettes of lanterns, balloons, fireworks, and bomb shells. Verso pages include five vignettes of fireworks and rockets and lists the various names, descriptions, and pricing information about materials for sale, ranging from “Roman Candles” to “Torpedoes.”

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Six postcards advertising San Francisco grocery products from Hyppolite Dutard to Messrs. Hammond, Moore & Yardley

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Consists of 6 printed postcards sent by merchant Hyppolite Dutard, San Francisco to Messrs. Hammond, Moore & Yardley, grocers in Stockton, California. The cards are dated between August 1, 1885 to July 24, 1886. Each contains a printed list of that day's prices for commodities such as beans, potatotes, onions, peas, wheat, barley and corn.

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CERGRO blue book : key price book

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