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THE FOOD DEALER AUG-SEPT, 1972 Nostalgia at State Fair The kick-off parade of the 1972 Michigan State Fair provided for some reminiscing for fair-goers. Pictured above before the United Dairies horse-drawn milk wagon providing fair attend­ ers with some nostalgia, from left, are George Kayes, executive vice-president and Gerald Neff, general manager of the firm. Minor Employment Law - Page 18 This is a picture of people enjoying Stroll's beer. 1972 1969 This picture tells a special kind of story. It says that if you line up all of the new friends we’ve made over the last 3 years, the line will go way up. And that’s the kind of story a sales picture ought to tell. From one beer lover to another. The STROM COMPANY. DETROIT VICHIGAN 48226 THE FOOD DEALER Aug.-Sept., 1972 Americans Will Only Spend 12% on Food in 2000 By the year 2000, Americans will spend only 12.5 *“The current retail cost of protein from soy-based percent of their disposable personal income for food, analogs may well be higher than the cost of protein compared with 16 percent today, according to Dr. from red meats and poultry, because the process of Roy M. Kottman, Dean of the College of Agriculture texturizing and shaping soy flour into a form that and Home Economics, Ohio State University. caters to the preferences of U.S. consumers is costly”; “Higher incomes will permit consumers to and continue to choose more animal products,” Dr. *“Food consumption projections based solely on Kottman told representatives of the nation’s livestock comparative cost ignore the fact that few people who and meat industry attending the 50th Anniversary have sufficient income to eat as they choose select Meeting of the National Live Stock and Meat Board their diets on the basis of the lowest cost per unit of in Chicago, recently. Speaking on “Future Prospects nutrient or food energy. Instead, they choose foods for U.S. Animal Agriculture,” he based his that satisfy physiological, psychological, and social projections on a three-year long-range planning needs.” project, “Life 2000,” conducted by faculty members Besides the question of comparative costs, Dr. in the institutions which he heads. Kottman said that there are three other major Dr. Kottman predicted that each U.S. citizen will challenges which the animal industry will face in the consume an average of 667 pounds (retail weight future: the alleged relationship between animal fats equivalent) of animal products in the year 2000, and heart disease, pollution from livestock waste and compared with an average of 634 pounds for the year the adequacy of land and other resources to support a 1967-9. continually growing livestock industry. “Consumption of beef and veal will increase to 140 pounds per person per year, compared with 115 pounds today,” he said, “and pork consumption will Pinna New Hamady's Pres. climb to 75 pounds, 15 percent above present levels, reflecting favorable public reaction to dramatic Raymond J. Pinna, former vice-president and improvements in pork quality along with more general manager has been named president of aggressive marketing and promotion of pork Hamady Bros. Food Markets, Flint, succeeding products. Lamb and mutton consumption may Robert L. Hamady who served as president of the decline slightly, however. food stores division in addition to heading Hamady “This means that by the year 2000, U.S. farmers Bros., Inc., the parent corporation. Mr. Hamady will need to produce 70 percent more beef and pork, remains president and chief executive officer of and the same amount of lamb and mutton as at Hamady Bros., Inc. present,” Dr. Kottman said, adding that his At the same time, Theodore M. Hamady was projections were based on a U.S. population of 280 named chairman of Hamady Bros. Food Markets. million in the year 2000. Jack A. Hamady, an AFD director, was chairman for “Much of the publicity today about high food both firms and continues as chairman of Hamady prices fails to recognize that U.S. families were Bros., and secretary-treasurer of the food stores spending 25 percent of their income for food 20 division. years ago, compared with 16 percent today,” Dr. Kottman said. Continually increasing livestock production efficiency will help hold down relative Unit Pricing at Wrigley costs, he said, explaining that “despite recurrent Wrigley Super Markets became the fourth major conjecture that U.S. animal agriculture has reached Michigan food chain to offer unit pricing to its plateaus in production efficiency, genetic variation in customers. The firm followed the lead of Chatham today’s livestock indicate that the biological potential Super Markets, Meijer Super Markets and Farmer for efficiency improvement and cost reduction is Jack Super Markets to offer unit pricing. In addition, tremendous.” several independent operators around Michigan also Dr. Kottman said that studies which are frequently offer unit pricing. cited to show that a given quantity of protein from Called Accu-Price, the system will provide a cost plant sources costs considerably less to produce than breakdown per item per measure, as by ounces, an equal quantity of protein from animal sources “do pounds, etc., and will cost the chain about $2,000 per not give sufficient attention to several significant store during the first year according to Robert factors,” such as: Cassetta, Wrigley pricing manager. Page 4 The Food Dealer • Aug.-Sept., 1972 THE FOOD DEALER The Sounding Board Volume 46 — No. 5 Copyright. 1972 To the AFD: Official Publication of We wish to take this opportunity to thank the THE ASSOCIATED FOOD DEALERS Associated Food Dealers for its wonderful support in 434 West Eight Mile Rd. Detroit, Michigan 48220 our recent fund raising drive. Your efforts went a Phone: 542-9550 long way in helping us maintain the programs for the • Boys’ Club of Royal Oak. John L. Salter EDWARD DEEB. Editor Executive Director CHRISTINE SAJDAK, Office Secretary Boys’ Club of Royal Oak MINERVA ZIVAN, Insurance Secretary • I and the International Freedom Festival Committee wish to publicly thank the many food and Officers —1972 beverage firms that contributed to the success of the ALLEN VERBRUGGE. President Old-Fashioned Picnic in Downtown Detroit last July Verbrugee's Food Markets_____________ Grasse Pointe 4. Because of their generosity, the picnic which HARVEY L. WEISBERG. Chairman featured beer, pop and hot dogs for a dime -- drew Chatham Super Markets _____ ______________W arren 50,000 people into downtown Detroit and a good MIKE GLANCOTTI time was had by all. Chairman. Executive Committee Thomas P Banas, coordinator Auburn-Orchard Super Markets _____ Utica Old-Fashioned Picnic J. OMER GAGNE, Vice President Freedom Festival People's Super Markets _______________________ Pontiac RAY MARTYNIAK, Vice President Ray s Prime M eats _____ _______________ ____ Trenton PHIL LAURI, Vice President Lauri Bros. Super Market ____________________Detroit EDWARD ACHO, Treasurer J-A Super Market ____ Detroit Trustees PHIL SAVERINO, Chairman Phil's Quality Market _________________________ Detroit ALEX BELL. Village Food Market ___ Grosse Pointe WILLIAM BENNETT. Quik-Pik Stores ....... Detroit SIDNEY BRENT. Kenilworth M arket_______Detroit LOUIS GEORGE. Mayfair Super M arket___Detroit DON LaROSE. Food Giant Super Mkts. _ Hazel Park JAY WELCH. Hollywood Super Markets .. Royal Oak EDWARD DEEB. Executive Director GEORGE BASHARA, Legal Advisor Directors LAFAYETTE ALLEN—Allen’s Supermarkets ----------------- Inkster WILSON BOYD—King Cole Super Markets___________ Detroit SAM COSMA—Atlas Super Market ---------------------------- Pontiac PAUL FELICE—Felice s Quality M arket--------------------- Pontiac JACOB GRANT—Farmer Grant’s Market----------------Ann Arbor DON HARRINGTON—Meat-N-Place__________ St. Clair Shores SID HILLER—Shopping Center Super Markets------— Southfield JACK HA.MADY—Hamady Super Markets-------------------------Flint GEORGE JERRY—C. Jerry’s Super Markets________Port Huron DANNY KNOPPER—Danny’s Super Markets _________ . Detroit FRED LEVEY'—Lindy's Super Markets------------------------ - Detroit GENE MATTI—Town Square Super Market___________ Dearborn MOYED NAJOR—Publix Super Market------------------------Detroit JAMES PEABODY'—Peabody’s Market ------------------- Birmingham R. JERRY PRZYBYLSKI—Jerry’s Butcher Shoppes__ Wyandotte SALIM SARAFA—Big Dipper Super Market----------------- Detroit RAY SHOULDERS—Shoulders’ Markets ______________Detroit LEONARD TAGIAVIA—Dan-Dee Super M arkets______ Detroit LOUIS VESCIO—Vescio’s Super M arkets____________ Saginaw THOMAS VIOLANTE—Holiday Super Market ___ _ Royal Oak WILLIAM WELCH—Hollywood Super Markets----------------Troy SPARTAN STORES, INC. announced recently a new baling program JERRY YONO—Imperial Quality M arket--------------------- Detroit which will process some 280 tons of cardboard per week, or 15,000 tons a year. Pictured above is the new 100,000-pound baler in Spartan’s warehouse which already has 53 retailers participating. The Food Dealer • June-July, 1972 Memo from Faygo Four New Supplier by MORTON FEIGENSON Members Join AFD President The Associated Food Dealers, Michigan’s largest food distribution association and service organization, representing over 2,300 members, wishes to welcome aboard four new supplier members to the No doubt about it. Faygo and our controlled line of Sunglow Association. Their names, addresses and phone flavors work exceptionally well together on the shelf. numbers are as follows: Together, they bring in more than 2 percent of our total sales SHEFFER’S LUCIOUS CHEESE,

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