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Show MEAT SELLERS MUST POST POINT VALUES Local retailers selling meat were reminded this week that they are required to post in a conspicuous conspicu-ous place the current OPA official consumer table of point value as well as the OPA charts showing the retail prices of beef, veal, lamb, mutton, and pork. The meat price charts show in cents per pound how much may be charged for each meat cut according accord-ing to the grade of the animal from which it was taken, it was stated. "The charts showing the point values, as well as those showing the prices of meats are as much for the convenience of the storekeeper store-keeper as for the consumer, the chairman said. "Surveys have shown that there is no more effective ef-fective method of speeding service and reducing the inconvenience of war-time shopping than to display the point value and price charts in a prominent place." The July consumer point value tables were distributed to local postoffices throughout the country, coun-try, where grocers and butchers could call for them, the board member said. In the future, OPA will mail the tables from Washington Washing-ton directly to every retailer. The meat price charts were mailed to all retailers in Utah by the state office. It was also suggested that stores selling meat should keep handy a copy of the trade point value showing the points required to purchase wholesale cuts of meat. These should be used to check against the point charges made by the wholesale supplier and made available to consumers who buy cuts shown on the trade chart but not shown on the consumer point value table, it was stated. Trade charts are available at the local board office. |