Salt Lake Telegram | 1944-11-10 | Page 16 | Utah Grocers Halt Increases of Food Costs, Maw Says

Utah Grocers Halt Increases Increase Of Food Costs Cost 1 Maw Says The flight of runaway prices on foodstuffs has been arrested by the compliance of Utah grocers with price control regulations regulations regula- regula ions during the war period a statement signed by Gov Herbert B 3 B. Maw declared Frida Friday The statement was issued by the states state's chief executive executive- to ask that clubs civic groups and business associations turn the spotlight of public attention upon the grocers' grocers contribution to price stability stability sta- sta on the thc home front during the grocer consumer a n t i I Inflation campaign beginning Mon Monday Jay Everyone in Utah has benefited by y this achievement Food prices have lave risen but 46 over the 1939 base jase period as compared with 81 Jl o for a comparable period i in World War Val I I. I Living costs now are arc but 35 higher than in 1926 a normal year At the height o of the he inflationary period in 1920 living iving costs rose above the 1914 base the statement added The campaign is indorsed by the Utah Retail Grocers' Grocers the supermarkets and all nIl food store chains All grocers will display posters and other material calling I attention to the value of grocer grocer- i consumer cooperation in defeating inflation by strict compliance with the federal governments government's price control program Sherman P. P Lloyd executive secretary of the Utah Retail Grocers Grocers' Grocers Grocers Grocers' Gro Gro- cers cers' cers said The retail grocer grocer grocer gro gro- has as big a stake in the success success success suc suc- cess cf of price control as his cus- cus omers When he remembers the inflation and bankruptcies coming as an aftermath of the last war he realizes that he has a bigger stake because he has an Investment investment investment invest invest- ment in business A survey shows more Americans Americans Americans Ameri Ameri- cans are arc interested in the cost of living than In Jn any other home front issue With this campaign grocers have an to build up a tremendous reservoir reser of will good among the buying public This campaign will endeavor endeavor endeavor en en- deavor to place before shoppers a true picture of the grocers grocer's part partin in this war said Mark H. H Greene O 0 P A district price executive Frida Friday Fri Fri- da day Among the thousands of grocers signing the pledge to k keep ep inflation inflation tion away are W. W G G. G Smith and Earl Larson butcher and grocer respectively a at t th the a Safeway Stores Inc store at 1st t ave