Show DO NOT SIGN A PETITION FOR MUNICIPAL GAS paid advertisement Advertis ment by citizens committee against municipal gas how safeway stands on milk M ilk prices 4 I 1 milk is of major importance to the whole state of but you may ask what if the price utah some 2000 dairy farmers who produce grade A of milk Is fixed a penny or so too high market milk including all that safeway sells are As safeway also pointed out to the milk study committee vitally interested in the prices they receive for their if the price of milk you buy in stores is fixed milk the consumers of utah are just as vita vitally fly just one cent too high it will cost the per quart interested in the price of milk for there is no substitute people of utah almost a year almost half in childs diet particularly barly a a million dollars for the past eight weeks during the first milk pricing truce requested by governor lee a committee AND WHAT IF MILK IS SOLD TOO appointed by the utah legislative council has been CHEAPLY BELOW COST studying milk costs and prices on june 17 the milk study committee presented its conclusions to the council this too can cost utahna money one of the major conclusions was that the sale of for this reason it is eways policy never TO uso use milk in paper cartons for less than 20 cents a quart milk as a loss leader safeway will meet its competitors should be prohibited safeway cannot in good conscience prices but has never and never will sell allow this conclusion to go unchallenged milk below cost to attract customers safeway sells milk as a business to make money SAFEWAY BELIEVES MILK SHOULD BE on it As proof safeway presented its profit figures to AVAILABLE TO YOU AT THE LOWEST the milk study committee in 1954 lucerne milk company POSSIBLE PRICE WHY SAFEWAY of utah selling to safeway eway made a net profit of 2611 on its investment while safeway eway SELLS MILK ONLY FOR CASH selling to its customers made a gross profit of AND CARRY for the first 20 weeks in 1955 lucerne made a profit of and safeway continued to make its As safeway testified before the committee you pay normal profit in milk cash for milk at safeway and carry it home yourself vours elf yo you u save the cost of credit accounts and expensive AND SAFEWAY BELIEVES THAT TO home deliveries INSURE A GOOD STEADY SUPPLY OF MILK DAIRY FARMERS MUST HAVE safeway believes you are entitled to get this saving it FAIR PRICES AND THOSE FAIR PRICES you earn MUST BE CONSTANT why safeway presented all its cost figures to milk study committee to show the committee why it is eways policy a policy safeway that safeway could sell 38 butterfat milk for has never violated to pay top market prices for milk less than the going price and would be able to sell it plus a bonus for quality for still less in the future and can sell a not so rich safeway believes that this is in the public interest milk one that just meets state butterfat content requirements because when the price farmers get for milk is protected ments for an even lower price bottlers and retailers cannot pass the costs of competitive despite these facts the milk study committee has pricing back to the farmer in effect attempted to force a price fixing 1 agreement age ement safeway presented witnesses to the milk study among milk bottlers and retailers one council member committee witnesses who testified from experience stated the committee was just more or less pegging that where the price paid farmers for milk is the price of milk out of stores at 20 cents such a pegged protected price wars do not occur or fixed price if contin continued tied would prevent safeway however the milk study committee made no and other efficient organizations from passing their recommendation to protect the price dairy farmers fa get savings on to you for milk safeway works daify daily with wi th and for thousands tho hsands of utahna safeway utah employees received hecei v ed in wages wag es and salaries in 1954 utahna own shares of stock in safeway stores safeway purchased the following utah products in 1954 purchases total purchases for resale or purchases for resale or use outside of utah use in utah products livestock and meat products poultry fruit fresh canned frozen vegetables fresh and canned fruit and vegetable juices dairy products eggs sugar beet bread and sweet goods flour other products TOTALS WHY SAFEWAY IS publishing THIS STATEMENT safeway was born in neighboring idaho we have a big stake in utah and a citizens concern for well being we believe we have a r responsibility 1 to the public our employees suppliers and stockholders to publish the r record C ord of our testimony to the milk study committee Commit fe watch for fee these reports in this newspaper |