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Show FgrTi KENTUCKY STRAIGHT I0URI0N I cjO WHISKEY ihw Safeuay Sfiawdls on Milk Prices o Milk is of major importance to the whole State of But you may ask what if the price Utah. Some 2,000 dairy farmers who produce grade A of milk Is "fixed" a penny or so too high? market milk - including all that Safeway sell, - are As Safg inted tQ Mnk Stud Com. . Vltn ?rfnnnn ee - if the pricfof milk you buy in stores is fixed The 757,000 consumers of Utah are ,ust as vttally . onf .. will cost the .nterested in the pr.ee .of milk for there is no substitute ,e of UtalfalmHost $450000 a year - almost half - particularly ,n a child s d.et. fnSllioD dollars. For the past eight weeks (during the first "milk " pricing truce" requested by Governor Lee) a committee AND WHAT IF MILK IS SOLD TOO appointed by the Utah Legislative Council has been CHEAPLY BELOW COST? studying milk costs and prices. On June 17 the Milk Study Committee presented its conclusions to the coun- This, too can cost jjtahn's money, cil One of the major conclusions was that the sale oi For thi$ ,eason j4 f Safewas policy never t0 UJ9 milk in paper cartons for less than 20-cents a quart mik af Q ,oss ,eaeJer $afe win meet hs compeU. should be prohibited. Safeway cannot, in good con- tors. but ha$ neyef and neyer win sdJ science, 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 , lne Milk Study Committee. In 1954 Lucerne Milk Com-POSSIBLE Com-POSSIBLE PRICE THAT'S WHY SAFE- Pany Utah, selling to Safeway, made a net profit of WAY SELLS MILK ONLY FOR "CASH- $iJ'nt6'Ut a itS investment-whileSafeway, u . selling to its customers, made a gross profit of $124,223. , AND-CARRY. (por tjie fjrst 20 weeks in 1955 Lucerne made a profit of $52,575.08, 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 you save the cost of credit accounts and expensive AND SAFEWAY BELIEVES THAT TO home-deliveries. INSURE A GOOD, STEADY SUPPLY OF c, . .. , , u- MILK, DAIRY FARMERS MUST HAVE 'teTn it Cn t0 SaVmS FAIR PRICES AND THOSE FAIR PRICES MUST BE CONSTANT. That's why, Safeway presented all its cost figures to Utah's Milk Study Committee to show the com- That's why, it is Safewas policy (a policy Safeway mittee that Safeway could sell 3.8 butterfat milk for has never violated) to pay top market prices for milk-less milk-less than the going price and would be able to sell it pUs 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 interest-milk (one that just meets state butterfat content require- because when the prke farmers get fof milk $ protected ments) for an even lower price. bottlers and retailers cannot pass the costs of competi- Despite these facts, the Milk Study Committee has, tive pricing back to the farmer, in effect, attempted to force a "price fixing" agreement Safeway presented witnesses to the Milk Study among milk bottlers and retailers. One council member Committee witnesses who testified from exper- stated the committee was "just more or less pegging" ience 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 continued would prevent Safeway However the Milk Study Committee made no and other efficient organizations from passing their recommendation to protect the price dairy farmers get savings on to you. for milk. ? 1 ' Safeway Works Daily With and For Thousands of Utahns 885 Safeway Utah employees received $3,541,876.37 in wages and salaries in 1954. 171 Utahns own 16,863 shares of stock in Safeway Stores. Safeway purchased the following Utah products in 1954. Purchases Total Purchases for Ratal or Purchases for Resale or Use Outside of Utah . Use in Utah of Utah Products Livestock and Meat Products $ 4,854,630.02 $ 1,929,904.66 $ 6,784,534.68 Poultry 422,564.00 68,042.80 490,606.80 Fruit (fresh, canned, frozen) 509,262.00 . 376,855.80 880,117.80 Vegetables (fresh and canned) 1,333,817.00 1,398,813.00 2,732,630.00 Fruit and Vegetable Juices .. 73,637.00 42,698.00 116,335.00 Dairy Products 1,652,945.09 1,050,907.46 2,703,852.55 Eggs 620,198.00 245,709.00 865,907.00 Sugar(beet) 712,302.40 474,151.20 1,186,453.60 Bread and Sweet Goods. 721,389.00 312,954.00 1,034,343.00 Flour 522,943,00 1,482,043.00 2,004,986.00 Other Products 1,714,718.8 482,081.11 2,196,799.19 TOTALS .$13,138,405.59 $ 7,858,160.03 $20,996,565.62 . .... t - - WHY SAFEWAY IS PUBLISHING THIS STATEMENT Safeway was born in neighboring Idaho. We have a big stake in Utah and a citizen's concern for Utah's well-being. 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