Show Food Business in US Biggest Rotary Hears The wholesale and retail food business is the biggest in inthe inthe the US and therefore is highly competitive Don Lloyd executive vice president and general manag manag- manager er of Associated Food Stores made this statement Thursday of last week at Vernal Rotary Club GROCERIES cost each per per- person son per year Or r 19 of the pay in the Us which is the smallest percent percent- percentage age in the civilized world Mr Lloyd said He compared this with Rus Rus- Russia sia with 60 and Nigeria with 80 He credited the low per per- percentage in the US to the productivity of US agriculture MR LLOYD compared the facts that one in 3 or about 50 million Americans are over weight when one half of the worlds world's population Is serious serious- seriously ly underfed He reported that the US government spends 1 million a day to store surplus foods The number of food retail retail- retailers ers are dwindling by per year and the wholesalers by 50 per year some due to coon con con- consolidations and mergers DRAMATIC changes are taking place in merchandising with new electronic process process- processing ing methods Mr Lloyd concluded by urging high standards of con con- conduct duct at all times in business and having responsibility to the community Alvin G Green reported on the beginning of the new new seas seas- ons on's bantam basketball schedule schedule dule in e armory RAY L 1 NASH HASH presented a afram fram framed Way 4 Test to Kelly Goodrich Jr Rotarian for the month of 01 December Dale Lee who was present was named the Jr Rotarian for January Mr Lee was reported ported outstanding in 1 i ics s and and scholarship and also a asinger I Ii singer Guests were J M Hog I Bard gard of American Fork and from Vernal were Cal Dee Reynolds Capt S A Hunter Jack Stagg Mark Pope Frank Wright Glenn H Coop Coop- Cooper er Jack T Parkinson and Bill BiU Gurr |