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Thursday, September 6. 1973
University Daily Kansan
We'll Keep You Posted
By LARRY FISH
Kansas Staff Reporter
News item: the price of food continues to climb.
While that bit of information may not take the Pulitzer Prize this year, food price increases are a part of the news that affects everyone.
The Kansas is instituting a weekly price survey for the Lawrence area. Each Thursday, prices of 33 food items will be published, and price changes, if any, will be
This week, the prices of most items are compared with the prices of March 27, 1973.
the date of another Kansan food price survey.
In the five months since the March survey, Phases III and III<sub>2</sub> have expired and Phase IV has been initiated. Yet the price of food is increased dramatically. Some examples:
—a one-pound loaf of bread which cost 34 cents in most stores last March now sells for 41 cents, an increase of more than 20 per cent.
—the price of cut-up frying chicks went up more than 20 cents per pound at all area stores, about a 35 per cent increase in most cases.
ITEMS
AAP SUPERMAN
HILLOW'S
FALLEN'S DISCOUNT
BROOKETT
White Bread, Manor, 18 oz.
March 27
34
41
X
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
x
34
41
White Bread, Wonder, 24 oz.
March 27
44
34
44
34
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
44
Eggs Grade A Large
March 27
72
63
x
63
x
67
x
67
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
x
63
Eggs Grade A Medium
March 27
67
67
x
61
x
55
x
55
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
x
59
Butter, Land O'Lakes, 1 lb.
March 27
78
78
x
73
x
77
x
77
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
x
79
mergeral Margarine
March 27
47
47
x
47
x
49
x
49
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
x
47
free Food Milk, 1 gal.
March 27
1.13
1.13
- Grade A Large eggs were up 30 to 25
  a dozen in most stores, raising the
  price of these eggs.
- A pound of steak stank from 30 to 90 cents more than in March, with current prices ranging from $26 to $41.
Most increases have been more modest, but of the 28 items compared between March and September, eighteen cost more. Four items stayed the same, while two items, bananas and tomatoes, went up in some stores and down in others.
—Bacon shot up more than 75 per cent since July 18 at one store. A pound of bacon, which had been selling for 98 cents, is now sold at $1.74.
Forty KU and Lawrence community service agencies are represented today at the Voluntary Action Day in the Kansas Union Ballroom. Students may sign up for volunteer work until 5 p.m. The day is being sponsored by the Volunteer Clearance House. Senior class committee interviews continue today with interviews for the job interviewer Who or What at KU, activities, senior gift, and HOPE Award committees taking place from 3 to 5:30 p.m. in room 305, Parliors A and B of the Kansas Union.
Two items actually decreased in price during the five month period. Coffee and fresh green bean prices both reflected good harvests.
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•Decoupage Supplies
•Knitting Yarns—by Spinnerin and Reynolds
•Needlepoint Supplies
•Gift Items
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