Thursdav. March 29. 1979
University Daily Kansan
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Plain wrappers sell well
Bv LESLIE GUILD
Staff Reporter
Penny-wise shoppers buying generic food products might be making local grocery store aisles more crowded, but their efforts are not paying them money, local grocery retailers sell.
Two Lawrence grocers say they are increasing the number of generic food products available to consumers, despite restrictions on their use. Items that are not identified by brand names.
"Other than the limits by our warehouses of what products are available, the store shelf space is our biggest problem." Keth Bennett, 1740 Massachusetts, said yesterday.
He said Dillon's had increased the number of generic food products from 18 to more than 100 since the store began stocking them in 1978.
"PEOPLE ARE looking for economy," be said. "They are buying generic items and the market for more items is steadily growing."
A cake mix provides an example of typical savings on an item, he said. A name brand cake mix sells for $1.29, compared with 55 cents for a generic cake mix.
"It isn't just those with hard pressed incomes who buy these items, either," he said. "Everyone is interested in savings. In fact, I buy these products myself."
Although generic food sales are increasing, some consumers said they were not satisfied.
"My roommate and I thought about
buying the generic tuna," one Dillon's shopper said. "We wanted to, but thought it might be tuna of a lesser quality. Then we bought a larger bottle. Think that a label could make a difference."
ANOTHER CONSUMER said she would buy generic foods, but had not done so in the
"They aren't sold at the store where I shop," she said. "But if they were I would buy them. I'm satisfied that generics are good quality products."
Lucas said Dillon's usually did not have problems in getting generic products in stock but that it depended upon whether the company was in stock in the company warehouse.
"These products are packed by the major packing companies on a limited basis."
He said the manufacturers package the amount of name-brand products they think they can sell. They then package the remaining products under generic labels.
"ALTHOUGH THE label does not affect the quality of the item, the amount packaged under name-brand labels does not affect the quality of the package under the generic label." Lucas said.
He said Dillon's did not know which company packaged the store's generic
"All major packers do package some generic items," he said. "But the items are sent to our warehouse without specification of who packed them. So as far as we're
concerned one generic product is as good as another."
Some of the generic items available include paper goods, salad oils, dog food and
The other store that stocks generic food in Lawrence is Way-1-Warehouse Foods, 846 W. Lawrence Ave., Suite 305.
"WE'VE STOCKED our own private label brands for a number of years," a spokesman said. "But as of about eight months ago, we've sold some generics too."
She said that the number of generics Way-
Lo could stock was limited.
"Space is a problem for us," she said. "So we usually let a product be tested on the market, and if it sells well other places, we to make room for it in this store."
She said gelatin provided an example of savings on a generic food item with a name brand it cost 25 cents and with a generic brand, 15 cents.
Product Size Generic Price Name-
brand Price
Facial Tissues .200 .49 .81
Coffee .21b. $3.99 $5.37
Saltine Crackers .16b. .49 .87
Cheese Spreads .12b. $1.79 $3.12
Syrup .32c. $1.15 $1.49
Catupst .32c. .85 $1.19
McCormick .32c. .75 $1.19
Canned Corn .16.5c. .39 .43
Grape Jelly .32c. .85 .13
Applesauce .15b. .31 .39
Apples .15b. $1.98 .29
Jelly
Francisco H. Ruiz, instructor at Penn Valley Community College, Kansas City, Mo., discussed the urban problems of the Mexican-American.
THEY WERE NOT educated property for urban life because the Spaniards did not provide any education for 300 years for the Indians in Mexico, according to Ruz.
Prejudices, biases and culture differences play a part in the dropout rate, she said, adding that proper or adequate teaching is essential to secondary schools needs to be improved.
century were mostly unskilled laborers,he said.
For the most part, Chicanos have not advanced rapidly in the United States because immigrants in the first half of this
The Pachuco, or first generation Mexican-Americans, had a dilemma. Ruiz said, because they did not want to remain in Mexico or to blend into life in the United States.
He said, "There are unexness between those who have forgotten the old country and those who are new and try to reconstruct old ways.
But Chicanos must ask themselves if they want to take on all of the American culture or retain much of the Mexican culture. Ruz said,
In 1919, at the time of the Mexican Revolution, Ruiz said, only three and one half million people out of 13 million could read or write.
He said he thought Mexicans, because of oil and increased technology, would no longer want to migrate as Mexico became a modern state.
Educator sees bilingual need
By ELLEN IWAMOTO
Staff Reporter
"The new generation is still constantly nurtured and supported by the old. Chicago has the old ways reinforced their roots are next door in Mexico."
"The problem seems to be getting people to stav in once they get in." she said.
Higher education has failed to produce qualified people to teach bilingual education, according to Afonso Lopez Vasquez, bilingual education program director for the Kansas City, Mo., school district.
ONE OF THEIR goals is to try to keep students in college once they enter, she said. A survey in 1972 indicated that 82 percent of the Hastings that entered college dropped out after their freshman year.
Loper, speaking yesterday afternoon at a conference, said there was no excuse for the lack of qualified bilingual teachers, and the funds are available for their training.
LOPEZ SAID, "When a school system provides English language instruction by teachers in English materials, this does not constitute equal education for students who are not English speakers."
The League's Education Center in Topeka encourages Hispanic students in high school to finish and to go on to college, Rodriguez said.
In 1974, the Supreme Court ruled that because of language barriers a San Francisco school district was not allowed to teach English in Chinese students enrolled in public schools.
and Massachusetts have programs that train college teachers in bilingual teaching.
She urged students to "get the qualifications, get those degrees, get some more and go on."
The conference, sponsored by MECHA,
a Mexican-American student
organization, and the office of minority
students at Laxen Latin Week, attracted
about 35 persons.
Texas, California, Colorado, Wisconsin
Anna Rodriguez, director of the League of United Latin American Citizens, discussed educational opportunities for Mexican-American students.
López said that 1978 was the first year that students could graduate with an education degree emphasizing bilingual education.
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