Excerpts from the report Preface: This is the tenth in a series of Farmer Cooperative Service studies on the frozen food locker and freezer provisioning industry. The first 9 studies were published in 1940-46, 1950, 1955, and 1960. Farmer Cooperative Service conducted these studies at the request of, and in cooperation with, the National Institute of Locker and Freezer Provisioners. This work was also supported by a research advisory committee of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Information in this report on industry trends and changes will aid frozen food locker and freezer provisioners in making management plans and decisions. This report also furnishes data on size and scope of the industry for use by frozen food packers and distributors, manufacturers of homefreezers and wrapping materials, trade associations, and State and Federal agencies.