@article{Hinsch:313639,
      recid = {313639},
      author = {Hinsch, Robert Tom and Rij, Roger E.},
      title = {Feasibility of Shipping California Table Grapes in  Fiberboard and Polystyrene Foam Boxes and in Polyethylene  Mesh Bags  },
      address = {1970-09},
      number = {2393-2021-2702},
      series = {Marketing Research Report No. 871},
      pages = {18},
      year = {1970},
      abstract = {Excerpts from the report:  Practically all the table  grapes sold in the United States are produced in  California.  The crown-packed wood box, usually packed with  26 pounds of table grapes, has been the most commonly used  container for shipping grapes to market.  Over the years,  shippers made many individual changes in grape shipping  containers, with the result that 18 sizes of containers  with many variations in container construction and  accessory packing materials are now in use for  loose-packing grapes.  Moreover, the trend toward offering  more prepackaged produce for sale in retail stores has led  to increased demand from retailers for grapes packaged in  consumer-size units.  The purpose of this study was to find  out (1) how much the cost of marketing table grapes could  be reduced if they were packed and shipped in fiberboard or  polystyrene foam boxes instead of in wood boxes, (2) how  much more it would cost to prepackage grapes in  polyethylene mesh bags than to pack them loose in wood  boxes, and (3) how consumers would react to buying grapes  prepackaged in mesh bags.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/313639},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.313639},
}