@article{Manchester:320401,
      recid = {320401},
      author = {Manchester, Alden C. and Lundquist, Dorothy M. and Dumas,  James W.},
      title = {The Organization of Wholesale Fruit and Vegetable Markets  in Chicago, Lincoln, Los Angeles, Louisville, Milwaukee,  New Orleans, Oklahoma City, Omaha, San Francisco-Oakland,  Tulsa, and Wichita},
      address = {1964-07},
      number = {1485-2022-722},
      series = {ERS-163},
      pages = {136},
      year = {1964},
      abstract = {This report describes in tabular form the organization and  operation of 11 wholesale markets.  It includes tables  showing the buying, selling, and operating practices of the  wholesalers and chains in the markets, and the changes that  have taken place during the past 20 years.  The information  on which the report is based was obtained as part of a  nationwide study of wholesale markets.  The findings should  give public agencies, and other firms in wholesale and  shipping-point markets, farmers, and other interested  citizens a better understanding of the forces at work in  the marketing system for fresh fruits and vegetables.   Moreover, these findings should provide a basis for making  better decisions in adjusting to the changes taking place  throughout the structure of marketing.  The basic data for  the nationwide study were obtained in 1959 and 1960 by  personal interviews with representatives of 2,600 wholesale  firms in 52 markets throughout the United States.   Information is presented on four major elements in the  organization of these markets--market structure, marketing  channels, marketing practices, and changes between the  1930's, 1948, and 1958-59.  },
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/320401},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.320401},
}