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Food Distribution Facilities for Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pennsylvania

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  • Overheim, Richard K.
  • Morris, J. N., Jr.
  • Smalley, H. R.
  • Stewart, C. F.
  • Thompson, R. A.
  • Karitas, J. J.
  • Goulston, C. L.

Abstract

Excerpts from the report: The Redevelopment Authority and the Chamber of Commerce of Wilkes-Barre and food industry representatives requested assistance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture in planning new facilities for food firms being displaced by urban renewal projects and for other firms that may face eventual relocation as a result of pending urban renewal plans. The study was given impetus by an urban renewal project in Wilkes-Barre, which will rejuvenate part of the downtown area. This project displaced a group of fresh fruit and vegetable wholesalers, the only market concentration of its kind in the city. The study had the following objectives: • To analyze the present wholesale food marketing situation in Wilkes-Barre, Scranton, and the seven counties in northeastern Pennsylvania and to determine whether the products handled by firms needing new facilities are of sufficient volume and variety to provide a nucleus for a new wholesale distribution center. • To determine selected measurable costs of handling food products through firms needing new facilities. • To develop a plan for new facilities that would meet immediate needs and provide for orderly future growth and to evaluate possible sites for efficient wholesale food marketing. • To estimate the costs of land, construction, and operating expenses for the new facilities. • To estimate probable savings and other benefits from suggested improvements.

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  • Overheim, Richard K. & Morris, J. N., Jr. & Smalley, H. R. & Stewart, C. F. & Thompson, R. A. & Karitas, J. J. & Goulston, C. L., 1973. "Food Distribution Facilities for Wilkes-Barre and Scranton, Pennsylvania," Marketing Research Reports 312041, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:312041
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.312041
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