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Domestic News
May 13, 1948
Buckeye Valley News And Buckeye Review
Buckeye, Maricopa County, Arizona
What is this article about?
Careless shopping habits cost the average American family of four about $40 a year in unreceived merchandise due to short-weight and short-change rackets and errors, totaling around $25 million nationally, per a Department of Agriculture survey cited by George F. Austin Jr.
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Shopping
Habits Prove
Costly for Housewives
Careless shopping habits cost the American housewife about $40 a year for merchandise she never receives, with a national total in the neighborhood of 25 million dollars a year thus wasted.
Charging that housewives are the victims of a short-weight and short-change racket and error, George F. Austin Jr., deputy director of the bureau of weights and measures, points out that a survey by the department of agriculture discloses that the average family of four loses $40 a year as a result of the racket.
The buyer who swoops hurriedly through the store and the housewife whose mind is on other matters when her order is being tallied typify the general negligence of the shopper.
Annually the bureau's inspectors and trained shoppers make thousands of visits to check scales, measuring devices and pre-weighed packages in 6,500 retail stores.
Habits Prove
Costly for Housewives
Careless shopping habits cost the American housewife about $40 a year for merchandise she never receives, with a national total in the neighborhood of 25 million dollars a year thus wasted.
Charging that housewives are the victims of a short-weight and short-change racket and error, George F. Austin Jr., deputy director of the bureau of weights and measures, points out that a survey by the department of agriculture discloses that the average family of four loses $40 a year as a result of the racket.
The buyer who swoops hurriedly through the store and the housewife whose mind is on other matters when her order is being tallied typify the general negligence of the shopper.
Annually the bureau's inspectors and trained shoppers make thousands of visits to check scales, measuring devices and pre-weighed packages in 6,500 retail stores.
What sub-type of article is it?
Economic
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Shopping Habits
Housewives
Short Weight Racket
Consumer Loss
Weights And Measures
What entities or persons were involved?
George F. Austin Jr.
Domestic News Details
Key Persons
George F. Austin Jr.
Outcome
average family of four loses $40 a year; national total around 25 million dollars wasted annually.
Event Details
Careless shopping habits lead to losses from short-weight and short-change racket and errors; survey by department of agriculture; bureau inspectors check retail stores.