Word: readycut
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...middlemen increasing their profits at the expense of the farmers? They deny it, argue that increased costs for wages (up 16% in the packing industry from 1954 to 1955), trucking, etc. helped keep the price of beef up. Furthermore, the great increase in processing, e.g., for frozen and readycut meats, builds in costs that make retail prices react slower to wholesale price drops...
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