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Demand relationships and pricing implications for selected potato products

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This study focused on determining retail demand relationships between tablestock potatoes, frozen french fries, and potato chips. The impact upon potato utilization resulting from independent pricing decisions was also analyzed. Bi-weekly data were obtained from five Central Maine grocery stores and analyzed using multiple linear regression

Sales of tablestock potatoes appeared to be influenced more by the prices of potato chips than by their own price. The reverse was true for both french fries and potato chips, as their own prices had a greater effect on sales than did prices of other products. The inter-product analysis indicated that independent pricing decisions, while increasing utilization for the market with the reduced price, might cause utilization of potatoes in other markets to decline, possibly to the extent that total utilization was reduced from the original level

To reduce or prevent widespread economic injury to the potato industry, it is recommended that a coordinated marketing system be developed to guide the industry through the transition from a predominantly fresh potato market to a market dominated by processed potato products

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En este estudio se investigó las relaciones de demanda (al por menor) para la papa fresca, congelada y chips. También se vió el efecto de otras decisiones independientes de precios sobre la utilización de papa. Se utilizó datos quincenales provenientes de cinco bodegas de Maine Central, analizándolos con regresiones multiples

Parecía que la venta de papa para consumo directo fue influenciada más por el precio de los “chips” que por su mismo precio. Lo opuesto se dió con papas fritas y chips, porque sus propios precios tuvieron mayor efecto sobre las ventas en relación a los precios de otros productos. El análisis entre productos indicó que las decisiones independientes de precios podrían también reducir el uso de la papa en otros mercados, inclusive hasta reducir el uso total desde un nivel dado

Para reducir o evitar pérdidas económicas a la industria de la papa, se recomienda coordinar el sistema de mercadeo para gu iar a la industria en la fase de transición de un mercado, primordialmente para consumo directo, hacia uno dominado por productor procesados

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Assistant Professor, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics University of Maine Orono, Maine 04473.

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Pelsue, N.H. Demand relationships and pricing implications for selected potato products. American Potato Journal 52, 39–45 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02852036

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