European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 4, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                .  a in voc a Rad Lional Al ennui Coffee consumption was Down  29 a nit  since 1965 Tola milk dropped 18 Pyrc Cal beef consumption in 1985 was up 1 Pirr it irom 1965 and hard liquor use 13 Pyrc Cal wmi1  isl 150 percent Over that Listl 20 Yris the 19s5 figures still represented a Diop us t Ruji Ucol for Beer and 15 Pyrc Cal far hard liquor Iron Ito qb1 85 average us a attrib cd inc tall Oil to a Helm i a against drinking and driving and greater con Mimor interest in nutrition and fitness " an actual gain in wine consumption can to attributed to the growing popularity of wine coolers in euros of wine and fruit juice which now account Lor 14 percent of total wine consumption us a said. The us a report National food review also contained information on food prices. Roast Biel. Lor example Tor 14 cents a Pound a quart of milk for nine cents Bacon. 19 cents a Pound potatoes 75 coins a Bushel and eggs 29 cents a dozen. Don t run out to the Siloro to Lake advantage of those bargains though unless you have a Lime machine those were he prices in 1869 four years after he civil War. In 1986, average retail prices according in us a were roast Beof ii.59 a Pound milk 56 cents a quart Bacon $2,09 a Pound potatoes $14 40 a Bushel and eggs 87 cents a dozen. The re porn said hat the average american earned $791 a year in 1869, of that $479 was spool on groceries according to us a s economic research service thai accounted for 61 percent of income compared with about 14 percent for food tobacco and beverages on Tot furniture and household equipment and $1142 billion Tor savings. Food alone claimed 10.9 percent of the average american s disposable income in 1933 it was the Low end of the International scale presented in the report other countries ranged from 46.7 percent in the Philippines to 12 3 percent in Canada. Other selected countries United kingdom 13.5 percent. France 15.7 percent West Germany 20 percent Italy 21.3 percent Honduras 425 percent Korea 37.5 percent Thailand 34.9 percent Greece 29.9 percent Columbia 28.5 percent. Happened is it became trendy he said High class restaurants began featuring fresh fish so the wholesalers had to and he retailers had to. If you want 10 compete nowadays you pretty much have to have a fresh  last year Alaska produced 3.6 billion pounds of seafood Worth $890 million. The majority was Frozen it would be impractical to try to ship such a volume of seafood All Iresh processors say. With that in mind the Alaska seafood marketing Institute a Public private group that promotes Alaska seafood last year instituted a program to convince Consumers Frozen was As Good As fresh. I think your average consumer thinks fresh is the Best said Asmi executive director merry Tuten. But there s a lot of definitions of what fresh is. Unless you re Heie and get in Oil the boat How do you know How Iresh 11 is nevertheless demand has created the Market and modern transportation has met the demand. Air shipments of seafood began out of Yakut Al in the Early 1970s before that steamships came in twice a year and hauled out the fish Frozen of course when i was a boy we used to gel jobs in the Cannery and we would go in with axes and picks and break the Frozen fish Loose from huge Frozen dusters in the Freezer and throw them in the bins and Load them onto barges Ryman said. Now if you went Down o the Plant you d see the fish nicely divided into immaculate stainless steel tubs iced labelled Aslo Quality and Type of fish and handled carefully not to be  As Ryman Speaks his cargo Crew slides igloos packed with seafood into the belly of the Jet. Igloos miffed Wilh freight from Anchorage tote paper Mruk. Groceries mail clothes life s necessities for inaccessible towns and villages were unloaded a Slop earlier in Cordova. When the 737 touches Down in the pro Dawn darkness of Seattle the Yakutat shipment is unloaded and doted out to distributors wholesale and retail from san Diego. Oakland Seattle and Minneapolis. The seafood stuffed igloos Are replaced with More Reighl and mail Lor the three hour flight Back to Anchorage. A Taw other Carrier including Mark air end Northern air cargo Fly Lish within the stale dropping loads in Anchorage where commercial airlines such As Delta United and american can Lake them South. Alaska airlines is the Only commercial Carrier thai Hies to the state s Many tiny towns and hauls seafood and other products directly from processors at those Points to the lower 48. Each Igloo can hold More than 7,000 pounds of Reighl or seafood but occasionally he cargo won t lit in a conventional Container. Thai s one he about Alaska said Todd Wallace Alaska airlines cargo manager in Anchorage. Guys la ship anything irom the Kitchen sink to Llamas Reindt horses goats Giu Elres. To shipped a Blus Bear from Juneau where he was Ealing All the garbage to the 201. In  Earp him Soll has hauled Caribou pm Kox and dog learns. The 737, Wilh its $13 million Price tag. Has also served As what must be the world s most expensive garbage Barge we had 10 help garbage out of dead horse Prudhoe co Pilot sob Coviello said. They can l dispose of it up there above the Arctic circles to look it to Anchorage Anchorage is the Hub in the alaskan seafood freight wheel at the height of the season it s not unusual Lor More than 120,000 pounds of seafood to move in and out of the slate s largest City. The system thai rushes seafood from water to waiter relies on the Telephone and Quick reflexes. On this Day the Alaska a lines cargo terminal roars Wilh the noise of forklifts trucks and should a workers. Less than two hours ago. A Cail came from Cordova or an unscheduled Stop so cargo handlers Are Busy building four in kiss of local Reighl Lor them. They be got fish we be got freight so everybody scrambles Wallace said. The key is to move in in the Iron door and move in out the Back  sunday october 4.1937 the staffs and stripes Page 17