Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 75, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 December 1916 — GROCER PAYS HIS CUSTOMERS [ARTICLE]

GROCER PAYS HIS CUSTOMERS

If They Carry Own Goods Rome He Taken r> Per Cent Off Bill. A grocer in Fon du Lac, Wisconsin, has introduced an interesting system'. He calls It the “cash and carry system.’’ If his customers pay cash for their goods he throws off 5 per cent. If they carry their purchases home he throws off another 5 per cent. If the family’s grocery bill is 125 a month, that means a saving of $2.50 —which would make a tidy addition to the savings bank balance.

The plan, it Is reported, takes well with this grocer’s customers. Moreover, he Is tickled with It himself. It saved him the expense of putting on more delivery wagons, which he would have had to do if he hadn’t adopted this system. It has increased his trade. It has given hlim the benefit of cash in the till Instead of credit on the books. It seems to be beneficial all around. It isn’t exactly new, of course. There are shops that do something like the same thing; that is,, by selling for cash only and doing no delivering, they can and do sell goods cheaper, and many take advantage of the opportunity to be thrifty. The cost of living is vastly higher than it uised to be before the days of credit and telephone ordering. when mother used to put a basket on her arm and go shopping. And one of the reasons why the cost of living is higher is that credit and delivery both cost money which, of course, the consumers have to. pay.—Duluth Herald.