om Florida Food and Grocery lee!
That Pun-i- Bryant, e lending mete tor govornor or Yloride.
end tamer Speaker of the Hon-e, ie interned n to the problene
and epportunitiee racing the retail and uholeeele grocery-food
in thin etaeo ie becoming increasineg lore evident. no the
oupnign begine to guin nonentun, Brynnt'e public etetenente,
ee well an thoee nede to prooery exeoutivee here and there,
reileot e genuine interest in progreee or the induetry.
{(Un 1
tta,'OllllullFeI=-leb@O.rBryentnet with eone thirty, or forty
11W W tool. W
13%?er enbero of bio "Younger Deloorete
m owl-l :
{or Bryent orgnnintionA In reeponee to e queetion, Bryant had
this to any about the rapid expaneion of trial eupernenete in
oride: 'The rapid building 0! new eupernrkete base or couree
provoked
lil many pruning problene within the reteil grocery induetry,
mainly having to do with inoreneed oonetitive eituatione and resulting
volume locus [denim eueteined by already eetubliehed reteil
etoree. ehlle thie ie regreteble, end I problem which must
continue to be studied in Ltert to properly inform the industry
to help then with intelligent lnnning, it in also a eign of
eigniticnnj'v. Florid- ie, no we ell know, in a stage of population
'exploeion' end keen grocery-en haw that preferred loostione or
tout-roe nuet often be nude operative in edvenoe or actual need.
ouch construction in lltlvcl, lo. populltod neighborhood! mu"
.100 be recOgniccd on c atilulant to how arco GTOVho J'* 3 "
cchoclc. church... peve-ect end the hcuain. develoynentc than-elven.
Hy principll concern in not thlt cupcrilrhctc in Ililt/ll
thou-alto. pose criticel problema. but that the entiro aroe of III
unburban growth hunt have 1 great cool more attention.
lrylnt then went on to txplnil his out of Iplal' progro- which
includes greatly inorccced leader-hip vhcn '1 (Bryant) I~ Ilotod
gowernor" to in providing planning tor cub-rich develop-out ca well
no for rebirth of tho 'ccntrul city" and downtown creel. in cooper-ticn
with local otticiclc.
In hlaoi on Rob 26. horccc huss' Gordon. BryIlt'I Undo Galaty Klan Or
and rotirod Execctivo Vice-Preci'ont c! Burinec. had ceveral question-
fro. niaai slicer: executive. which ho rel-god to Bryant. .cectiona
pertained to ouch hot it'll. in the trod: on 'Sulday cloning. charging
{or checks ccchd, fair trod. 1m, otc'. Bryant cxprcuod tbie
position: rhccc arc all iatrI-induetry qucaticna on which I have no
doubt that no two grocery cxccutivel could then-elven agree. Ibr
oxo-plc, 1 an wcll ewcrc of the concern of chain operator. and thoae
envclvcd with lultiple outlet nerohandiling. It in to their bent
intcrclt to Optrtt. rouoonhble hour. and nix days a week. 0n the
other side. you huvo the cclpcniec owning can. or nor. of the very
lJrgO otorcc who 11 quite 'ttcn ctoch larchandiee other than food.
and groceriec who. bcocnac they cant ceter to a Inch lurger chopping
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"diu. feel it to be I to their eaventege to operete longer hou r0
end eeven deye. doth have equitehle peeitione. Theee een- Dont.-
mo Old-Mon- Apply to eoetrovemei queetiene euoe ee fei: trell-
legieletien. 1 do neve e etroe respect for our Anerioen free
nervriee e'etee. but thet eyetee reqeiree provieion for both
free ooepetition lith ee little govern-entel interference ua
poeeible end the profit loti'e lithent which no lnlillii oo.nereie1
enterpriee een exiet long. 1 en deter-lee! to pIVVide leelerenip
on e well-infoxnei heeie end I eeenre not only grocery eel food
etore, end dietribetore. Jobbere, hrokere. eennfeotnrere end the lite.
but e11 teeineeeee In on: etete tint i will not only be intereitid
1n honing e11 eidee of en queetie-e. but nm 1 am native eolioite
enoh advice, eo thet the office of governor In: function ee e reel
ere of com erciel ene induetriel progreee in floriee. Portunetelvv
-heo you come right doen to it, e ¢ood governor and e good reteiler
heve preoieely the eeee objective: i.e., to eerve the public in the
bent poeetble eeuner oondnoive to e better living etenderd end e
heelthier ooenunity'.
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