Bait Advertising and Neighborhood Food Pricing

The NYPR Archive Collections | Jan 1, 2000

Five minutes of consumer comments and price reports by Mayor John Lindsay's Council on Consumer Affairs. This episode analyzes food price differences between the Flatbush, Flushing, and High Bridge neighborhoods: cola, steak, sugar, butter, frozen green beans, chuck roast, and sirloin. Walbaum's and Dan's Supreme both had low prices.


Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection


WNYC archives id: 151629
Municipal archives id: T2727

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