McGill Library
McLennan Library Building3459 rue McTavish
Montreal, Quebec
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Food price records
Series
12 volumes
The series contains 12 account books and notebooks in which Julian Armstrong tracked information about food pricing and origins for 7-10 different supermarkets and around 40 different food products, from meat to vegetables, between 1979 to 1995. Supermarkets include Axep, Bonichoix, IGA, Metro, Provigo, Richelieu, A & P, Dominion, Hypermarché, and Steinberg.
Volumes are dated:
July 1969-November 1970
November 1970-December 1972
January 1973-April 1975
April 1975-December 1976
December 1976-June 1978
February 1979-April 1981
April 1981-June 1983
July 1983-September 1985
September 1985-January 1988
January 1988-June 1990
June 1990-October 1992
November 1992-April 1995
July 1969-April 1981 are found in Box R-1209-8; April 1981-April 1995 are found in Box R-1209-9.
Some items have clippings or notes laid in.