POLAND: FOOD SUPPLIES IMPROVE

Created: 2/23/1982

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POLAND: Food Supplies Improve

Pood supplies in the Warsaw area have genera >roved since prices increasedebruarvfemme1

. Supplies of meat are adequate to

satisry rationing requirements, and amounts of dairy products and vegetables seem to be in sufficient supply to meet consumer demand. Some food supplies havebecause many consumers cannot afford to pay higher prices. ilogram of cheese, for example, now costs almost the daily average wage.

The regime apparently also is flooding the market with food in order to gain consumer acceptance ror the increases. Adequate supplies of eggs, poultry, and many other foods, however, will not continue because of shortages and ineffective^ from private