Municipal hawking: Johannesburg's mobile markets, 1944-1952
The period 1944 - 1952 saw the rise and fall of the mobile markets of Johannesburg, an experiment in municipal food hawking. The scheme was an attempt to counter the high food prices of the period. Much controversy surrounded the introduction of the mobile food vans. At first the vans served the low...
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| description | The period 1944 - 1952 saw the rise and fall of the mobile markets of Johannesburg, an experiment in municipal food hawking. The scheme was an attempt to counter the high food prices of the period. Much controversy surrounded the introduction of the mobile food vans. At first the vans served the lower-income areas of White Johannesburg but later geographically extended their zone of operation into higher income suburbs. At the peak of the programme, seven vans were in action. The decline of the mobile markets was attributed to their high operating costs, a precipitous fall in consumer patronage, intense competition from private retailers and hawkers, and to the return of more normal marketing conditions after the war. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-90206aab434c406b9b121d869bf2dbb12025-08-20T02:26:09ZafrAOSISContree0379-98672959-510X2024-07-0112010.4102/nc.v12i0.790779Municipal hawking: Johannesburg's mobile markets, 1944-1952G.H. Pirie0C.M. Rogerson1Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of the WitwatersrandDepartment of Geography and Environmental Studies, University of the WitwatersrandThe period 1944 - 1952 saw the rise and fall of the mobile markets of Johannesburg, an experiment in municipal food hawking. The scheme was an attempt to counter the high food prices of the period. Much controversy surrounded the introduction of the mobile food vans. At first the vans served the lower-income areas of White Johannesburg but later geographically extended their zone of operation into higher income suburbs. At the peak of the programme, seven vans were in action. The decline of the mobile markets was attributed to their high operating costs, a precipitous fall in consumer patronage, intense competition from private retailers and hawkers, and to the return of more normal marketing conditions after the war.https://newcontree.org.za/index.php/nc/article/view/790mobile marketsjohannesburg1944-1952municipal food hawking |
| spellingShingle | G.H. Pirie C.M. Rogerson Municipal hawking: Johannesburg's mobile markets, 1944-1952 Contree mobile markets johannesburg 1944-1952 municipal food hawking |
| title | Municipal hawking: Johannesburg's mobile markets, 1944-1952 |
| title_full | Municipal hawking: Johannesburg's mobile markets, 1944-1952 |
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| title_short | Municipal hawking: Johannesburg's mobile markets, 1944-1952 |
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