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Description:

This excerpt shows how Consumers Union Reports reviewed canned soups. It demonstrates how hikers potentially found and selected what to take on their journeys. Cost and weight likely factored into whether a hiker selected these items. For both tomato and chicken soup, Campbell Soup Co. ranked second.


Date:

12/1940

Creator:

Consumers Union Reports

Subject

Trail Food

Contributor

Janet Hammond

Format

PDF

Source:

HathiTrust, https://hdl.handle.net/2027/uva.x002552051

Rights

Public domain in the United States, Google Digitized, http://www.hathitrust.org/access_use#pd-us-google

Not for commercial distribution.

Citation

Consumers Union Reports, “Consumers Report Magazine Excerpt,” Appalachian Trail Histories, accessed November 22, 2024, https://appalachiantrailhistory.org/items/show/1224.
1940 Consumer Reports excerpt about the best canned chicken and tomato soups