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Description"How to Shop With Ration Book Two" - OAC - bk0007t0n59.jpg	English: Title: "How to Shop With Ration Book Two". Subtitle: "...To Buy Canned, Bottled and Frozen Fruits and Vegetables; Dried Fruits, Juices and all Canned Soups". 1. Use This Ration Book. You may use one or all of your family's ration books when you shop. You may not shop with loose ration stamps. 2. Use Blue Stamps Only. All blue point stamps marked A, B, and C are good during the first ration period. They add up to 48 points for each member of the family. 3. The Numbers Show Points. You will not be able to get "change" in point stamps, so save your low-value stamps for buying low-point foods. 4. Look At The Point Values before you buy. Points have nothing to do with prices or quality. Point values will be the same in all stores. 5. Give The Stamps To Your Grocer. Tear out stamps in the presences of your grocer—or tear them out in the presence of the delivery boy. 6. Fresh Fruits And Vegatables are not rationed. Use them instead of rationed foods whenever possible. Try out recipes that make your rations go further. Your Point Allowance Must Last For The Full Ration Period Plan How Many Points You Will Use Each Time Before You Shop. Footer: "Buy Early In The Week Foods are going to our fighting men. They come first! Your ration gives you your fair share of the foods that are left. Buy Early In The Day" Images: 1. The cover of a ration book surrounded by pantry foods. 2. An open ration book with the A, B, and C series of stamps encircled. Text: "A, B, and C stamps are good in the first ration period". 3. A hand holding a clipping of 8, 8, and 5 stamps which add to 21 points. Text: "Use 8 And 5 Point Stamps First If You Can". 4. A woman at a grocery store holding a can. The shelf has the label "18 Points 13¢ ea." Text: "Look For Ounce Weight On Label." (points at can's label) 5. A male grocer presents a female shopper with a receipt listing her cost in cents and next to it the cost in points as she takes a clipping out of her ration book of the same amount. 6. A woman holds a head of lettuce in the produce aisle. A placard reads "Not Rationed". Footer: Contains two soldier heads and the OPA logo.
Date	1943
Source	Online Archive of California
Author	Office of Price Administration
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