Abstract
T HE STATISTICAL department of a company engaged in food distribution on a national scale performs two important functions: (I) Analysis of all available data concerning the company's own operations, and (2) general economic research to determine its relationship to the national distributive system. Frequently there is no clear demarkation between these functions, and the same personnel are engaged in each. Thus the person who analyses the company's sales and expense figures will usually prepare any figures furnished to research organizations; and analyse the reports compiled by these agencies for comparison of the company's operations with the averages shown by the study. Among economic writers who have studied the history of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company it has been frequently commented that the most remarkable characteristic of the organization is the manner in which it has adapted itself to changes in economic conditions during the past 79 years.Analysis of the company's current and historical data afford definite evidence that its growth and prosperity have been the result, not of chance, but of a persistent study of changing economic trends and a courage to adapt operating policies to meet changing conditions.
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