Hoffmann-Hayman wholesale ad — new North Medina plant, 10 Aug 1913
This 10 August 1913 San Antonio Express clipping is a wholesale display for Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co., addressed “To the Trade.” The company announces its move into a new fireproof building in the 300 block of North Medina Street, just north of the I. & G. N. passenger depot and next to Caffarelli Brothers. The copy vaunts a roasting works of more than 4,000 square feet of floor space, same-day service for fresh goods, a full line of green and roasted coffees, and job-roasting of coffee and peanuts. It is a direct snapshot of how Hoffmann-Hayman was pitching San Antonio and surrounding jobbing trade as it expanded the physical plant in the 1910s.
Transcription
Top matter (as set):
Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co.
WHOLESALE COFFEE,
TEA, SPICES, ETC.
Body:
To the Trade:—
We are now located in the new fire-proof building, just completed, in the 300 block on North Medina St., just north of the I. & G. N. Passenger Depot. We are next door to Caffarelli Brothers.
We now have the largest and most complete coffee roasting plant in the city, occupying over 4,000 feet of floor space.
We offer to the trade, in San Antonio and surrounding territory, a complete line of green and roasted coffees at prices that will always be in line and quality equal to any and superior to many lines offered you.
We offer you fresh goods, roasted daily, roasted right and delivered promptly.
We guarantee the quality on all our goods and a square deal to all.
We solicit your business on all items in our line as well as your “Job-Roasting” of coffee and peanuts.
Buy your coffee of a home firm and get your goods fresh.
Bottom matter:
Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co.
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
Source
- San Antonio Express (San Antonio, Tex.), 10 August 1913. Project scan:
1913 Aug 10 San Antonio Express H and H ADV.JPGin the Newspaper Clippings gallery.
