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Dedicated to the history of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Co. founded 1899 in San Antonio, Texas.

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Sunday feature — Rio Grande / Medina Garden trade territory; Hoffmann-Hayman growth; quote from G. P. Menger — San Antonio Light, 4 Oct 1925, page 74

Promotional Sunday section piece from the San Antonio Light for 4 October 1925 (page 74) pitching San Antonio as hub for Winter Garden, Medina Garden, and valley development, then profiling coffee roasting as a leading local industry. G. P. Menger, president of Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company, is quoted on regional demand; the article summarizes consolidation after William R. Hoffmann’s death, officer lineup (Hayman, Mrs. Hoffmann, Menger), and the 1920 transition when G. P. Menger and R. W. Menger took executive roles with Mrs. William J. Schlosser (Minnie Menger Hoffmann) as vice president.

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COFFEE PLANTS, INDUSTRIAL LEADERS

San Antonio is in the heart of one of the greatest undeveloped districts in the world. The Rio Grande Valley, Winter Garden District, Medina Garden Territory and Southwest Texas cotton and corn fields will make the Alamo City the Queen City of the South in a few years. San Antonio has a population of approximately 250,000 and development of these thousands of acres has just begun. When they are fully under cultivation, the population will be doubled many times.

San Antonio, with wonderful rail facilities, is within a few miles from the new shipping port being completed at Corpus Christi. When this port is completed, San Antonio will naturally become the shipping center of the Southwest. San Antonio will also become the manufacturing center for this vast territory.

POPULARITY GAINS.

Building of many of these factories has already begun. Many lines are well represented in this city, having several plants manufacturing the same products. The coffee roasting and spice industry is among the leaders in the Alamo City, says G. P. Menger, president of the Hoffman-Hayman Coffee Company. Many plants here supply the territory with thousands of pounds of coffee monthly, he states.

The coffee roasting industry has just started its growth. The popularity of the drink is increasing. Hundreds of people are drinking coffee now who never did before.

RAPID GROWTH.

The rapid growth of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company has been phenomenal. From its very conception, one-quarter of a century ago, when the firm was established by William R. Hoffmann, it has given the grocer an unusual roasting and service and has given to the housewife products that she has consistently praised.

After the death of Mr. Hoffmann, in 1910, the business then under the name of William R. Hoffmann was consolidated with the Merchants Coffee Company, a local concern owned by Mr. W. E. Hayman. The name at that time was changed to the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company, with W. E. Hayman, president; Mrs. William R. Hoffmann as vice president; and G. P. Menger, secretary.

AMONG FOREMOST.

In 1920, Mr. Hayman’s interests were taken over by G. P. Menger, now president of the concern, and R. W. Menger, now secretary-treasurer. Mrs. William R. Hoffmann, now Mrs. William J. Schlosser, retains her full interest and is vice president and director of the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company.

Today the Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company stands among the foremost in the coffee roasting industry of this territory. Their business is exclusively with local capital and is a commercial monument to industrial San Antonio, a credit to the entire South.

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