H and H Coffee

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

San Antonio Express-News, 31 January 1962, page 13 — narrow two-line price-listing excerpt from a grocery store display ad showing 'MASTER CHEF COFFEE — 1-Lb. Can 63¢' and 'MASTER CHEF COFFEE — 2-Lb. Can $1.25'
San Antonio Express-News, 31 January 1962, page 13 — narrow two-line price-listing excerpt from a grocery store display ad showing 'MASTER CHEF COFFEE — 1-Lb. Can 63¢' and 'MASTER CHEF COFFEE — 2-Lb. Can $1.25'
Catalog ID
HH-CLIP-1962-0002
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Master Chef Coffee grocery prices — SA Express-News, 31 January 1962

Narrow two-line price-listing excerpt cropped from a larger grocery store display ad. Useful as a primary-source price point for Master Chef Coffee in early 1962:

  • 1-Lb. Can: 63¢
  • 2-Lb. Can: $1.25

The 2-lb price is exactly $0.01 below 2× the 1-lb price (would be $1.26 at parity) — a typical retail psychological-pricing tactic of the period. The grocer / store source is not captured in this crop; expanding to the full page would identify the retailer.

Useful for pricing-history comparisons against other H&H/Master Chef price clips and for context on the value the appreciation-certificate program (HH-CLIP-1961-0005 through 0007) was offering relative to a per-can cost basis (250 trading stamps was framed as “$2.00 value” in the contemporary Burpee-Garden coupon ads).