H and H Coffee

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

New Deal NIRA — National Recovery Administration codes

President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the National Industrial Recovery Act, creating the National Recovery Administration. NRA industry codes set price floors, wage minimums, and fair-practice rules for the food trade — including coffee roasting and wholesale grocery. H&H, like every regional roaster, operated under NRA Blue Eagle codes from mid-1933 until the Supreme Court struck them down in Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United States (May 1935).