“COFFEE ROUTE SALESMAN” — H and H Coffee Co. help-wanted classified for direct-to-retail San Antonio route, apply at 601 Delaware St. (San Antonio Express-News, 29 July 1943)
A short July-1943 help-wanted classified placed by H and H Coffee Co. for a Coffee Route Salesman to sell and deliver direct to retail stores in San Antonio. Applicants were directed to the company office at 601 Delaware St., with hours specified between 2 and 5 p.m. Posted mid-WWII at the height of wartime coffee rationing (the OPA rationing program had only ended a few days earlier on 28 July 1943), the ad documents that H&H was actively rebuilding its direct-to-retail route-sales force as restrictions lifted, and confirms the company maintained an in-house wholesale route operation in San Antonio rather than relying solely on broker distribution.
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COFFEE ROUTE SALESMAN
TO SELL AND DELIVER DIRECT TO RETAIL STORES IN SAN ANTONIO.
APPLY AT OFFICE OF:
H AND H COFFEE CO.
601 DELAWARE ST.
APPLY BETWEEN 2 AND 5 P. M.
Source
- San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, Texas), Thursday, 29 July 1943, page 19 — H and H Coffee Co. help-wanted classified.
- Newspapers.com: https://www.newspapers.com/image/1279839801/ (accessed 20 May 2026).
- Archive:
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