‘Top Coffee Plant in S.A.’ — Hoffmann-Hayman profile (San Antonio Light, 27 Sep 1959)
Sunday photo feature with building signage reading H-H Master Chef COFFEE CO. ROASTED FRESH DAILY — officers named and plant positioned among major south Texas roasters.
Transcription
Top Coffee Plant in S.A.
FOUNDED IN 1904
Caption under photograph:
HOFFMAN-HAYMAN COFFEE CO. IS ONE OF LARGEST COFFEE-ROASTING PLANTS IN SOUTH. Firm was established in 1904. It has consistently grown along with San Antonio.
Article summary (visible):
Company roasts Master Chef and H and H coffees. Gus P. Menger, president; R. W. Menger, executive vice president; Albert G. Menger, secretary; T. J. Menger, treasurer; John C. Burkholder, general sales manager. Discusses parallel growth with San Antonio population (city cited toward 600,000 by 1959) and modern equipment for high-grade coffees.
(Other articles appear on the same page — organ transplant feature and a Milwaukee anecdote — outside Hoffmann-Hayman scope.)
Source
- San Antonio Light (San Antonio, Texas), Sunday 27 September 1959, p. 105, “Top Coffee Plant in SA.”
- Digital clip: Newspapers.com image 1264020328 (accessed 3 May 2026).
- Archived PDF: /assets/pdfs/1959-09-27-san-antonio-light-top-coffee-plant-sa.pdf.
- Gallery: Newspaper Clippings (
HH-CLIP-1959-0002).
