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The News (San Antonio) editorial — "Special H and H Coffee Co. Gift Box Offered June Bride" with G. P. Menger quoted on the company's 40-year tradition and the new Flav-O-Tainer package — 14 June 1943, p. 19

Editorial article in The News (San Antonio) of Monday, 14 June 1943 headlined “Special H and H Coffee Co. Gift Box Offered June Bride” — announcing a Hoffmann-Hayman bridal-gift-box program tied to a publicity wedding at the Texas Theater on June 15. Gift box: H and H Tea plus an assortment of H and H spices and flavorings.

Multiple high-value primary-source attestations packed into one clip:

  1. “For more than 40 years H and H Coffee has been a favorite choice of brides beginning their careers as housewives.” Anchors H&H’s marketing claim to a continuous 40-year history of bridal-gift / homemaker promotion (back to roughly 1903).
  2. “H and H coffees are served in more than half of all San Antonio restaurants and cafes” — quantified mid-1943 commercial-foodservice market share in San Antonio (>50%), corroborating the 1937 SA Light Dave Crowe / hotel-cafe-channel coverage.
  3. G. P. Menger, president of H and H Coffee Co., is quoted directly on the bridal-tradition pitch and on the exclusive new Flav-O-Tainer package — “waterproof, airtight and heat-sealed under vacuum methods.” Dates the Flav-O-Tainer SKU launch to early/mid-1943.
  4. Bean blend boilerplate: “100 per cent pure blend of the choicest South and Central American coffees” — same regional-origin claim across pre- and post-war H&H marketing.

The “BRIDES OF FOUR GENERATIONS” Flav-O-Tainer ad (HH-CLIP-1943-0004) ran in the same 14 June 1943 issue — The News gave Hoffmann-Hayman a strong dual-placement (editorial article + paid display ad) on the bride / housewife / Flav-O-Tainer theme, tied to the June 15 Texas Theater wedding.

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Special H and H Coffee Co. Gift Box Offered June Bride

For more than 40 years H and H Coffee has been a favorite choice of brides beginning their careers as housewives. And that’s because H and H is a big favorite with men, as evidenced by the fact that, according to officials of the coffee company, H and H coffees are served in more than half of all San Antonio restaurants and cafes.

As a salute for the June bride to be married at the Texas Theater June 15, the H and H Coffee Co. is presenting a special gift box containing H and H Tea and an assortment of H and H spices and flavorings.

“We wish the June bride and her husband the very best of luck,” said G. P. Menger, president of H and H Coffee Co. “And we would like to invite her to follow in the footsteps of countless thousands of brides who have chosen H and H Coffee as the coffee to place on their husband’s breakfast and dinner tables.”

“For, as in the past,” continued Menger, “H and H Coffee today remains the same highest quality. 100 per cent pure blend of the choicest South and Central American coffees. And these rare, delicious coffees are kept vacuum fresh by our exclusive new Flav-O-Tainer package, which is waterproof, airtight and heat-sealed under vacuum methods.”

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