Related Companies
Working notes on who Hoffmann-Hayman bought from, sold to, competed with, or succeeded — together with the main company addresses collected from labels, directories, and site research. For the broader timeline, see History; for open research threads, see Mystery.
The firm itself
Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company
San Antonio coffee roaster (1912 onward) formed from the Hoffmann and Merchants lines and later expanded with brands such as Morrison’s Broncho Coffee. The firm roasted at 601 Delaware Street from 1932 until the business was sold in the 1960s.
Addresses and mail (San Antonio, Texas) — use city directories and deeds to pin exact years; ranges here are working labels from the collection.
- 208 East Commerce — Street address in 1908.
- 1223 W. Commerce — Street address as it appears on older materials; tie to a specific directory year when possible.
- 307 North Medina Street — Through 1917 (earlier operating period).
- 331 Burnett Street — Mid-period location; confirm overlap with Medina and Commerce in directories. 1923–1932.
- Post Office Box 1509 and Post Office Box 1536 — Mailing addresses from labels and correspondence.
- 601 Delaware Street — 1932–1972 — Purpose-built factory; architects Morris, Nooman, and Wilson; built by George W. Mitchell Construction. Photos and narrative: Factory Construction by G. W. Mitchell.
26 Aug 1923 San Antonio Light — Full-page “New home of a great institution” ties the 331 Burnett works to 1905 and 1910 plant views, a Wm. R. Hoffmann portrait, and the roast line.
1942 H&H Wholesale Price Sheets
Source-document narrative for the 2 Mar 1942 typewritten Package + Bulk price sheets; full transcription of 17 SKUs across 7 retail and 10 bulk lines.
Customers
Mi Tierra Cafe
San Antonio, Texas. Market Square restaurant (1941–); documented Master Chef Coffee customer via the 2016 Edible SA spread and the 2016 Witte 75-Años card.
San Antonio Jail (Bexar County)
Bexar County facility; site notes record that the company supplied coffee to the jail (wholesale / institutional account).
Related institutions
Alamo National Bank
San Antonio, Texas. T. J. Menger worked there as bookkeeper and teller for ten years before joining the coffee company per the 26 Aug 1923 San Antonio Light credit-manager profile. T. J. Menger clip. The collection also holds HH-DOCUMENT-2017-0002 — Alamo National Bank fragments recovered from the H&H wall.
Predecessors, peers, and successors
Merchants Coffee Company
Founded by W. E. Hayman. Merged in 1912 with William Robert Hoffmann’s firm to form Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee (see History).
Morrison Coffee Company
San Antonio roaster whose brands included Broncho (older references sometimes say “Bronco”). Hoffmann-Hayman acquired Morrison in January 1917 — equipment, stock, and 5 brands carried forward (Wesco, Misa, Broncho, Texco, Juanita); roasters John Green and Johnnie Morrison retained.
Tucker Coffee Company
1920s. 422–424 Ruiz Street, San Antonio, Texas. Produced Aviation brand coffee. Officers: A. B. Walker, C. A. Luafenburg, T. W. Willard, A. Walker, and B. B. Dinius. Capital stock: $25,000 from H. W. Tucker, H. H. Tucker, and W. E. Hayman. Hayman appears here after he sold his Hoffmann-Hayman stake to the Mengers in 1920, so Tucker is a separate, related San Antonio coffee line, not a predecessor of H&H.
Continental Coffee Company
San Antonio firm noted on this site as purchasing Hoffmann-Hayman around 1964; the 601 Delaware real estate transferred in 1972.
Western Coffee Company of San Antonio
San Antonio coffee roaster incorporated in May 1907 (charter notice, Big Coffee Roasting Plant); president H.C. Wedemeyer; located at Buena Vista & Comal. Relationship to Hoffmann-Hayman unknown from current sources — a peer or competitor in the pre-merger San Antonio coffee trade.
Vendors and contractors — glass packaging
Three Rivers Glass Company
Three Rivers, Texas. Molded glass for the Crystalvac jar line and related marks (1932 launch with 250,000-jar initial order). Company arc: founding 1922 → receivership 1932 → brief late-1936 reopening → Ball reorganization Dec 1936 → Texas-corp dissolution Jan 1937. Crystalvac jars and other South Texas bottle finds in Three Rivers Glass Bottles.
Ball Brothers Glass Manufacturing Company
Muncie, Indiana. Acquired the Three Rivers plant in December 1936 (out of receivership, $130K, via George A. Ball Manufacturing → “Ball Glass corporation”). Late-chapter glass supplier; Ball lids and transition-era marks appear in collection posts. Co-defendant in the 1946 anti-trust suit.
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Crystalvac jars in multiple sizes and colors after the Three Rivers / Ball era; diamond-oval-I base marks are documented on several site posts. Collector reference: Owens-Illinois bottle and container marks. 1946 anti-trust co-defendant.
Hartford-Empire Co.
Hartford, Connecticut. Glass-machinery patent-pool master of the 1920s–1940s U.S. glass-container industry; not a direct H&H supplier but upstream cause of the Three Rivers Glass dissolution. 1938 TNEC Senate monopoly-committee testimony named TRG as “a perpetual thorn in the side” of the patent pool; lead defendant in the 1946 TRG shareholders’ anti-trust suit; defendant in United States v. Hartford-Empire Co., 323 U.S. 386 (1945).
Tips Glass Sales Corporation
Separate sales entity that distributed Three Rivers Glass output through the receivership window; Charles R. Tips president. 1936 sales report (more than double 1935 totals) is the principal documented attestation.
Three Rivers Glass Bottles
Smith’s Texas Glass (1989) 1–75 bottle inventory + project collection cross-reference. Reference index for Three Rivers-marked bottles that turn up alongside H&H Crystalvac jars.
Vendors and contractors — labels, cartons, cans
Simpson & Doeller Company
Baltimore, Maryland. Label artwork / design trade house; 1896–1954 span noted from reference material tied to the collection. Maker mark on an H&H Blend tin.
David G. Evans Coffee Company
St. Louis, Missouri. Anchor-brand spice packer for H&H; RC Can base marks documented.
Globe Folding Box Company
Cincinnati, Ohio. Folding cartons and branded box stock (including Titelox-style panels in the 1923 trade art); San Antonio Light copy ties Globe cartons to Hoffmann–Hayman’s sanitary handling of teas and coffees en route to grocers. Site posts: Globe trade ad, Cartons feature.
Huntley Manufacturing Company
Silver Creek, New York. Monitor-brand coffee roasting, grading, and related machinery; a 26 Aug 1923 San Antonio Light Hoffmann–Hayman display names Huntley as the equipment line behind the plant’s automatic roasting story. Monitor roasting ad.
H. W. Taylor Company
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Named in 26 Aug 1923 San Antonio Light copy for H and H Orange Pekoe and iced tea—the display closes by associating the line with the “same excellence” of H. W. Taylor Co., Philadelphia. Iced tea for summer.
J. Aron & Company, Inc.
Gulf-port coffee importers with offices named in 1923 copy as New Orleans — Houston — New York; the 26 Aug 1923 San Antonio Light factory spread includes their compliments display to Hoffmann–Hayman. J. Aron & Company.
New Orleans Can Company
New Orleans, Louisiana. Metal lithography for coffee, tea, and spice tins, buckets, pails, and signs; a 26 Aug 1923 cooperative San Antonio Light ad pairs New Orleans Can art with Hoffmann–Hayman packs under “Packed in Tin to Keep the Original Flavor In.” Distinct from American Can Company (below). Cooperative ad.
American Can Company
Incorporated 1901. National canmaker; site usage notes coffee tins supplied for lines such as Master Chef Coffee. Overview: American Can Company (Wikipedia).
Vendors and contractors — construction, advertising, services
Morris, Nooman, and Wilson
San Antonio, Texas. Architects and engineers for the Delaware Street factory (1932).
George W. Mitchell Construction
San Antonio, Texas. General contractor for the Delaware Street factory. Family firm still active; historical write-up: George W. Mitchell — Building a legacy.
Perry L. King Auditing Company
San Antonio, Texas — 210 Gunter Building (telephone Travis 4346 in the 1923 clip). Auditing / professional accounting relationship; a 26 Aug 1923 San Antonio Light trade display congratulates Hoffmann–Hayman on expansion. Auditing co. ad.
Pitluk Advertising Company
San Antonio, Texas — Suite 608, Gunter Building. Advertising agency engaged for Hoffmann–Hayman’s 1923 trade-and-consumer push; the same Light issue’s editorial copy says Pitluk was called in to outline a campaign that would win grocers and housewives. Site posts: Congratulations display, Advertising and quality feature.
Stevens Outdoor Advertising
Started by S. P. Stevens (Stanford P. Stevens), who is said to have begun by painting H and H signs and billboards like the one in our collection. Add company dates, address, and directory citations when found; this is a research lead for now.
Broggi Advertising Agency
3107 Broadway, San Antonio 9, Texas. Advertising agency that produced radio advertising for Master Chef Coffee. A surviving yellow-labeled 78 RPM transcription disc dated August 1961 bears four Broggi-produced spots pressed for H and H Coffee Co. — A-17-61 and A-18-61 (30 seconds each) plus A-19-61 and A-20-61 (60 seconds each). The physical disc is documented in the Reference gallery (not in our holdings); contact and opening-year details still to be pinned from San Antonio directories.