The Other Side of the Deal: What Continental’s Corporate History Taught Us About H&H
A used copy of Jim Bowman’s 1986 corporate history of CFS Continental gave us the acquirer’s perspective on the 1962 purchase of Hoffmann-Hayman — and a name...
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Research Update: July 30, 2026
We put dates and documents on both ends of the H&H corporate line — the 1962 shell company Continental used to buy the brand, and the Italian group that ...
Research Update: June 19 – July 14, 2026
A current-production Master Chef can entered the collection as the physical terminus of the trademark chain, the June 19 Draves session rewrote a branch of t...
Master Chef Is Still on the Shelf — and Continental’s Fingerprints Are on the Can
A $9.89 supermarket coffee can turns out to carry the far end of the H&H Master Chef line: a wordmark registered by the company that bought Hoffmann-Haym...
A Two-Pound Master Chef Pair Bracketing Two Label Generations
Two-tin lot of 2 LBS NET Master Chef keywind cans — and a small surprise once tin #2 was photographed: the lot brackets two consecutive Master Chef label gen...
S. P. Stevens and the H and H Master Chef sign — visual comparison
Family lore says Stanford P. Stevens painted H and H Coffee billboards before founding Stevens Outdoor Advertising. Two signed oils — a 1954 cowboy and a 195...
East-wing shed — Master Chef plywood and shipping-crate boards in the walls
Exploring the metal-roofed shed attached to the east wing of the plant in May 2014, we found interior partition walls built from salvaged sheet goods and cra...
