Evening Star Newspaper, January 26, 1931, Page 16

] 920%%%0%0%0%0%%0%0%0%:%0%0%e%c %0 0%0%%°% #‘ ... 9 Forty years ago this month two young men put their money § tore is shown here. . somewhat of an innovation in those days when the regular custom was to give and receive weekly or monthly credit. 0.050,000,040,0,0,%,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 W, %1% They worked on a conservative basis, believed in keeping out together, rented a store and placed fixtures in it, and bought a £ debt. and still . g - gk SR supply of groceries for which they paid cash. A picture of this ey adhere to tl‘us po!lcy , the.u- organization tod?y being one of the few companies doing a business of over two mil- Their policy was to buy for cash and sell for cash. This was lion dollars a week, without a dollar borrowed from the banks. Upon consolidation with other chain store companies, stock was issued and offered for sale to the general public. Thou- Those boys, as we might call them, saw that by selling for sands of tonstes winll'y Wi aubr- of - emglogves- yure |} ) cash they could work on a smaller margin of profit, which enabled them to sell food to housekeepers at much lower prices. From the chased a considerable quantity of the stock, thus acquiring a very first day they opened their store they did an excellent busi- financial interest in the Company, and sharing in its welfare ness. They advertised with circulars and in the popular vening newspaper of that time—The Item. { Customers came from many parts of the city and the store was kept'open from early morning until late at i night. Their policy of buying goods direct from packers and manufacturers at lowest cash prices and passing | them on to their customers for one small profit kept their | business growing steadily. | Those young men hired assistants to help them, but | = they themselves were the hardest workers in the store, working many hours in the evening after their assistants | went home. Their store was always busy and as years | went by they opened more stores, employed more people, & and consolidated with other chains, until today there are | overfifteen thousand personsintheemploy of thecompany. and success : Drawings from actual photographs of the main office building, warehouses and bakeries are shown, to indicate tomers and the facilities required to serve our cus- operate the business efficiently. To the customers through whose steady patronage this business has grown to such magni- tude, and to the faithful employees without whose help this achievement would have been impossible, sincere thanks are hereby expressed. Those two men who started business forty years || ago are still among the most active in the organiza- tion. The name of one is Samuel Robinson, Presi- dent, and the other is Robert H. Crawford, Vice President of the Company. As evidence of our appreciation of the lasting faith of our customers; we have g e biggest arrays of bargains in our history Selected Fine Reg. 9c created for this 40th Anniversary one of t Reg. 10c Choice Ripe Campbell’s or Ritter &SC0 Solid Pack 41:3?3:502'3; ; Beans : 2 Tomatoes Bty an 70 84° || v 23C 2 . 1 5¢ \ > Med. big cans c 4500 Bean 3 Can 25c 2 e $I.§5 3 cans lgce:?lo; 76¢ EGGS || & Oats Gold Seal Fresh Eggs s 32¢ Quick Cook or Regular. e g ' Canned Fruits and Vegetables ! A Calif. Sliced Peaches. _tall can 10c : doz $1.15 Reg. 13¢ : S ,J,/ California Apricots .. tall can 10c : doz $1.15 Farmdale X €a8 ASC Cooked Pumpkin 2 cans 17¢ : doz $1.00 Fancy Golden Wax Beans can 15¢ : doz $1.65 Reg. 21c A4S0 Finest can 450 Sour Krout 2 cansifgo;: AoEGICID Sifted Peas Anniversary Canned Peas Special ! Fancy Sweet Calif. Peaches tall can 10c : doz $1.15 ; y 1 4500 Red Beets (xo. 2 sise) 2 cans 17¢ : 4oz $1.00 || can l lc : dozsl.zg can l4fi : doz $l.60 19°:3 “55° A4S0 Mixed Vegetables __can 12¢ : doz $1.35 More Anniversary Reminders ! Philadelphia Cream Cheese vks 10c Reg. 19¢c Walbeck's Cucumber Rings. .Jar 15¢ Reg. 25¢ Cooked Corned Beef ......can 23¢c Hom-de-Lite Mayonnaise Glenwood Strawberry Preserves Glenwood Pineapple Preserves Diplomat Boned Chicken Diplomat Chicken Broth 2 H —3 27y Our Coffees are the cholcest blends from the finest Coffee Plantations of the World. ASCO Finest Calif. = Blended and Roasted with the greatest care, assuring you a “cup” that always pleases. 45C0 or Del Monte Peaches “w c Offee b 27(‘. B;tlgtt4?§ars e 49 big ; cans 3 C . B 37c—27c=10c Saved! Taste as Well as Save the Difference! Victor Coffee . .™ 23c a o $2.10 A reliable blend, sensibly priced. | Acme Coffee A fine blend, recommended for percolators. Buy Ahead and Save ! Best Dried Lima Beans Glenwood Cranberry Jelly .. gdd Sml Del Ray lItalian Di e o & SR 3ummers 250 | Macaroni or Spaghetti Princess Jeliies ASCO Fruit Salad big can 29¢ Lemon or Vanilla Extract . -=--bot13c pkg 5c by b3 3 s "m 32 - 1-] Big Anniversary Special; ! ‘ \ 4asco Tomato Catsup | ASC0 Ground Black Pepper . ™ can165¢c || S0 Buckwheat *3ns25c || 4SCO Tomato Puree vt 10 2 cans ] (¢ ASC0 Pancake Flour 3 pkes 25¢ cans doz $2.50 Cleaning Needs ! Big Savings! Palmolive Soap 3 cakes 19¢ Over 20,000 beauty experts the world over advise Palmolive Soap to keep that schoolgirl complexion. Brillo Aluminum Cleanser . 2 pkes 15¢ Reg. 14c Bab-O Cleaner . .2 cans 25¢ Ivory Soap - .2 big cakes 23¢ : 4 med. cakes 25¢ P. & G. Soap 7 cakes 25¢ Fels Naptha Soap........ccc.u. 2 cakes 1l1c Babbitt's or Kansas Cleanser . ...3 cans 10¢c | Another one of our Products that Quality has made famous. A5C0 Fancy | Just try a loaf this week and get acquainted with its deliciousness Sugar || &) Bread Supreme % ‘The Oven-Fresh, Clean Wrapped Loaf Everybody Likes Corn || VICTOR BREAD Quality and Quantity Reg. 35¢ 90 Derrydale Margarine c iFramm-Americurdl i All Varieties n | || or Ritter Cooke . i " Spaghetti | Canned Fruils buffet Crushed, Golden Bantam, | 3 cans 25¢ B e 25¢ Big znc * doz 32_40 Hawaiian (Slices Slightly Broken) Pineapple Pan Loaf 5c Smithfeld | ) Lb. 29(: Apple Sauce can 10c Spread for Bread! 4 Golden and Delicious Country Gentleman. 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