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Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
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| Name | Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company |
| Ortssitz | Jersey City (N.J.) |
| Straße | First Street |
| Art des Unternehmens | Tee- und Kaffeefabrik |
| Anmerkungen | Fabrik in Jersey City: First, Bay und Provost Streets; Hauptverwaltung in West and Vestry Streets, New York City |
| Quellenangaben | [Jersey City of to-day (1907) 105] |
| Zeit |
Ereignis |
| 1859 |
Gründung |
| 1901 |
Eintragung |
| Produkt |
ab |
Bem. |
bis |
Bem. |
Kommentar |
| Gewürze |
1859 |
Gründung |
1909 |
bekannt |
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| Kaffee |
1859 |
Gründung |
1909 |
bekannt |
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| Tee |
1859 |
Gründung |
1909 |
bekannt |
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| ZEIT | um 1907 |
| THEMA | Beschreibung |
| TEXT | One of the largest warehouses in Jersey City is that of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company. Its capital is $2, 100,000 and its officers are George H. Hartford, president; John A. Hartford, vice-president; George L. Hartford, treasurer and Edward V. Hartford, secretary. Mr. George H. Hartford has been connected with the business since its establishment. The main office of the company is at West and Vestry Streets, New York City, and it has over three hundred branch houses in all the principal cities in the United States. Its products are teas, coffees, spices and groceries. The company has made a thorough study for almost half a century how to cater direct to the masses, and save them all intermediate profits between producer and consumer. They can conscientiously say that they have been successful. Since the establishment of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company in 1859, it has saved the people of the United States millions of dollars in the articles of teas, coffees, baking powder, extracts, spices and grocery specialties. When the company was established, teas and coffees were a luxury ; now they are articles of necessity in every household in the United States. The company is now supplying all kinds of pure groceries to the masses at prices from twenty-five to forty per cent, cheaper than they can be procured elsewhere, and there are no short weights. All goods sold by the company are guaranteed to give the best satisfaction; if not, they will take them back and exchange or refund the money and pay all expenses. Upon these conditions one runs no risk in trading at the A. and P. stores. Every article is guaranteed absolutely pure, full weight, lowest prices and best on the market. A satisfied customer is their best advertisement. With their three hundred branches and over five thousand wagons they can afford to sell better goods for less money than smaller concerns. No individual store can compete with them. They buy by the car-loads for cash and sell for cash, thus making no bad debts. Their business is strictly cooperative. The entire management of this gigantic chain of grocery stores is directed from the company's new plant in Jersey City, at First, Bay and Provost Streets. This has only recently been completed at a tremendous cost. The building is a perfect example of the latest reinforced concrete type, occupying an entire block, and is the only plant of its kind in the world. Not a stick of wood was used in its erection, which is a monument of architectural construction. Thousands of sprinklers are distributed throughout the floors, which automatically emit streams of water if the temperature of the floor rises to a height that only a fire can produce.
This makes the building absolutely fireproof, placing the insurance rate at the minimum rate. The company also owns the adjoining property, where it will add to its plant, making it twice its present size. The power house which supplies all the electricity for lighting, elevators and the running machinery is opposite the plant. |
| QUELLE | [Jersey City of to-day (1907) 105] |
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