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Title: Canadian grocer July-September 1919
Year: 1919 (1910s)
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Subjects: Supermarkets Grocery trade Food industry and trade
Publisher: Toronto : Maclean-Hunter Pub. Co. (1887)-
Contributing Library: Fisher - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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an supplant us. For this reason, if for none other, theDominion Government must recognize thatit is essential that n unfair or discrimin-atory legislation should be passed that willh«mner our progress or interfere with ourrights as free citizens. At the presenttime we welcome the opportunity to be ableto lay before the special committee of theHouse of Commons, which has been appoint-ed to investigate the cost of living, ail thefacts concerning the retail trade that wehave in our possession, as we f*el thatthe more we make our condition public themore the public will respect and appreciate us. ♦ I.X.L. CO. IS REBUILDING The IXL Spice and Coffee Mills, Ltd.,London, Ont., whose manufacturing-plant was destroyed by fire last week,are rebuilding and installing new ma-chinery. The company points out thatwhile the fire necessarily delayed ship-ment of orders for a day or two the fac-tory is again running full capacity, andorders are being shipped promptly. July 11, 1919 CANADIAN GROCER 25
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MEETING THE HIGH COST OF LIVING WITH BEANS Even in these days it is possible to get a high amount of food value atcomparatively little expense. Beans, while they have increased in pricein the past years, have not increased enough to put them on a par withmost other foods of equal food value. They are therefore a commoditythat the grocer can push with a good conscience. The accompanying photo illustrates how J. L. Wyckoff, of the WyckoffQuality Food Store, London, Ont., featured beans in his window display.Here again is a forceful example of the attractiveness of displaying inbulk. The whole floor of the window is piled deep with loose beans,while around the display are other food commodities that go well withthese goods—catsup, canned asparagus and sweet potatoes—with attrac-tive cards calling attention to each line. 26 July 11, 1919 Going After the New Family Trade D. A. Mackenzie, of Souris, Man., Has Built a Big Business by Adopting ProgressiveMethods—One of the Best of These

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