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John Augustine Hartford

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John Augustine Hartford

Birth
Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, USA
Death
20 Sep 1951 (aged 79)
Manhattan, New York County, New York, USA
Burial
Middletown, Orange County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 13, Sassafras Path
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Entrepreneur. Hartford's father, John Huntington Hartford, worked his way up in the "Great American Tea Company" company to corporate manager. By 1900, there were 200 stores that specialized in coffee and tea until groceries were added to the inventory. Hartford started working in 1888 at age 16 for his father in the A&P corporation. He developed the idea of eliminating the small business feel of the stores by dropping credit accounts, telephone orders, and deliveries. He planned to buy in massive quantities and cut the prices charged to customers. In 1912, after persuading his father to let him open such an experimental grocery in Newark, NJ, it's immediate success set the pattern for all the following A&P stores. By 1950, there were 16,000 stores with $1 billion in yearly sales. He served as the president then chairman of the board until his death.

Other burials in this lot:

Bentley, Mary Addie
Corwin, Aggie Potter
Corwin, Allen Wickham
Corwin, Alvira J
Corwin, Ann Gumaer
Corwin, Benjamin Wickham
Corwin, Ella Gertrude
Corwin, Florence
Corwin, Gertrude Brodhead
Corwin, Henry Roberts
Corwin, John Eli
Corwin, Mattie
Corwin, Maybell Pearl
Corwin, Sarah
Corwin, Sophia Roberts
Corwin, Spencer
Hartford, Pauline Augusta
McKelvy, Francis Graham
McKelvy, Louise Corwin
Penney, Helen Mary
Penney, Lewis
Seybolt, Adaline Augusta
Seybolt, Edward Lewis
Entrepreneur. Hartford's father, John Huntington Hartford, worked his way up in the "Great American Tea Company" company to corporate manager. By 1900, there were 200 stores that specialized in coffee and tea until groceries were added to the inventory. Hartford started working in 1888 at age 16 for his father in the A&P corporation. He developed the idea of eliminating the small business feel of the stores by dropping credit accounts, telephone orders, and deliveries. He planned to buy in massive quantities and cut the prices charged to customers. In 1912, after persuading his father to let him open such an experimental grocery in Newark, NJ, it's immediate success set the pattern for all the following A&P stores. By 1950, there were 16,000 stores with $1 billion in yearly sales. He served as the president then chairman of the board until his death.

Other burials in this lot:

Bentley, Mary Addie
Corwin, Aggie Potter
Corwin, Allen Wickham
Corwin, Alvira J
Corwin, Ann Gumaer
Corwin, Benjamin Wickham
Corwin, Ella Gertrude
Corwin, Florence
Corwin, Gertrude Brodhead
Corwin, Henry Roberts
Corwin, John Eli
Corwin, Mattie
Corwin, Maybell Pearl
Corwin, Sarah
Corwin, Sophia Roberts
Corwin, Spencer
Hartford, Pauline Augusta
McKelvy, Francis Graham
McKelvy, Louise Corwin
Penney, Helen Mary
Penney, Lewis
Seybolt, Adaline Augusta
Seybolt, Edward Lewis

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