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Corpus Christi Caller-Times on Fri, Jan 30, 1953

A Corpus Christi Caller-Times p. 20 retail-grocer ad on Friday, 30 January 1953 featuring a one-pound H and H Master Chef Coffee can (chef-mascot label, “REGULAR” grind, “EXCELLENCE” banner) priced at Lb. 81¢ with a “FREE COFFEE — COFFEE FREE” in-store promotion Friday and Saturday at Both Stores (grocer name not visible in this crop). Headline: “THE BRAND BREWED BY MASTER CHEFS.” Continues the 1950s Caller-Times Master Chef Corpus Christi consumer-retail run that opens with the 1 Feb 1952 “INTRODUCING TO CORPUS CHRISTI” piece — the same 81¢/lb price point recurs across the 1952 and 1953 Corpus Christi grocer ads.

Transcription

THE BRAND BREWED BY MASTER CHEFS

[Can illustration: ONE POUND NET · H AND H · chef-mascot portrait · MASTER CHEF COFFEE · “REGULAR” grind callout · “EXCELLENCE” banner]

FREE COFFEE
COFFEE FREE

FRI. and SAT. · At Both Stores

Lb. 81¢

Source

  • Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Tex.), 30 January 1953, p. 20 (per project filename).
  • Project scan: Newspaper Clippings (Corpus Christi Caller-Times (Corpus Christi, Texas) · Fri, Jan 30, 1953 · Page 20.png).

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