The Washington times., 1908-06-14
A. & P. COMPANY
IMMENSE CONCERN
Extraordinary Figures Show
the Mammoth Volume of
Business 1t Does.

Statements Of a remarkable nature
have just been given 10 the public re-
garding the immensely of the business
OF the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea
Company Figures have been compiled
which demonstrate that each year this
company makes 125O10 900 individual
sales. Ia order TO do this 1900 employees
are engaged in 81 stores IN the United
States. scattered from the Atlantic to
p the Pacific, To deliver the goods bought
1900 wagons and 1900 horses are used.
These are not the only extraordinary
& figures. The company ships S6l. 100000
pounds OF merchandise annually. sells
100000 eggs. 100000 pounds OF but
ter, 100000 pounds OF tea, and $1,000. 900
pounds OF coffee.
A Mountain of Butter.
b .Picturesuuely and. therefore. more
Btrikingly. put. the annual sales OF but
ter would equal "a volume four struc-
lures OF the size OF the Metropolitan
Life Insurance Company Ia New York,
the loftiest structure in the world. save
only the Eiffel tower IN Paris. The new
record breaker, the mammoth Lusi-
taniR. would be only one fourth the
size OF the groceries sold annually, If
they could be. heaped together IN one
great pile The Washington Monument
would be as candle compared to the
composite egg made UP OF the 1O0O00O0O
sold II all the coffee sold could be put
Into ono bag and set up beside the Statue
= OF Liberty IN New York laFbOr IL
would tower three times as high and
{ be twice as broad as the statue IS high.
Finally, II would take a train OF freight
, cars 40 miles long TO transport the At
: iaTTtic and Pacific groceries handled in
one year.
MaryeIs Of System.
The central management OF the huge
business Is a marvel OF business system
Every department really represents a
little industry in itself.
The daily reports OF each one OF the
various 81 store managers is inspected
by a district manager and assistants
assigned TO that locality. There are
seven head district managers IN all.
each one responsible for the business
of the stores in his district. There are
i've district dfv1slons-the Manhattan
district. the Eastern district. the South
ern district, the Western and South
western districts. The exhaustive
weekly reports OF these district man
ayers keep the central offices in con-
stant touch with the progress of every
one OF the ST stores.
A complete real estate deuartmaDt
larger than many a local establish
menJ, supplies the locations for the
ever-increaSlnS number Of stores. Sup
Elementary TO this, local real estate
agents in the various cities and towns
are impressed into the service to fur
nish complete lists OF suitable sights.
Makes An Supplies.
Two expert horse buyers employed by
the concern do nothing from one end
Of the year to the other but buy the
horses that keep their 1000 wagons
and trucks moving. They rarely have
time to leave the Western ranching
countries 10 visit the home OfrIce.
The cOncernF manufactures all its own |
harness Twenty men are kept busy ali /
The year round making and repairing /
harness.
- good-sized wagOntfactory does moth |
ing but manufacture and repair the /
thousands Of wagons and trucks used !
by the company.
All the supplies are purchased by the /
and the lowest prices are AL
ways procured from rnaDufa c+,,ra,.s
anxious 10 turn their stock into cash
Inc company has four branch stores
IN TINS cry and Two market stands Tbe
stores are located at 1913 Seventh streeI
northwest 100 Fourteenth street y7ry-f d
VEST SU5i NJ street, Georgetown ana
90 II street. northeast. The stands ara
55ocaIed In the Center aid Eastern mar
2. N Bealer. manager Of tn. Io,.I
stores. came to this city fro1, ~
5otth, and has been in charge for ahoIIt
two months. A0- ''OH'