The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1922-04-01
Consumers Wholesale Depart
ment To Be Opened i'm Topeka
Grocery Firm VIII Sell in
Large Quantities.
WILL Be OPENED APRIL Is
Community Center VIII Be a
Feature OF New Plan.
Market Quotations ON Produce
To Be Received by Radio.

An entirely new departure in mer-
ctandisinE for Topeka-and one lit
tie known in any part of the country
is 10 be entered upon by the Dfbble
Grocery company on April 10, when
the firm opens what they designate
sC,onsumers' Wholesale in the
basement under the front portion OF
their building at Sixth avenue and
Quincy street
The new project is designated to
appeal especially TO farmers ana 70
other customers who are desirous OF
purchasing staple groceries and sup
plies in comparatively large lots. for
cash. and without delivery
sales will be made of staple ar
ticIes OF food supply-canned goods
BY the dozen or by the case: potatoes
bv the 1OO-pound sack; apples by the
box: other goods in corresponding
lots: preserved or cured meats, hams,
bacon, lard and the like
To Sell for Cash.
ONLY cash sales will be made. and
the customer will take away his pur-
chases himself. The overhead expense
viii be reduced TO a minimum.
ssBv this means" I. W. Dibble. one
OF the partners, says. we will be
able to quote to the farmer who comes
to town prepared to purchase his sup
plies more or less in quantity. or TO
the city consumer. who IS desirous
OF taking the same course, prices
which are only a shade above the
wholesale prices which are quoted to
the average small retailer who buys
in aUprDximately the same lots We
have figured the standard Of guam
tity on various commodities, very
carefully. so that they viii be in lots
which the consumer can economically
purchase" 4
Wholesale" the DibbIes plan 10 mako
a real community center of interest
for farmers from TopeKa's trade ter
ritory. out OF their store.
Markets by Radio
In the same quarters, free desk
room has been offered TO F. o. Blecha,
county agent for the Farm Bureau
I. w. Dibble will go tomorrow to
Kansas City. where he hopes to ar
range for a radio installation to be
put into the store here With the
wireless. the market quotations on
casted daily from Kansas City, will be
caught. and posted in the Farm Blu
reau office
Furnishings and facilities will be
placed there to afford a rest room
and Ioafing and meeting place for the
ness. There are now various rest
rooms for women about the city.
The Dibble installation will place
the Shawnee county farmer on a par
club with a stock ticker installed to
keep him in constant touch with the
market.
To Open April Is.
The new department will be off
ciaily opened on April Is. I. W. Dbl
BILE says
SIN another department IS IN
preparation at the DIbbIe establish |
ment-a model bakery and pastry
shop which is to specialize in fancy
pastry of the highest possible quality. |
Modern bakery equipment is now
being installed on the second floor of
The building In the center section |
on the main floor there is TO be placed |
4 white-enameued electrically lighted |
show case. in which the pastries pro- |
duced on the second floor. will be ex-
hibited.
Mrs. J. z. Dubreuil. cateress at the |
Chamber OF Commerce for more than |
three years past. is TO be IN charge
Of the pastry department OF the store, |
On its completion Mrs DuBreuil will /
spend some time in the east and at /
other cities. make a special study of !
the production OF extra fancy" pas
Try. and then will be placed in charge /
OF the entire department. including |
the soda fountain. which now carries |
on an extensive lunch trade.
Later" Dibble says. 1T IS part OF 4
our plan TO establish a catering serv-
ice for outside affairs-parties AMI
the like We are also contemplating |
starting a factory for the manufacture |
Of ice cream and candy That will /
come some time in the future, and in |
the meanwhile. the pastry shop and |
the soda fountain will be the basis of 1
Ii ALL
The keynote OF the entire pastry 1
department. will be quality. We will /
get clear away from the idea OF max /
ing an article as cheaply as possible, |
with as many substitutes for its prop |
er constituents as possible. to look as /
nice as possible
To Employ Experts.
All the employees in the pastry shop /
viii be women. and experts in the
production OF pastry goods.
The machinery and show cases for
the production OF the pastry will be /
In place, and the department ready |
TO open, IN from thirty days to six 1
weeks
The Dibble Grocery company. which 1
consists OF D. NJ Dibble and I. w.
Dibble. brothers. was established In |
Topeka in 1887. thirty-five years ago.