The Cincinnati Enquirer from Cincinnati, Ohio • Page 29

ounded In 1896 THE CINCINNATI ENQUIRER Tuesday, January 10, 1961 Special Adv. Section Page Sperry Hutchinson First Trading Stamp Business less. Not true, say officials of the 65-year-old con-, cern. They state that has never refused to redeem any of its stamps and, that some still being re- deemed are estimated to be more than 40 years old. at the same time, Joined a list of more than 60.000 retailers In 47 states offering the a discount stamp.

Many savers of trading stamps may feel that old stamps become worth it kets. Sin grew from a small business to its status today, being one of the largest among the more than 400 trading stamp companies In business today. At present. Sperry and Hutchinson, with headquarters at 114 Fifth New York, employs more than 5000 persons in the operation of more than 525 re- demption centers and warehouses in communities all over the country. In addition, the concern has 59 mail order stores and five modern-day een Stamp, being offered Albers Super Markets, Its start In 1896.

when omas A. Sperry and elly B. Hutchinson mded the first trading imp company In Jackson, chigan. tfr. Sperry conceived the imp Idea as both a pro-tlonal tool and at the ne time a plan through itch retailers might re-ce their credit costs and ks.

The latter aim was by confining 5 Issuance of stamps to cash sales and to credit transactions which were promptly settled. Thus, the stamp has been, from the beginning, a discount for prompt payment From the beginning, too, stamp service was essentially the same as It Is now. The service Is extended on a franchise basis to a limited number of non-competing retailers In a trading area, with retailers issuing one Green Stamp for each 10 cents of purchase. Like Albers Super Mar- Sioux Bee HONEY 1 I ,1 mm '''Mi WISHES ALBERS SUCCESS On The Jl 1mm iiiiii 1 mobile redemption centers. IE JUMP emption Center In Norwood Remodeled Stamp Red Re opening Of Their Norwood Store more than 1500 kinds of merchandise savers of Green Stamps.

Most of the items are displayed at the store, which is at 4416 Montgomery Rd. is the largest single purchaser of products from more than 700 brand-name manufacturers. Adjacent to the Albers Super Market on Montgomery Road, Norwood, is the newly-remodeled and expanded Sperry and Hutchinson Co. Green Stamp redemption store. The outlet, which redeems many of the cash-discount Green Stamps Issued by Albers Stores, offers the Makers of Jump'n Joe Goetta Extends Congratulations to For competitive reasons, is not free to give the precise number of stamps it issues each year, but, according to officials, it runs Into billions, with 28 million families saving Green Stamps.

The dollar value of merchandise redeemable for a book filled with Green Stamps varies with the item for which It Is redeemed, but on the average, the merchandise redemption value of each book is approximately $3, based on typical retail prices. Fees paid by Albers and other retailers for the service rendered by Sperry and Have fun! Gordon's! recently remodeled and expanded its redemption center store at 4416 Montgomery Norwood which is next door to Albers Congratulations And Continued Best Wishes tall prices, but the company buys its redemption merchandise at wholesale prices, not retail. It is not known how many -families in Greater Ciiiulii-nati are saving trading stamps, but during the Christmas season of 1960 more than $1 million worth of merchandise was redeemed with trading stamps in area stores. As an example, the new Sperry Hutchinson distribution center in Sharon-ville, which supplies 72 redemption stores in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana-, West Virginia and Pennsylvania, sent out $3 million in merchandise in November and, in the first week of December, sent out another in merchandise. Hutchinson vary from retailer to retailer, but, on the average, they pay about 3 for the service represented by the 1200 stamps it takes to fill an book, or (2.50 for 1000 stamps.

At first it appears Impossible that the trading stamp concern can charge merchants $3 for a stamp book and at the same time give a stamp saver a $3 value in return for the same book. But this is forgetting the purchasing power and economy of distribution of the company which enables it to meet its many operating costs yet still make a profit. The value of a stamp book Is $3 at re- Super Markets' newly-remodeled outlrt at 4500 Montgomery Rd. The store displays and stocks more than 1500 different kinds of merchandise offered to savers of Green Stamps. The majority of the items are products produced by more than 700 brand-name manufacturers.

Albers started issuing Green Stamps in 1955 and, Sincere Best Wishes ALBERS to ALBERS 400 Albers Employees Rarely Seen In Stores THE JACOB SCHLACHTER SONS CO. Government EST. No. 739 2831 Colerain Ave. Cincinnati, Ohio Congratulations To Albers on the reopening of its pioneer supermarket! WE ARE SINCERELY APPRECIATIVE OF THE AS-SOCIATION WE ENJOY IN SERVING THE PUBLIC THROUGH THIS FINE ORGANIZATION.

IT IS OUR PLEASURE TO BE A FOLLOWER OF THIS LEADER IN FOOD MERCHANDISING. Schmiesing Ice Cream Co. There are more than 400 persons employed by Albers Super Markets who-are rarely seen by customers in the stores. They are the people working at Albers administrative headquarters and warehousing operations on Mitchell Avenue, Winton Place. Another 200 employees, including 45 drivers, handle the storage and loading of the company's 165 trailers with foods for shipment to stores.

In addition to the above, there are approximately 100 persons employed by the accounting depart-ment; 30 employees handling the merchandising and advertising of meats, grocery, produce and nonfood items and 15 others working In the Personnel and Public Relations De 1017 HOPKINS ST. Approximately 25 employees are engaged in the purchasing of foods and other commodities for distribution through the 82 suDermarkets in the Albers CH 1-2400 CINCINNATI 3, OHIO partment. Region of Colonial Stores, Tnfnmnratprt sjslhat a Pickle. Twenty persons in the Maintenance and Construction Department work year-round improving existing fixtures and installing new equipment at Albers stores in the tri-state area. PROGRESS Crisp Fresh Delicious! EMPLOYEES JiT mas Get Free Benefits E.

KAHN'S SONS pioneers in the de-velopment of quality meats since 1883, continues to step ahead in serviug the needs of today's consumers and retailers. Medical Aid, Insurance And Pension Programs Offered At Albers Among the many employee benefit offered Al rwrT I jm i mm. I Best Wishes to Albers Super Markets KAHYS horse drawn delivery wagons were a familiar Mjzlit on Cincinnati ulreels more than half a century ago. Although these picturesque wagons call up pleasant memories of a more leiv iirely age, Kalm's modern trucks, two generations later, are ahle to do vastly superior joh in terms of prompt delivery, cleanliness and refrigeration. From Vanity Fair Paper Mills MAKERS OF bers Super Market employees Is a free Insurance, medical aid and retirement program.

The free medical aid plan pays 75 of hospitalization and surgical costs and Includes an illness absence clause that entitles employees to approximately 65 of their weekly salary for a period of six months. In addition to life Insurance, Albers personnel at 30 years of age are eligible for the company's retirement program. Based on salary and length of time with the company, the no-cost plan varies In monetary benefits to employees at the retirement age of 65. As an example, a present employee now 40 years of age and earning $6000 annually would receive approximately $200-a-month as pension when he retired 25 years from now. Food Stores Factor Vanity Fair And Blue Ribbon Household Paper Products tit inn ut jgjg I AS a service to dealers and consumers, Kahn's meats are chilled all the way from "cold-holding" coolers, onto refrigerated loading docks, into Kahn's fleet of sanitary refrigerated trucks for delivery to the dealer's cooler.

Kahn's trucks, for the 4lh straight year have won Fleet Owner Magazine's national maintenance efficiency award. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALBERS on the selection of r-vs4-mmm -Tin iflm linrfin In Economy Of U.S. KAHN'S FIRSTS IN THIS AREA: Ttemw Hhrtnan llireeSkhf UNIT HEATER To Modernize the Norwood Store 4500 Montgomery Road Food stores are the country number one retailer. In 1957, retail food store sales totaled about and accounted for more than one-fourth of all retail sales. Retail food stores not including restaurants, liquor stores and drinking places outside the second place automotive group (cars and accessories) In 1958 by some 50.

When gas stations were added to the automotive group, food stores still lead In first place by more than $500 million. Tender, All-Meat U. S. Gov't Inspected Wieners The Wiener The World Awaited FJavor-Pak Vacuum-packed Sliced Luncheon Meats IJacon That "Fries Golden Crisp Without Burning" In Flavor-Savor Crush-Proof Package Convenience-size Luncheon Chubs Easy-Slice Ham In The Traditional Ham Shupe ith The "Nuisance" And Leg Hones Removed The MIST Supermarket In the Mldu et Installed by The Cincinnati Air Conditioning Co. 1415 Walnut St.

PArkway 1-5622 First Office The first established office headquarters of Albers Super Markets were located at 49 Central Ave. In Room 302. Home of "The Wiener The World.