Mrs. A. Gilmore & Son

Mrs. A. GILMORE & SON, Wholesale and Retail Poulterers, Game Dealers, Fish and Ice Merchants, 83-85, St. George’s Place, Glasgow.

    There is no finer business of its class than that of Gilmore & Son, of St. George’s Place, Glasgow. It is, moreover, one of the most extensive — one having a most superior connection, and certainly the oldest established in Glasgow, for it was founded so far back as forty-five years ago by Mrs. A. Gilmore, who, with her son, still conducts the business.

    The premises comprise a large shop, situated at the corner of St. George’s Place and West George Street, with fine windows, in which is displayed a most tempting stock of dressed game, poultry, fish, etc. The character of the trade makes it indispensable that only the finest qualities should be purveyed, and, as the firm receive large consignments daily from the most approved sources of supply, freshness, as well as excellence, are thereby ensured.

    In addition to receiving and supplying large quantities of game, poultry, and fish, the firm also receive immense consignments of ice, in respect of which they have a valuable connection with hotels, clubs, restaurants, etc. The uses of ice are now so multifarious that this branch of the firm’s trade has rapidly and consistently developed, and, though it is already a most important one, there seems every probability of its further expansion.

    Although Mrs. Gilmore & Son, as purveyors, supply many customers direct, they also, as wholesale dealers, supply numerous retailers, and such are the ramifications of their business that various branch establishments are a necessity. They have a wholesale City establishment and stores at 77, Bell Street, but they have also branches at Hillhead, Oban, and Greenock.

    A business which has been continuously successful during the long period of forty-five years, and which still not only retains its foremost position in the trade, but is still manifestly extending, is one obviously conducted upon the best principles, and calculated to inspire the maximum of public confidence.

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