Johnston and Honeyman

JOHNSTON & HONEYMAN, Wholesale Tea and General Merchants, 43, Ingram Street, Glasgow.

    Closely connected with the commercial prosperity of “this City by the Clyde” are those immense wholesale establishments which form the backbone of its mercantile interests, and, by their admirable system of distribution, place within reach of the humblest citizen the benefits once entirely monopolised by his wealthier neighbour. In this connection we would classify the old-established house of Messrs. Johnston and Honeyman, wholesale tea and general merchants, 43, Ingram Street, as one of the leading firms in this branch of commercial activity well worthy of prominent mention in these reviews. The business was established twenty years ago by the above-named gentlemen, of whom Mr. Honeyman is now the sole remaining representative, Mr. Johnston having died in 1876, the concern still being conducted under the old style.

    The premises occupied by the firm comprise the first flat of a handsome building centrally situated in Ingram Street, possessing spacious convenience for the business operations of the house, and containing well-appointed offices at the entrance, sample room, and extensive store rooms and warehouse in the rear. The latter are fully stocked with a comprehensive assortment of teas of the choicest growths and blends, coffee, cocoa, sugar, soap, oils, home and American flour, rice, sago, barley, oatmeal, peas, Indian corn, starch, tinned goods, dried fruits, nuts, oranges, seeds, spices, and an immense variety of grocer’s sundries and household requisites, etc. These goods are supplied in wholesale quantities to the principal retailers in Scotland, five representatives of the firm being constantly engaged in taking orders in the provincial towns and leading centres in the country.

    In addition, the services of a numerous staff of clerks, warehousemen, &c., are employed in the business under the direct personal control of the principal, whose long experience in the trade ensures perfection in every detail of the management. The firm is in telephonic communication (No. 3867) with the Central Exchange, and the proprietor is well known in all the principal produce markets, where his sound and unerring judgment in all matters connected with the trade has gained for Mr. Honeyman the confidence and respect of his commercial confreres and every section of business men in the city.

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