J. Aron & Company, Inc.

Coffee importers with offices in New Orleans — Houston — New York as named in 1923 copy. The 26 August 1923 San Antonio Light Hoffmann-Hayman factory spread includes their compliments display to H&H — suggesting an established green-coffee supply relationship at the time.

J. Aron & Company is historically known as a major Gulf-port green-coffee importer; the firm later became part of the Goldman Sachs commodities operation in the late 20th century.

Open questions

• Specific years of the J. Aron–H&H supply relationship
• Volume / share of H&H green-coffee buys that came through Aron (vs. direct Central/South American sourcing claimed in some H&H copy)
• Surviving correspondence, invoices, or contracts

See also

• Hoffmann-Hayman Coffee Company
• Galveston, Harrisburg and San Antonio Railway (GH&SA)
• World War I begins in Europe