Canadian grocer July-September 1919 . s been manager of the Con-solidated Purchasing Co., Ltd., of Win-nipeg, the buying organization for theMacDonald wholesale grocery houses intC:e West. J. Howard Rankin is the other activemember of this firm. He has bee-nmanager of the wholesale grocery bousecf the Brandon Grocery Co., Brandon,Man. He was born at Middleville, Ont.,back in 1880, but came west to Manitobathe next year with his parents on ahomestead near Pilot Mound. In 1897 hewent with Thos. Meredith, merchant,Saltcoats, Sask., where he received hisearly training. His entry into thewholesale
Canadian grocer July-September 1919 . s been manager of the Con-solidated Purchasing Co., Ltd., of Win-nipeg, the buying organization for theMacDonald wholesale grocery houses intC:e West. J. Howard Rankin is the other activemember of this firm. He has bee-nmanager of the wholesale grocery bousecf the Brandon Grocery Co., Brandon,Man. He was born at Middleville, Ont.,back in 1880, but came west to Manitobathe next year with his parents on ahomestead near Pilot Mound. In 1897 hewent with Thos. Meredith, merchant,Saltcoats, Sask., where he received hisearly training. His entry into thewholesale grocery business was in 1900with Campbell Bros. & Wilson as ship-per. Then two years later started in theretail business for himself at Wood Bay,Man. In 1904 he engaged with theCodville Co., Ltd., Winnipeg, as salesman,when he worked most of the Westerncountry from Winnipeg to the moun- tions. He was elected president of theBrandon Board of Trade for 1919. The above shows that both Mr. Nichol-son and Mr. Rankin are quite familiar. Mr. Mendoza in hi.; office. until recently when he resigned to takeover the direction of the Oliver Leeorganization. Mr. Mendoza has a deep fund of ex-perience to draw upon and in conversa-tion delights to relate some of the stuntshe has pulled of as a salesman on theroad. —«-—BROKERS OPEN CALGARY OFFICE D. J. McLeod & Co., wholesale gro-cery brokers of Edmonton, have openeda branch at Calgary. W. D. B. McLeodis in charge. tains. Six years later he was mademanager of the Codville Co., Moose 1914 he started the Brandon GroceryCo., Ltd. Mr. Rankin has also had considerableexperience in association work. From1910 to 1914 he was secretary of theSaskatchewan Wholesale Grocers Asso-ciation; from 1915 to the present timehe has been a director of the Manitobaand Saskatchewan Wholesale GrocersAssociation. While in Moose Jaw hewas a valued member of the Board ofTrade, being chairman of several sec-
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