Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . usekeeper with summer appetites tobe satisfied. During the past summer for the firsttime a small charge was made for thisdelivery. It was a small item of 15 centsa delivery that was gladly paid by thecottagers. Blank Pads for Orders A very satisfactory system has beenevolved for looking after this the first trip each customer is sup-plied with blank order pads. These thecustomer fills out as she requires thegoods and mails them by the rural are then delivered by the store onthe next delivery date. Sometimes theorder forms are handed to th
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . usekeeper with summer appetites tobe satisfied. During the past summer for the firsttime a small charge was made for thisdelivery. It was a small item of 15 centsa delivery that was gladly paid by thecottagers. Blank Pads for Orders A very satisfactory system has beenevolved for looking after this the first trip each customer is sup-plied with blank order pads. These thecustomer fills out as she requires thegoods and mails them by the rural are then delivered by the store onthe next delivery date. Sometimes theorder forms are handed to the storesrepresentative for delivery on the nexttrip. The telephone, too, is quite anelement in this business. The boat onits various trips carries only the goodsthat are actually ordered, with the ex-ception of bread and oil. These are twoof the commodities that the house-keeper is rather apt to find disappearmore rapidly than would seem possibleand so supplies of these are carried oneach trip sufficient to meet any A Confectionery Department ProvesSuccessful This activity has proved a very sub-stantial factor in the business of thestore and has been done without in-fringing at all on the regular storebusiness. It is one of the extra activi-ties in which the partners in the enter-prise are always ready to engage. Thisis not the only summer activity connection with the store is a largeconfectionery department and one of thefine windows of the store is devoted tothe display of these goods both summerand winter, but in the summer time anice cream parlor is part of the depart-mentj. This department is under thesuperintendence of a lady manager whohas two assistants. The sales in icecream in this department in the summeraverage- 20 gallons a day, a neat littleitem in itself. In the winter time theconfectionery business is confined to thefront part of the store and the ice creamparlor at the rear is used as a storage,a most essential item, as the averagegroc
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