Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . The delivery truck used by D. Le , Ont. 84 CANADIAN i;|!() C K April 26, A trio of vans used by Fielding: Sons, Windsor, Ont. in reasonable distance of the store, usehorse delivery for this section, and findit very satisfactory. In the east of thecity the firm have a goodly number ofcustomers who are more widely scatter-ed, and here it has been found profitableto use a motor truck. For the Beachtrip it is almost a necessity cutting atrip that used to take a whole day anduse up the horses into less than half aday. Keeping Track of Customers
Canadian grocer April-June 1918 . The delivery truck used by D. Le , Ont. 84 CANADIAN i;|!() C K April 26, A trio of vans used by Fielding: Sons, Windsor, Ont. in reasonable distance of the store, usehorse delivery for this section, and findit very satisfactory. In the east of thecity the firm have a goodly number ofcustomers who are more widely scatter-ed, and here it has been found profitableto use a motor truck. For the Beachtrip it is almost a necessity cutting atrip that used to take a whole day anduse up the horses into less than half aday. Keeping Track of Customers. There are, of course, Mr. Hobson be-lieves, some other advantages with atruck delivery. You were certainly bet-ter able to look after distant horse-drawn delivery if a custom-er moved to a distance, about all thatcould be done was to give them up . Go-ing after that business with a horse de-livery did not pay. With a truck therewas no necessity to lose this trade. Despite that, however, Mr. Hobson wasvery dubious as to the wisdom of the useof motor trucks by small stores. He wasconvinced that their cost i
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