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Feb 12, 2013 · John Augustine Hartford was born on Feb. 10, 1872, the fourth of five children of George Huntington Hartford and Marie Josephine Ludlam. In the early 1900s, John and his oldest brother, George L. Hartford, took control over the company their father helped found and run, the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company.
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Entrepreneur. Hartford's father, John Huntington Hartford, worked his way up in the "Great American Tea Company" company to corporate manager. By 1900, there were 200 stores that specialized in coffee and tea until groceries were added to the inventory. Hartford started working in 1888 at age 16 for his father in the A&P corporation.
John Augustine Hartford (February 10, 1872 – September 20, 1951) was the longtime President of the Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company ("A&P"), serving in that position for 35 years from 1916 until his death.
John Augustine Hartford (1872-1951) headed A&P for 35 years from 1916-51. Considered the "merchant prince of retail," John A. Hartford (pictured In January 1939) took up leadership of A&P following...
Hartford retired from the active management of the business about 1907 or 1908 and turned the firm over to two of his sons, George Ludlum Hartford (1864–1957) and John Augustine Hartford (1872–1951). He continued as an advisor while they expanded the firm, which had become the country's largest retailer by 1915.
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Hartford retired from the active management of the business about 1907 or 1908 and turned the firm over to two of his sons, George Ludlum Hartford (1864–1957) and John Augustine Hartford (1872–1951). He continued as an advisor while they expanded the firm, which had become the country's largest retailer by 1915.
