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The young don't trust business

"At the first conference of employees in the Consumer and Commercial Relations Ministry, the Honourable Sidney Handleman presented a survey of consumer attitudes taken in North Bay recently. Aside from revealing that the vast majority of consumer protection law, the most startling revelation concerns the attitude of young people towards the business. That concerns me. It should concern small business people even more. What is even more startling is the result of the question, "How much profit out of each dollar do you think food chains make after taxes"? The answers covered the gambit from nothing to $2. One food chain in its 1976 annual report stated that "earnings per dollar of sales were less that 8-10 of a cent, compared with one cent per dollar in the same period last year..."

Bradford Witness

The Earliest Newspaper in Bradford

A selection of advertisements from the earliest newspaper in our collection: the Bradford Chronicle of September 27, 1854.

Bradford Chronicle

John Evans' Dry Goods, Groceries, Hardware & Crockery

Grand opening of John Evans' Dry Goods and Hardware store on October 1st, 1865 on Holland Street.. It also tells us that Mr. Trott's Merchant Tailor shop and S. Trott's Cabinet Shop were on Holland Street at the time.

Bradford Chronicle

Edward Bingham butcher ad

"Edward Bingham,
Dealer in
Beef, Mutton, Veal, Pork,
Sausages, lard, Tallows, &c. &c.,
Holland St., Bradford."

South Simcoe Times

Edward Bingham confectionary ad

"Edward Bingham,
Manufacturer of
Cakes, Confectionery, &c. &c.
Parties supplied in the best style and at the most reasonable prices.
Bradford, Feb. 19, 1862."

South Simcoe Times

Dr. Porter ad

Advertisement of Dr. William H. Porter, Surgeon Dentist of Bradford.

South Simcoe Times

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