Biscuit and Meat Products and Side Lines Produced by Latest Methods: Cleanliness and Efficiency Tt was the happy privilege of a reporter of the "North-China News" to visit a modern Chinese factory in the Settlement and make an inspection of its methods of operation and upkeep.
The factory was picked at random and the visit resulted ju the complete changing of several preconceived notions of Chinese f branch store. The main store in Shanghai is at 265 Nanking Road.
The reporter went to the factory entirely unannounced and without any knowledge on the part of the workers that he was coming. Tha first thing that impressed him as he entered the spacious building was the general air of modernity wullness that was everywhere tories and methods in general.
The Company is one of the leading manufacturers and exporters of canned products. Their main output is confined to crackers and cookies, meats and candies. Of these the meat products department. is the largest and over 100 different varieties carry their chop. Forty kinds of biscuits are manufactured and over 20 different styles of, candies, The goods are sold all over China and much of the meat goes ty Manila where the Company has a youngster don't kid me.
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