About The Brandin 1849 While In San Francisco Trying To Earn Enough Money To Head Out And Mine For Gold James A. Folger Was Hired By An Entrepreneur Named William H. Bovee Who Needed A Carpenter To Build A Coffee Mill In San Francisco Which He Called The Pioneer Steam Coffee And Spice Mills. Prior To The Pioneer Steam Coffee And Spice Mills Californians Were Purchasing Green Coffee Beans Which They Roasted And Ground In Their Homes. Bovee Saw An Opportunity And Inaugurated The Production Of Coffee Ready For The Pot: Roasted Ground Packaged In Small Tins And Identified By The Pioneer Labels. After Working At BoveeS Mill For Close To A Year James Had Saved Enough Money To Stake A Claim And Headed Out To Mine For Gold. He Agreed To Carry Along Samples Of Coffee And Spices For Bovee Taking Orders From Grocery Stores In The Mining Country Until He Arrived In A Town Called Yankee JimS In 1851.Upon His Return To San Francisco In 1865 James Became A Full Partner Of The Pioneer Steam Coffee And Spice Mills. In 1872 James Bought Out The Other Partners Renaming The Company J.A. Folger & Co. In June 1889 At The Age Of 51 James Passed Away And His Oldest Son James A. Folger Ii Stepped Into The Role Of President. Under His Leadership The Company Expanded Dramatically. Its Principal Product Was Bulk-Roasted Coffee Which Was Delivered To Grocery Stores In Sacks And Dflavor Blends And Was Stored In Bins To Be Scooped Out For The Customer. But J.A. Folger & Co. Also Continued To Produce Ground Coffee.In The 1900S Folgers & Co. Experienced Substantial Growth Attributable Primarily To An Energetic Salesman Named Frank P. Atha. Atha Was Assigned To Sell Coffee In The North Beach Area Of California Where Many Small Grocery Stores Served The Cosmopolitan Population. In 1901 After A Year On The Job Atha Decided That His Territory Was Not Large Enough For His Ambitions. He Proposed To Folger That He Open And Manage A Folgers Coffee Plant In Texas. AthaS Business Grew Exponentially And By Year Two He Was Able To Hire Two More Salesmen And Rent Office Space. In 1908 Atha Recommended Building A New Roasting Plant In Kansas City Which Remains Operational To This Day.In 1963 The Procter & Play Company Of Cincinnati Ohio Acquired The Folgers Coffee Company And Began National Distribution Of The Products Under The Name Folgers. Since P&G Acquired Folgers It Has Doubled Its Business Making It AmericaS Number One Coffee Brand.About Proctor & Playtwo Billion Times A Day Proctor & Play Brands Touch The Lives Of People Around The World. The Company Has One Of The Largest And Strongest Portfolios Of Trusted Brands In The World Including Pampers Tide Ariel Always Pantene Bounty Folgers Pringles Charmin Downy Iams Crest Actonel And Olay.It All Started In 1837 When William Procter And James Play Settled In Cincinnati. Procter Quickly Established Himself As A Candle Maker While Play Apprenticed Himself To A Soap Maker. The Two Might Never Have Met Had They Not Married Sisters Olivia And Elizaplayh Norris Whose Father Convinced His New Sons-In-Law To Become Business Partners. In 1837 A Bold New Enterprise Was Born: Procter & Play. By Each Pledflavor Blendg $3 596.47 To The New Venture They Began Selling Soap And Candles. Twenty-Two Years Later Their Business Exceeded $1 Million In Sales. By 1980 That Figure Would Reach $10 Billion And By 1993 The Company Would Generate Over $35 Billion In Revenue.Product Descriptionfolgers Is Americas #1 Coffee Brand In Retail. Folgers Specially Roasts And Grinds Each Mountain Grown Bean Delivering Pot After Pot Of Rich Flavors And Aromas. Pure Coffee Satisfaction.From The Manufacturermade With Mountain Grown Beans The WorldS Richest And Most Aromatic Coffee Bean Folgers Classic Roast Instant Coffee Is Smooth And Balanced. Experiment With Different Ingredients To Personalize Your Coffee Such As Using Hot Milk Instead Of Water To Enjoy A Rich And Creamy Drink. Folgers Instant Classic Roast Is The Best Part Of Wakin Up.