Advertisement – Dominion Food Shop, May 29, 1947
![Newspaper advertisement for Dominion Food Shop headlined “Dinner Bell Ringers” over four columns of items and prices including tomatoes, 1 pound at 27 cents, strawberry jam for 99 cents, pitted dates for 22 cents a pound, prime rib roast for 49 cents per pound and two cans of tomato soup for 21 cents.](https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/open-for-business_en-affaires/wp-content/uploads/sites/143/2021/03/018-advertisementDominionFoodShopMay291947.jpg)
The Evening Times Globe, May 29, 1947 – Saint John Free Public Library / The Evening Times Globe, le 29 mai 1947- Bibliothèque publique de Saint John
Dominion Food Shop advertised regularly through the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, two or three times as week with a tiny ad on page 2 of the newspaper, but taking out a larger ad on Thursdays or Fridays to feature a wide range of weekly meat and grocery specials. (nostalgia for the prices!)