CCSI Cork Crowncap Database - Brewer/Bottler
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 Brewer/bottler #1758 | | | Name | Hund & Eger Bottling Co. |
| | | | | | | | | Extra info | William Hund was an immigrant from Baden, Germany. In 1880, at age of 26, William Hund purchased ownership in a bottling company in St Joseph that was known as Dumke & Gleitze.
The company was located at Main & Faraon and became known as Dumke & Hund. In 1888, Dumke sold his interest to Louis Eger and the Hund & Eger partnership was formed. The business was temporarily moved to 13th and Frederick Ave while a new bottling plant to be located at 421-423 North 2nd was being built.
In 1890, the bottling operations were moved to 421-423 North 2nd Street and remained there until the company was sold in 1962. In 1905 an agreement was made with the Coca-Cola company to become a bottler of a new product called Coca-Cola.
In 1908, Louis Eger died and his interest was purchased by the Hunds.
This made it a totally family owned enterprise and was later incorporated as the Hund & Eger Bottling Company. The Coca-Cola Company did not want alcohol products in the same business location.
Around 1935, a separate warehouse and special delivery trucks were acquired for the sales, storage & distribution alcohol products.
By 1953, there were 2 Hund & Eger warehouses; one located at 418-420 North 2nd Street and another at 501-503 North 2nd Street.
In the 1920s it was decided that Hund & Eger would discontinue other brands of soda water and sell their own formulations of different flavors.
These flavors would be made of the finest ingrediants and use the best flavoring available.
Only C & H Pure Cane Sugar would be used. Many bottlers at the time were using beet sugar which was cheaper but did not give the same flavor that was desired by the Hunds.
Flavorings came in the form of concentrated extracts which was mixed with water and suger to form a syrup. A measured amount was inserted into a bottle then carbonated water was added. The extract for Hund & Eger grape soda was a Concord Grape flavor produced by the Welch Company. The lime extract was imported from Italy. Other extracts were choosen by how intense the flavor transferred to the finished product.
The following flavors were sold in the same area as Coca-Cola and their combined sales equaled the sales of Coke year after year.
Grape, Orange, Root Beer, Strawberry, Cherry, Lime, Cream, Grapefruit, Lemon and Lemon Sour. All of the flavors were truly state of the art and have never been matched.
In 1962 the Kansas City Coca-Cola bottler made an offer to purchase the St. Joseph franchise and the Hund family sold the company. Kansas City had their own line of flavors, called Fanta, which was the also part of the Coca-Cola product line and the flavors sold with the name of Hund & Eger were discontinued. The location is currently a parking lot, another historical landmark is now gone |
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