The Founding of C&S

Israel Cohen, company founder, began his career in the wholesale grocery business in the early 1900's. While working in Worcester, Massachusetts for $25 a week, Israel reasoned that he could make a greater profit and provide better service on his own. Together with his business partner, Abraham Siegel, he founded C&S Wholesale Grocers in 1918. The company's 5,000-sq. ft., three-story warehouse facility was located on Winter Street in Worcester, managed by three warehouse workers who oversaw 1,200 grocery products.

~ Picture of Israel Cohen and wife Lena, Doris and Lester ~