Notable Grocers
- Horatio G. Loomis, one of the organizers of the Chicago Board of Trade
- Hugh Mason, from whose original shop in St. James's Market led directly to the founding of London's Fortnum and Mason's
- William Fortnum, whose enterprise as a footman in the household of Queen Anne of the United Kingdom in recycling the stubs of the royal candles led to the partnership that became Fortnum and Mason's
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