E. C. Hazard and Company

E. C. Hazard and Company was a major grocery importer, manufacturer and distributor in 19th-century and early 20th-century America.

[2] Hazard attended public schools in Narragansett, Rhode Island, and at age 18 went to New York City to enter a trade.

There, "with horse and wagon, he became engaged at vending soap and fancy goods with B. T. Babbitt," particularly imported grocery items.

Emma died on May 12, 1880, age 42, and Hazard married for the third time on November 23, 1880, to Florence (Frances) Adaline Frothingham.

69 Barclay Street and then at 192, 194, 196 and 198 Chambers St. — and from 1886 at the new Mercantile Exchange at Hudson and Harrison with his warehouses at Hudson and North Moore Streets and his bottle vault at 74 Grove St. in Manhattan — E. C. Hazard and Company opened a large factory in 1883 at Shrewsbury, NJ, the latter of which also became the adopted home of the Hazard family.

It was in Shrewsbury, NJ that Hazard and Company purchased a 165-acre (0.67 km2) tract on which it built "extensive factories, including handsome offices and one of the best-equipped laboratories in this country."

[3] Among the consumer goods produced by E. C. Hazard and Company at its Shrewsbury, NJ facilities were Hazard's Shrewsbury Brand "Tomatoketchup" (one word), canned tomatoes (which the firm sometimes called by the archaic name "Love Apples"), canned baked beans and mushrooms, as well as white asparagus, okra, peppers, tarragon, jellies, salad dressings, and various sauces.