Translations:Johannes Eckart (Da VII 10)/13/en

New Beginning After the Crisis

The company experienced financial difficulty in the beginning of the 1880s. Business partners had become insolvent which led to liquidity problems for Johannes Eckart. At first, he sold his property in Klenzestrasse 27 and moved the apartment and business to Rumfordstrasse 27, later to no. 13 of the same street. Sales of the preserving salt and intensification of the canned food production played an important role in the successful economic recovery. Johannes Eckart also started to produce jam and seasoning herbs. Once business improved again, bigger premises were needed for the production. This is why Johannes Eckart bought the so-called "Daxenberger" houses, located between Dultstrasse 5 and Sendlinger Strasse 7 and 8, for the price of 292,000 Mark in 1887. The family used the building at the address Dultstrasse 5 as a dwelling. The store and warehouse were located on Sendlinger Strasse 7 and 8. The manufacturing plants extended between the store and the residential house. At that time, the product range included fruit juices, canned fruit, canned vegetables, canned meat and preserving salt. The customers included the military, which used the products as provisions, and travelers who took canned food on cruises, for example.