Bob Newell recently wrote to me that wherever he traveled, the sight of a Bunn-O-Matic coffee-maker reminded him of his home town. That's still true, but today the original 166-year-old Bunn Capitol company is sold and moving to Lincoln, according to a Journal-Register story.Below the story, reader comments express dismay that another large business is leaving Springfield. A vendor of food products throughout Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, and Missouri, Bunn Capitol employed 200 persons at its local plant on Stevenson Drive. How many of those jobs will transfer to Lincoln is not clear at present.
Bunn Capitol began as a grocery store in 1840, and the Bunn family later branched into banking (Springfield Marine) as well as beverage equipment. Bunn-O-Matic, a separate corporation, continues to employ 500 to 600 persons at Springfield.
5 comments:
I have seen the GREAT Bun O Matic in Germany. While "filter kaffee" is not the norm yet in the former East, it is here in the West. Always a good sign for a great cup of coffee, here or there.
Lee
Bunn Capitol is moving to Lincoln, Illinois not Decatur. It was purchased by SYSCO which also purchased Robert's (also a food distributer) earlier this year. That moved about 50 jobs to Lincoln.
Ann Hart
Hi Ann,
Thanks for the correction. I have changed the copy.
I guess I didn't have my Bunn-O-Matic coffee when I wrote the story!
Will
George Bunn has even more interesting stories. Hope he comes to a reunion sometime
George has passed on. The reason Bunn Capitol has passed on.
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