George Sargent (Dan kasuwa)

George Sargent (Dan kasuwa)
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	1859
ƙasa	Asturaliya
Mutuwa	1921
Makwanci	Waverley Cemetery (en)
Karatu
Harsuna	Turanci
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan kasuwa

George Sargent (1859-1921) ɗan kasuwan Australiya ne. George da matarsa Charlotte Sargent (née Foster) (1856-1924) sun kasance masu dafa irin kek da masu dafa abinci. Tare da ɗansu, Foster Sargent (1878-1924), sun kafa kamfanin da ya yi naman naman Sargent a 1906.

Rayuwa, Iyali, da Aiki

George yana ɗaya daga cikin 'ya'ya biyar na James Sergeant, mai sayar da kayan abinci na Warwickshire, dukansu sun yi hijira zuwa Ostiraliya. Ya sami horo a matsayin mai yin burodi kuma, bayan ya yi ƙaura, ya yi aiki a gidan burodin da ke titin George Street, Sydney, inda ya zama ɗan kasuwa. A shekara ta 1883, ya auri Charlotte ('Lottie') Foster, haifaffen Australia, wanda ke kula da kantin sayar da kayan zaki a kan George St. Ta riga ta haifi ɗa, Henry Hartley Foster - wanda aka fi sani da Hartley, kuma daga baya Foster Henry Hartley Sargent - wanda George Sargent aka ɗauke shi azaman nasa. Sun kuma ɗauki ɗiya, Dorothy May.

A cikin 1886 da 1887 George Sargent yana aiki a gidan burodi a Glebe. Daga nan sai ya koma gidan burodi a Surrey Hills, yana amfani da abin da aka samu na cin nasara da matarsa Charlotte ta yi don ba da kuɗin sabbin wuraren. Bayan cin nasarar kwangilar ba da burodi ga sarkar gidan shayi, damuwa don biyan bukatar ya shafi lafiyar George Sargent. An sayar da kasuwancin biredi don samun riba mai kyau, don ba da lokaci ga George Sargent don murmurewa. Da yake yanke shawarar cewa lokaci ya yi da za a sake shiga kasuwanci, Charlotte ta yi nasara a kan wani mutum ya ba da tayin neman kayan aikin burodi a madadinta sannan ya sami wani kantin sayar da babu kowa. Lokacin da ya kusa karye, ma'auratan sun buɗe 'Little Palace' a 390 Oxford Street, Paddington (a gefen tashar wuta); nan da nan sai ya zama sanannen alamar kasa

Sun fara siyar da pies don dinari a shagon su na Paddington, a cikin 1891, wanda ya zama nasara kai tsaye. Sargents sun motsa kasuwancin zuwa 11 Hunter Street, Sydney, a cikin 1895, inda ya ci gaba da ci gaba, amma ya sayar da shi ga WE. Rawa a 1900. Daga nan suka yi tafiya zuwa ƙasashen waje na ɗan lokaci. A cikin 1901, ɗansu, ya buɗe gidajen burodi guda biyu a titin Pitt da ɗakin shakatawa a titin George. Bayan dawowarsu, George da Charlotte Sargent sun ci gaba da kasuwancin danginsu yadda ya kamata daga waɗannan wuraren, amma cikin hankali sun yi ciniki ƙarƙashin sunan 'F. H. Sargent'. Rawa ne ya kai su kara, amma a sakamakon sasantawar sun kiyaye haƙƙinsu na kasuwanci a cikin birni.

Mutuwa

George Sargent ya mutu a gida, yana da shekaru 62, 13 ga Agusta 1921, bayan ya bar ofishin da ɗan lokaci fiye da yadda aka saba a maraice na baya. An binne shi a makabartar Waverley.

Bukukuwan gaba

A watan Nuwamba 1924, jim kadan bayan mutuwar mutumin da ya kafa kamfanin na karshe, Sargents ya fara amfani da wata katuwar sabuwar tanda mai dauke da iskar gas, wadda ke iya samar da pies 30,000 a kullum. A cikin 1925, kamfanin ya sake samun riba mai yawa, ya biya rabon kashi 10%, kuma ya biya rabon kari na 5% don cika asarar da aka yi a 1923.