01/12/2026
๐ฃ๐๐ฌ Pre-order alert: "S.S. PIERCE: A BOSTON TRADITION" by Anthony Sammarco is published in February.
Pre-order now ๐๐ผ https://sut.pub/SS-Pierce
๐ช๐ต๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐บ๐๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐น๐น๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ญ๐ด๐ฏ๐ญ, ๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ, โ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐
๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐, ๐ฏ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ ๐ฎ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป.โ
Pierce went on to become well known as the purveyor of groceries, fancy goods, wines, and spirits to Bostonians in the nineteenth century, as well as providing provisions to the ships that sailed from Boston Harbor.
Bartering with ship captains, he often exchanged his provisions for the delicacies that were brought to Boston from faraway ports. His renowned store catered to the carriage trade, and the company would be headed by four generations of the Pierce family. With its own coat of arms adorning a distinctive red label on canned goods, bearing the motto Puritas et Cura, and the largest line of privately packed fancy foods in the world, S.S. Pierce & Company sold its wide assortment of delicacies at a chain of stores as well as through distributors across the United States and worldwide by mail order. S.S. Pierce & Company was sold in 1967 to Laird Corporation, and in 1972 to Seneca Foods. Since 1986, it has been a part of Kraft Foods Group and M.S. Walker.
In his book "S.S. PIERCE: A BOSTON TRADITION", Anthony M. Sammarco recounts memories of the past and the shared tradition of how Bostonians reveled in the gourmet foods, fine wines, and Madeira of a once stalwart business.
