The H.E. Heather & Co Story – THEN...

The original Mr. H.E. Heather had been in the fruit trade practically all his life. He commenced business in the late 1800’s in Covent Garden Markets, London, where he sold bananas when the English people hardly understood what they were - he having to educate prospective buyers as to the nutrient value of the fruit before they would take to them.

Mr Heather came to Queensland in 1912 and commenced here as a grocer and produce merchant at East Brisbane where he built up a flourishing business. He sold out and started in the Roma Street Markets in 1922. From that time on, he carried on a very successful business as a banana and fruit merchant and became known for handling only the very choicest of fruit.

Bananas were his speciality and these he would send all over Australia…