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Alice Foote MacDougall
With Inspiration from a Great-Grandmother...
In 1994, Caroline was in the middle of creating the labels for Teeccino.
Inspired by the flavors of the Mediterranean, the labels were designed to
picture scenes from different countries where the ingredients in Teeccino
grow. While in a New York café enjoying a cup of Teeccino with a friend who
wanted to hear all about this new venture, Caroline suddenly remembered that
her great grandmother, Alice Foote MacDougall, had had a chain of coffee and
waffle restaurants in New York during the early 1900's. She also remembered
that Alice had decorated each of her restaurants after a different
Mediterranean scene. Suddenly, Caroline had a startling feeling that Alice was
somehow inspiring this new venture!
Back home, Caroline began reading Alice Foote MacDougall's Autobiography of A Businesswoman, Caroline was overcome by the similarities between their lives
and the struggles they had both endured as business women and single mothers.
Caroline decided to honor her grandmother's genius by placing her
philosophical quotations on Teeccino marketing materials. You will find these
quotes sprinkled throughout the Teeccino web site. When time allows, Caroline
plans to republish Alice's unique book along with the story of her own
entrepreneurial endeavors under the title "Autobiography of Two Business Women
Across the Span of a Century."
Watch for quotes from Alice written in her 1928 Autobiography of a Business Woman, sprinkled throughout the site!
"It is not easy to create calm in the turmoil of an electrically driven city
- and we run so fast toward our commercial goal that we do not even glimpse
the beauty by the way."
~ Alice Foote MacDougall, 1928
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