FoodBanter.com - Sir Thomas Lipton and his empire of tea

On Jul 19, 9:20*am, Dave U. Random <anonym...@anonymitaet-im-
inter.net> wrote:
> (NPR.org) - Just as the Civil War was coming to an end, a young
> journeyman from Glasgow, Scotland, arrived by ship in New York.
> When Thomas Lipton came to America he was like thousands of other
> recent arrivals — penniless and anonymous. The young Glaswegian
> spent five years in the United States doing odd jobs and taking in
> his surroundings before returning to Scotland to found his empire —
> Lipton Teas.
>
> Michael D'Antonio, author of "A Full Cup: Sir Thomas Lipton's
> Extraordinary Life and His Quest for the America's Cup" (Amazon:http://sn..im/FullCup), says the time Lipton spent learning the
> ways of American business became invaluable to the success of his
> enterprise.
>
> "He learned that it was far better to scrub up your little store
> and light it brightly, and display your goods with some flair than
> to try to hide the flaws in your merchandise and pass it off as
> first-rate goods," D'Antonio tells NPR's Guy Raz...
>
> Continued:http://sn.im/Lipton.