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Calgary-area family celebrates 75 years of running ice cream shop
Global News
The family that runs MacKay’s Ice Cream in Cochrane is now celebrating 75 years of serving customers.
The Calgary Stampede is always a huge part of the year for so many businesses in the area around the city.
And at MacKay’s Ice Cream in Cochrane, it’s all about carrying on a family tradition that goes back a long way. Welcoming Stampede visitors at MacKay’s is something that’s been happening since 1948.
The family that runs the shop is now celebrating 75 years of serving customers.
“Wow — that’s a long time to be here,” customer Rhianna Smith said. “Lots of small businesses don’t make it, so 75 years is a long time.”
The anniversary makes the summer of 2023 an extra-special one for members of the MacKay family.
“We’re super excited!” shop manager Meghan Tayfel said. “We are now at the fourth generation of our family, so this is a really big milestone for us.”
Tayfel’s grandfather, James MacKay, started making and selling ice cream at the shop on Cochrane’s main street in 1948.
“He was using his grandmother’s recipe for making ice cream,” Tayfel said.