Wis. Ice Cream Plant to Close

News EditorIce Cream, Industry News, International

The Good Humor/Breyers Wisconsin office will close during the fourth quarter of 2008. The company, owned by Unilever, will transfer or terminate the 245 employees at the location. The company said it is integrating its ice cream business into its North American organization, with a goal of having one operating company per country. Its North American operations are based in … Read More

Ice Cream Co. Mounts Campaign

News EditorIce Cream, Industry News

It should come as no surprise that the dairy foods labeling issue is not going to go away any time soon. This latest story comes out of Vermont, the home of one of the country’s most recognized ice cream. Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Inc., one of the first companies to label its ice cream as free of a synthetic hormone, … Read More

Free Ice Cream Sweetens Holidays

News EditorIce Cream, Media

Back in July, we shared with you Turkey Hill‘s celebration of Ice Cream Month which included many great prizes. Now the folks at Turkey Hill want to help you celebrate the holidays with free ice cream! Visit their ice cream blog to learn more – and good luck! Starting Friday, December 14 and ending on December 25, we’ll post a … Read More

Ice Cream Lovers Dream Job

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Haven’t all of us dreamed of a job where we could eat ice cream all day? And if it was Ben & Jerry’s ice cream, all the better! John Shaffer is one of the lucky – he is a “flavor guru” at the famous Vermont ice cream maker, and he recently shared some inside secrets to his fantastic job! After … Read More

Ice Cream Company Plans Expansion

News EditorDairy Business, Ice Cream, Industry News

A western New York ice cream company, Perry’s Ice Cream, is planning a $5 million expansion that will allow the company to handle more of its operations on site, reduce its costs and create about five new jobs. Perry’s employs 285 people and expects to raise its total to 290. The company plans to build a 17,500- square-foot cold-storage facility … Read More

Ice Cream Journal

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In case you’ve forgotten, July is National Ice Cream month, and Turkey Hill Dairy is celebrating by devoting the entire month to its principal product – ice cream! Each day, a new entry will be added to the Ice Cream Journal, and visitors who leave a comment on the blog postings will have the chance to win a free one … Read More

Real Ice Cream MilkQuakes From Krystal

Chuck ZimmermanIce Cream, Milk, Promotion

It’s nice to know that Krystal is using real ice cream in their MilkQuakes. If you visit their MySpace page you can get a free one. It’s called the Krystal Lover’s Lounge. You can download a print a coupon for one of their MilkQuakes from the site. Since it’s MySpace it’s a blog and they’ve got posts. It looks like … Read More

Beer Ice Cream

News EditorIce Cream, International

One last ice cream story, this one international. The Windermere Ice Cream Company, based in the UK, has created a beer ice cream using a local beer, the Hawkshead Brewery’s Red Ale. The ice cream received rave reveiws at the beer festival, and will now be available for sale in the company’s shop. Explaining the idea behind the new flavour, … Read More

Wine and Ice Cream Marry

News EditorIce Cream

I don’t know about you, but I really enjoy a nice glass of red wine with dinner. It sounds like I might soon be able to have some for dessert too – wine flavored ice cream. What a great idea! The new ice creams, which have an alcohol content of 5 percent, were created by Oneida County Dairy in Booneville, … Read More

Idol Ice Cream

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American Idol fans, listen up! Now you can take your love for the show to another level, by voting for your favorite Edy’s Slow Churned “American Idol” ice cream flavors. Each of the five flavors has its own profile you can check out to help you make your decision. The newly debuted flavors are: Choc ‘N’ Roll Caramel, Hollywood Cheesecake, … Read More