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In the late 1950s, the soda machine at his restaurant experienced constant issues. Sometime in 1958, his machine completely failed and he decided to store his soda in his freezer, where it became slushy when pulled out. [3] He decided to sell the slush to his customers, and the drink soon became popular. [4]
The frozen custard is an original recipe that has been in the Meadows family for decades. On July 4, 1950, the Meadows brothers, J.V., Richard and Delbert, worked with Rush A. Turner, mix-master and ice cream department supervisor, of Sealtest located in Altoona, Pennsylvania to come up with a unique frozen custard recipe that is still used today.
Tastee-Freez was founded in 1950 in Joliet, Illinois, by Leo S. Maranz and Harry Axene (formerly of Dairy Queen). [2] [3] Maranz invented a soft serve pump and freezer which enabled the product, and their Harlee Manufacturing Company (a portmanteau of Harry and Leo) produced the machines which franchisees would buy and use in their respective locations. [3]
It just doesn't get any more old school than Doumar's, which began as an ice cream stand in the early 1900s that churned out the world's first waffle cones. The current location dates to 1934, and ...
A Dairy Queen in Key West, Florida with the pre-2007 logo An outlet in Ottawa, Ontario used the original retro-style neon sign with a vanilla ice cream-filled cone until 2013. The original Dairy Queen logo was simply a stylized text sign with a soft-serve cone at one end. In the late 1950s, the widely recognized red ellipse design was adopted.
Zesto in Bogalusa, Louisiana, 1983. Zesto was started by entrepreneur and inventor L.A.M. Phelan as a national franchise chain. Phelan was head of the Taylor Freezer Corp., which in 1945 had developed the "Zest-O-Mat" frozen custard machine, and franchise agreements granted exclusive use of the Zest-O-Mat machines in a given territory under the Zesto name. [2]
The Icee Company (also known as Western Icee and Icee USA) is an American beverage company located in La Vergne, Tennessee, United States. [1] Its flagship product is the Icee (stylized as ICEE), which is a frozen carbonated beverage available in fruit and soda flavors.
The concern also distributes Isaly brand ice cream (except Klondikes) to stores in Western Pennsylvania. The Klondike Bar product line is now owned by Unilever . There are at least three Isaly's still in operation in southwestern Pennsylvania in the areas of West View , Turtle Creek , and East Allegheny (city neighborhood of Pittsburgh), all ...