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Häagen-Dazs' first store at 120 Montague Street, Brooklyn, New York. Häagen-Dazs's founder Reuben Mattus was born in Poland in 1912 to Jewish parents. His father died during World War I, and his widowed mother migrated to New York City with her two children in 1921. [4] They joined an uncle who was in the Italian lemon-ice business in Brooklyn.
In 1966, Häagen-Dazs launched its fourth flavor, strawberry, a flavor that took them 6 years to develop. [11] By 1973, it was sold throughout the United States, and in 1976 the first Häagen-Dazs store was opened in Brooklyn by their daughter Doris. [11] [8] [12] The business was sold to the Pillsbury Company in 1983 for $70 million.
The Pillsbury Company bought Häagen-Dazs in 1983. Then in 1985, Pillsbury acquired Diversifoods, the largest Burger King franchisee in the U.S. and parent company of Godfather's Pizza . [ 10 ] In 1988, Pillsbury sold the Godfather's Pizza chain to a management-led group as part of the company's restructuring moves.
Sixty-five years later, Häagen-Dazs is one of the most recognizable ice cream brands in America, so we'd say that Reuben's instincts were solid. 20 Häagen-Dazs flavors, Ranked 20.
I started with Vanilla and Caramel Crunch Milk Chocolate bars, which have a comparable bite to Häagen-Dazs’ Dulce de Leche ice cream bars. The latter set me back $5.99 at my local grocer.
Today Haagen-Daz is giving away a free scoop of any Bee-Built ice cream flavor. Check out the company's website to find a Haagen-Daz location near Free Haagen-Daz icecream May 12!
The hand-cranked churn, which also uses ice and salt for cooling, replaced the pot-freezer method. The exact origin of the hand-cranked freezer is unknown, but the first US patent for one was #3254 issued to Nancy Johnson on 9 September 1843. The hand-cranked churn produced smoother ice cream than the pot freezer and did it quicker.
Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, Inc. ("Dreyer's"), is an American ice cream company, founded in 1928 in Oakland, California.The company's two signature brands, Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream and Edy's Grand Ice Cream, are named after its founders, William Dreyer and Joseph Edy.