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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.
He sold scoops in shells for one penny. Prior to this, ice cream was an expensive treat confined to those with access to an ice house. [43] Gatti built an 'ice well' to store ice that he cut from Regent's Canal under a contract with the Regent's Canal Company. By 1860, he expanded the business and began importing ice on a large scale from Norway.
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. [10] 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. [10] [7] [11] The business was sold to the Pillsbury Company in 1983 for $70 million.
Today (May 13) from 4 pm to 8 pm, Häagen-Dazs is offering a free scoop of its new Vanilla Honey Bee ice cream at participating shops. The new flavor combines creamy vanilla with just a touch ...
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.
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.
Häagen-Dazs annual Free Cone Day is Tuesday, May 9, and this year, the company is encouraging customers to help save the honeybee population.