ICE CREAM NEWS ARCHIVES

9th Annual Super Scooper All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival (Jun. 27, 2007)
"On Friday June 29th, Saturday June 30th, and Sunday July 1st, 2007, you can make a sweet donation to help in the fight against pediatric leukemia while enjoying scoops of family fun at the 9th Annual All-You-Can-Eat Ice Cream Festival on the Great Plaza at Penn's Landing [in Philadelphia]."

Eat Ice Cream for Baseball Tickets (Jun. 26, 2007)
Kemps has buried two season tickets to Minnesota Twins baseball in an ice cream container (Willy Wonka-style) to be sold in Minnesota, Wisconsin, or South Dakota. The tickets are for the Twins' 2010 season, their first in their new stadium.

The Edy's Ice Cream Taster (Jun. 25, 2007)
"John Harrison, the official ice-cream taster for Edy's Grand Ice Cream, said he grew up 'drinking 40 percent heavy whipping cream.'" Read the rest of this great article.

Own an Ice Cream Store! (Jun. 23, 2007)
"The owner of Brown's Dairy Plaza in Port Clinton has launched a contest to give it away. Brenda Bou Sliman will also throw in a $150,000 home in the area. Contestants will have to pay $250 and write a 500-word essay explaining why they want the store."

Cool Can Contest by SheerBliss (Apr. 6, 2007)
How do you use your leftover SheerBliss can? Enter their contest to win a trip to South Florida!

CoolBrands Sells Last Owned Brands (Apr. 3, 2007)
CoolBrands International Inc. announced that it has sold its Whole Fruit and Fruit-a-Freeze assets to J&J Snack Foods Corp. for approximately US$4.6 million. Following the sale today of its Whole Fruit and Fruit-a-Freeze assets, the Company no longer directly markets for sale any owned brands.

Ben & Jerry's Teams with Stephen Colbert (Feb. 21, 2007)
Ben & Jerry's has named a new ice cream in honor of comedian Stephen Colbert: "Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream." It's vanilla ice cream with fudge-covered waffle cone pieces and caramel.

Perry's Ice Cream Honors Blizzard of '77 (Jan. 26, 2007)
Perry's Ice Cream, Buffalo's regional ice cream company located in Akron, N.Y., is digging out its Zero Visibility flavor in honor of the 30th anniversary of the Blizzard of '77.

MaggieMoo's and Hershey's Celebrate (Jan. 22, 2007)
To celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Hershey's kiss, MaggieMoo's has created a new dream cake and contest called "So Many Kisses...So Little Time!"

Blue Bell Turns 100 (Jan. 12, 2007)
Blue Bell Creameries is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2007. "[Celebration] activities include a traveling exhibit, a flavor-naming contest, special anniversary ice cream flavors, and to top it all off, a gigantic birthday party in July in Brenham, Texas, home of Blue Bell for the past 100 years."