Ice Cream

Braum’s Corporate Office

Braum’s was founded in 1968 by Mary and Bill Braum of Tuttle, Oklahoma. The company operates a chain of casual burger restaurants, small grocery stores, and ice cream shops in Oklahoma.

As of late 2013, the company had 128 stores in Oklahoma, 13 in Missouri, 13 in Arkansas, 99 in Texas, and 27 in Kansas. Since all goods are made or grown fresh at the farm in Tuttle, the company will not open a location more than 300 miles from the farm to ensure freshness.

The Braum family owns 8 farms, with a total of 40,000 acres. It is the only ice cream maker in America which owns the cows that provide the cream for their products.

As of August 2022, the company has 307 locations, mostly in and around Oklahoma.

Braum’s maintains a corporate office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Braum's

Braum’s was founded in 1968 by Mary and Bill Braum of Tuttle, Oklahoma. The company operates a chain of casual burger restaurants, small grocery stores, and ice cream shops in Oklahoma.

History

The Braum family owns 8 farms, with a total of 40,000 acres. It is the only ice cream maker in America which owns the cows that provide the cream for their products.

As of August 2022, the company has 307 locations, mostly in and around Oklahoma.

Braum’s maintains a corporate office in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

Carvel Corporate Office

Carvel was founded in 1929 by Tom Carvel, who borrowed $15 from his future wife to overhaul and operate an ice cream truck in New York. When the truck broke down a few years later, Carvel was forced to sell his product by the roadside. After selling out in two days, Carvel realized that a store at that location would be a smart business move.

Today, Carvel is owned by Focus Brands and has more than 1,000 employees. The company operates approximately 400 franchised ice cream shops across the US, as well as offering its products in more than 9,500 supermarkets and corner stores. Carvel has partnered with other leading brands to create unique ice cream desserts, such as M&M and cookie makers.

The company offers hard-packed ice creams, frozen desserts, soft-serve ice cream, as well as shakes and ice cream cakes. The original store in Hartford, New York, stood until 2008 when it was demolished to build a Japanese restaurant.

Carvel maintains a corporate office in Atlanta, Georgia.

In December 2022, Carvel launched vegan ice cream cakes.

Carvel

History

Carvel maintains a corporate office in Atlanta, Georgia.

In December 2022, Carvel launched vegan ice cream cakes.

Bruster’s Ice Cream Corporate Office

Bruster’s Ice Cream was founded by Bruce Reed in 1989. Reed learned the restaurant business by helping out his father, who owned a diner in Bridgewater, Pennsylvania. The company’s first location was next door to his parent’s diner.

Today, the company has franchises in more than 20 states and recently opened their first international restaurant in South Korea. All ice cream and frozen yogurt is made by hand at each location. Waffle cones and other treats are also made at the site. Ice cream is made on site to prevent the formation of ice crystals.

Bruster’s Ice Cream has more than 170 flavors, along with a number of seasonal flavors, such as gingerbread and peach. A few Bruster’s franchises also operate as Nathan’s Famous Hot Dog franchises, selling both items from one location.

Bruster's Ice Cream

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Brown Dog Creamery Corporate Office

Brown Dog Creamery was founded in 2015 in Northville, Michigan by two friends, Brian Scherle and Paul Gabriel. They wanted to create an ice cream shop that was unlike any other. The name comes from a rescue dog, whose name is actually Flash. Unable to create a company name using the word Flash, they simply decided to name it after the dog’s color.

The company offers uniquely flavored ice creams, made in very small batches, as well as ice cream cakes and other desserts. Brown Dog recently opened a second location in Farmington, Michigan, called Brown Dog Creamery and Dessert Bar. The second location has a liquor license, and many of the ice creams and desserts contain liquor. One favorite is a root beer float that includes bourbon.

Brown Dog Cremery prides itself on making very small batches of ice cream, generally no larger than 4 gallons, by hand and making labels for their products by hand. The company offers pre-orders for cakes and catering, as well as gift cards.

Brown Dog Ice Cream

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Ben & Jerry’s Corporate Office

Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream, known to everyone as simply Ben & Jerry’s, was founded in Burlington, Vermont, in 1978 by two college dropouts, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield. The pair took a $5 correspondence course on how to make ice cream, took their life savings and along with some borrowed money, opened their first ice cream store in a renovated gas station.

Today, Ben & Jerry’s is one of the largest producers of ice cream in the world. The company was sold to Unilever in 2000. Ben & Jerry’s is perhaps best known for its unusual ice cream flavors, chunky ice creams, and unusual ice cream names, such as Cherry Garcia, Chubby Hubby, and Apple-y Ever After.

The company sells ice cream, frozen yogurt, and frozen ice cream desserts in more than 36 countries in stores, supermarkets, and franchise outlets. To celebrate the company anniversary, the company has a “free cone day” at all locations somewhere between late March and early April every year.

Ben and Jerry’s has long been involved in social and political issues. In May 2017, the company announced that they would not serve two scoops of the same flavor until Australia legalized gay marriage.

In October 2018, Ben and Jerry’s introduced Pecan Resist, aimed at protesting Trump’s “regressive and discriminatory policies.”