Since its founding in 1933, Whitey’s Ice Cream has been bringing “a lick of joy and fun” to thousands of customers in the Quad Cities area (Rock Island and Moline in Illinois and Davenport and Bettendorf in Iowa).
Nashville, Tenn., is known as “Music City.” But another Nashville — one situated in the state of Michigan — could be referred to as “Ice Cream City.” After all, Moo-Ville Creamery produces 60 flavors of the cold, creamy treat in this tiny village of just over 1,600 residents.
With 175 years under its belt, dairy giant HP Hood LLC knows a thing or two about making dairy products. It operates 13 plants across New England to create its numerous product lines.
With no brands of its own gracing retail shelves or foodservice counters, KanPak US might not be a household name among U.S. consumers. But make no mistake: The company is a dairy processing powerhouse, coming in at No. 88 in Dairy Foods' 2021 listing of the top 100 North American dairy processors (Dairy 100).
The cooperative’s rigorous quality standards extend to not only its own plant operations, but also its process for auditing suppliers and co-manufacturers.
February 17, 2021
Nestled along the Pacific coast in upper Oregon is the town of Tillamook. It’s the name given to not only the town itself, but also the surrounding bay, the county in which it’s located, the local high school and Tillamook County Creamery Association, a 112-year-old cooperative that calls the area home.
Last year was a monumental one for the world, and a newsworthy one for Tillamook County Creamery Association, too. The Tillamook, Ore.-based cooperative became a Certified B Corporation, donated $4 million dollars to a COVID-19 relief fund and partnered with the American Farmland Trust to help secure farmland for future generations.
Family-owned Casper’s Ice Cream is counting on its product quality, differentiated brands and nimble but measured approach to see it through another 95 years.
Casper Merrill did not invent the frozen novelty. Christian Kent Nelson, a high school teacher who lived in Iowa, is credited with that achievement, creating a stickless product dubbed the “I Scream Bar” in 1920.
Graeter’s Ice Cream, a family-owned craft ice cream maker since 1870, is celebrating its 150th birthday with the creation of a special ice cream flavor.