hershey entertainment & resorts company owns ben & jerry's ice cream company.
who owns ben & jerry's ice cream company?
hershey entertainment & resorts company
corrimal is the birthplace of "streets ice cream" the streets ice cream company came from humble beginnings. edwin (ted) street started making ice cream in a small churn, just after the depression, to supply his milk bar. it tasted so good that other shops wanted to buy it and before long, mr. street was supplying ice cream to dozens of shops in and out of the area. he built an ice works and factory near the corner of princes highway and tarrawanna road. many locals still remember the huge neon sign, featuring a polar bear licking an ice cream outside the corrimal works (the first moving neon sign in wollongong). streets ice cream was sold to unilever australia (kraft foods)in 1960 and is still in operation making family favorites such as bubble o'bill, cornetto, magnum, golden gaytime and the ever popular paddle pop that are enjoyed all over the world.
corrimal, new south wales
pierre's ice cream company first opened its store in 1932 at a chic east 82nd street and euclid avenue. fresh ice creams were prepared each day in the back of the store which were sold by the cone, the cup, or hand packed. the founder of this company is alexander pierre basset. as pierre's expanded, the company moved to st. clair avenue, and to the east 60th street and hough avenue in 1960. the hough avenue plant was shared with the royal ice cream company owned by sol roth, a small ice cream manufacturer. the royal ice cream company acquired the pierre's ice cream company in 1960, and royal began showcasing the pierre's brand and special recipe. the pierre's/royal acquired the harwill ice cream company at east 65th street and carnegie avenue in 1967. in april 1995, pierre's moved into its center and office headquarters at east 65th and euclid avenue. in september 2010, the company scheduled to open the state-of-the-art ice cream factory on a 35,000 square foot. in 2011, the company opened a new factory to replace its original plant; the facility cost $9.2 million, $6.2 million of which was supplemented by loans from the city of cleveland.
pierre's ice cream company