There’s something odd going on at reader Brian’s local Friendly’s. Brian and his wife ordered and paid for two sundaes, but when Friendly’s discovered they were out of the flavor they’d requested, things got complicated. First, the employees refused to give Brian and his wife their money back because the manager doesn’t allow refunds, then, when they asked to speak to the manager, not only would she not speak to them, but she also wouldn’t allow the employees to say her name.
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Brigham's Ice Cream Never Shrank
By 5.6.08
If you’re sick of ice-cream makers shrinking their package sizes, maybe you should try Brigham’s ice-cream. They’re still selling true quarts and true 1/2 gallons, with 15.5% butter fat and 55% air. They might be hard to find in some places but they’re the number-one selling vanilla in Boston. Non-deceptive labeling and sizes, wicked!
Two Carvel Locations in NYC Say "No Free Ice Cream Drinks For You"
By 5.2.08
Kroger Supports Your Ice Cream Diet
By 5.1.08
Reader Tim sent us this seemingly oxymoronic photo from his local Kroger in Grayson, GA. It reads, “Buy any 4 Healthy Choice meals and get 1 free Breyers Ice Cream.” Be warned, if you follow this diet you will probably notice that your ice cream is shrinking more rapidly than your waistline.
Stingy Ben And Jerry's Manager Cuts Off Free Cone Supply, Ruining "Free Cone Day"
By 4.30.08
Karen is breaking up with Ben & Jerry’s because…
Grocery Shrink Ray Hits Edy’s Ice Cream
By 4.29.08 — Updated: 10.25.12
Attention Ice Cream Lovers: The evil entity wielding the grocery shrink ray has pointed its malevolent device at Edy’s Ice Cream. The standard jug of ice cream is now 1.5 quarts, down from an already-shrunken 1.75. The price, naturally, is exactly the same.
Breyers Ice Cream Shrinks To 1.5 Quarts
By 4.21.08
I’m just getting over the first wave of ice cream shrinkage (from 1/2 gallon to 1.75 quarts) when I noticed today that Breyer’s is upping (or rather shrinking) the ante – they’re beginning to roll out 1.5 qt packages!
Dreyer Loses Truck Deathmatch To Häagen-Dazs
By 1.3.08
Jay writes: “I caught these two photos on my way in to work today in San Diego. At first I just thought is was amusing that the Dreyers truck was on its side, it really is the little things in life that make it worth living. Then I saw the Haagen-Dazs ice cream truck nearby, standing in victory. Apparently Haagen-Dazs is no longer satisfied with being the superior ice cream, they must now ram their competition off the road.” [More]
Are Ice Cream Vendors A Public Nuisance?
By 10.17.07
The city of Portsmouth, Va. certainly seems to think so. An ice cream vendor who has been fined repeatedly for playing music from his truck has challenged the city’s regulations, claiming that they are a violation of his constitutional rights.
Sanchez drives a truck for Norfolk-based Jumpn’ G’s Ice Cream. He was convicted three times this summer in Portsmouth General District Court for the illegal use of noise from an ice cream truck.
Baskin-Robbins Fined $500,000 For Shorting "Pints" Of Ice Cream
By 5.15.07
Baskin-Robbins has settled a consumer protection lawsuit with the San Diego Attorney General after it was discovered that 83% of their “hand packed pints” of ice cream were about 4 oz short of being an actual pint. Whoops.
Tomorrow is Ben & Jerry's Free Cone Day… and Tax Day
By 4.16.07
Tomorrow is Free Cone Day at all participating Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream shops.
Pith & Vinegar…and Ice Cream!
By 6.2.06
• Mr Softee co-founder dead. Relatives, friends, spoke hardening in his old age. [1010Wins]
UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
By 4.26.06
A day without ice cream is like a day without sunshine.
Ben and Jerry’s Free Ice Cream Day, Sort Of
By 4.25.06
The free ice cream at Ben and Jerry’s today until 8pm, celebrating 28 years of having your ideology and eating it too, is only as free as they want to be. Doug writes:
UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
By 4.25.06
Amy’s Ice Cream has a new sign (right) that seems to say that the $10 minimum charge is suggested, not required. The sign we originally posted (left) was one a store manager had replaced the ‘official’ sign with, according to Steve.
UPDATE: Requiring Minimum Credit Card Purchases is a Violation
By 4.24.06
Our article on the minimum credit card fees charged at Amy’s Ice Cream generated quite a little uproar. Amy is pictured, left, helping award Lonnie Williams with the “Best Transition” small business award in Austin. It’s made from left-over toffee ice cream.
