1973 my parents opened their ice cream store called Peppermint Patti's in Defiance, OH. We served soft ice cream/custard and hand scooped ice cream. During my years at Bowling Green State University (1973-1977) I worked in the store and traveled NW Ohio selling frozen ice cream novelties to grocery stores. After I graduated from BGSU in 1977, I traveled the Midwest USA selling Ice Cream machines, designing and bulding ice cream stores.
For my ice cream shop operator friends try this, holiday ice cream sandwich, easy to make & fun to sell idea.
Say Happy Valentines Day with a great looking ICE CREAM Sandwich, use 2 Valentine Heart shaped cookies and add soft-serve ice cream. Great store promo and offer your customer something other than the usual chocolates and roses!
Ice Cream Valentine Sandwich
Just another idea for adding excitement and increased ice cream sales to your winter season. For more ideas and how-to recipes.
See George Dunlap at the Napics 2015 convention February 15 & 16.
Also at NAPICS, after 40 years of scooping ice cream hear what George has to say regarding the Hot New Trends in Ice Cream for 2015.
I am heading to the GLICFFA 2015 Convention, this week, in Lansing, MI. I will be putting on a seminar on Friday and 2 on Saturday at the Taylor Freezer of Michiganbooth. How to make “Handcrafted Homemade Ice Cream Treats“.
Taylor Freezer of Michigan the stocking distributor for C. Nelson Mfg., Co. ice cream dipping cabinets is sponsoring the program.
Day 2 at the Peck 2015 Food Show. The show was full of great vendors with new and exciting products. The 100’s of shop operators left with lots of new product ideas and excitement.
My good friend Dwyne Cornell w/Cornell’s Milk & Honey, Canton, OH. At David Hovanec’s Country Parlour Ice Cream Co. booth. ..and that’s me in the yellow polo.
My favorite New Idea of the Year!! BIG COOKIE Ice Cream Sandwiches Dipped in Chocolate and rolled in crushed nuts
….and for those who don’t want nuts. Another great new item of 2015. BIG COOKIE with a great tasting of hand scooped ice cream with 2 great tasting peanut butter cookies dipped in chocolate
What a great fun company… Frozen Solutions and Go-Divide …love those colorful spoons!
Lisa Gallagher w/Con Agra Foods Sean Reitz w/Rep Group, Acosta Food Service. Displaying their new birthday cake cone coating and other great tasting products
Day 2 another busy day at the Peck 2015 Food Show
Ben Wales Sales National Flavors
United Dairy Martins Ferry, Ohio Ice Cream mix suppliers
Lots of taste sampling going on during a busy Day 2
Server Products narrow dry dispenser wall mount or free standing
Dennis Byrne, Byrne & Associates representing Server Products showing several new products. Dry topping dispensers for Sugar and other dry toppings
Anne Hillson Kennedy and Mike Rodemann and kids.
Tom Treptow & Don Acker with Advanced Equipment Co. (Electro Freeze Ice Cream Freezer Distributor) NE Ohio
The Show is over and what a great success it was. See you next year.
C Nelson 12diphv-RB showing the new ice cream flavors of 2015 for Country Parlour Ice Cream Company, front and center.
Country Parlour scooping their new 2015 ice cream flavors out of (2) cabinets by C Nelson. BDC8 push cart and the new for 2015 12diphv-Raised Bottom Cabinet.
The Hillson brothers show their wonderful tasting line of fresh roasted nuts for the handcrafted ice cream maker.
Dave with Country Parlour Ice Cream being awarded on of the 2 Top Suppliers of 2014, presented by Steve Peck with Peck Food Service.
Oringer Booth
National Flavors booth
New from National for 2015, 3 great flavors by National Flavors
Kosto Malk powder
Kappus Booth
Taylor DQ approved
Joy Cone presenting their quality ice cream cones and waffle bowls.
Stop by and taste the new ice cream flavors for 2015 from Country Parlour Ice Cream Company, dipped out of a new 12dipCurved Glass dipping cabinet by Nelson. I will be showing several new cabinets by C Nelson stop by and say hello!
International Association of Amusement Parks and Attractions
Orlando, Florida, USA
Totally Banana’s and more…..
Just returned from the IAAPA convention, in Orlando, Florida, what a great gathering of ideas, new products, great friends, and lots of fun rides. Amusement Park operators like Cedar Point, Sea World, Disney, and other fun parks from all over the world gather in Orlando to see what is new for next year.
This is an International convention I meet folks from China, Russia, South Africa, and Europe. As well as all across North and South America. Every year product vendors come to Orlando to show their goods to the attending members of IAAPA. This year I had the pleasure to work with several of my C Nelson Mfg. Company, customers who use our carts to merchandize their products; ice cream, Italian ice, and frozen chocolate covered bananas. I love chocolate covered bananas they are a great tasting healthy treat.
Totally Bananas was one of the many vendors showing their products; my good friends Chuck Peterson and Joel Kornbluth were working their booth. Chuck uses a C Nelson BDC8cart to market his frozen bananas. If you have a need for a great tasting treat contact my friends at Totally Bananas!
Next update will be about my friends at the Scara’s Italian Ice booth here at IAAPA.
GEORGE DUNLAP, George@GeorgeDunlap.com, 614-378-8466
C. Nelson Mfg., Company offers many options for their customers. Below is a request from a theater chain in the USA. Call C. Nelson today for a color match. The 8Dip-HV, gelato style ice cream dipping cabinet has been a huge success since it was introduced several years ago. Ice Cream and Gelato customers alike love the ease of operation and low maintenance needs of the American built ice cream cabinet.