List of frozen custard companies

This is a list of notable frozen custard companies that manufacture or purvey frozen custard. Frozen custard is a cold dessert similar to ice cream, but includes a significant amount of eggs, and typically has a denser consistency.

Frozen custard companies

  • Abbott's Frozen Custard – a franchise founded and based in Rochester, New York
  • Andy's Frozen Custard – a restaurant chain with locations in fourteen U.S. states, based in Springfield, Missouri
  • Carvel – an ice cream franchise owned by Focus Brands, founded in Hartsdale, New York
  • Culver's – a casual fast food restaurant chain that operates primarily in the Midwestern United States, based in Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin
  • Freddy's Frozen Custard & Steakburgers – an American fast-casual restaurant chain based in Wichita, Kansas.
  • Gilles Frozen Custard – a brand of frozen custard that originated at the Gilles Frozen Custard Stand established in 1938; the oldest frozen custard stand in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[1][2]
  • Good Times Burgers & Frozen Custard – chain based in Golden, Colorado with locations in Colorado and Wyoming
  • Goodberry's Frozen Custard - a chain based in Raleigh, North Carolina with locations in North Carolina and Australia.
  • Kopp's Frozen Custard – a restaurant chain located in the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area that specializes in frozen custard and large "jumbo" hamburgers
  • Leon's Frozen Custard – a family-owned drive-in established in 1942 and located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin[3]
  • Meadows Frozen Custard – franchise based in Duncansville, Pennsylvania, most locations in the Mid-Atlantic United States, with one location in Canberra, Australia
  • Rita's Italian IceItalian ice chain located in the Mid-Atlantic United States which also serves frozen custard, based in Bucks County, Pennsylvania
  • Shake Shack – an American fast casual restaurant chain based in New York City[4]
  • Shake's Frozen Custard – franchise founded in Joplin, Missouri and based in Fayetteville, Arkansas
  • Ted Drewes – a family-owned frozen custard company in St. Louis, Missouri
  • Tom Wahl's – several locations near Rochester, New York
  • Zesto Drive-In – sublicensed trademark used by several U.S. restaurants and franchises, founded in Jefferson City, Missouri

See also

References

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  2. The Story of Milwaukee's Big 3 Frozen Custard Emporiums Milwaukee Magazine, May 30, 2017, retrieved November 14, 2017^
  3. Walker, Don. "Here's the scoop: Leon's Frozen Custard is alive and well". The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, November 23, 2012. Accessed May 19, 2016.^
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