Ice Cream Manufacturers

Unilever Click for details

Unilever is the largest ice cream manufacturer in the world, with annual sales of over 5 billion. Unilever’s inventory of brands includes Ben & Jerry’s, Starbucks, Slim Fast, Ocean Spray, Klondike, Popsicle, Good Humor, and more. Internationally Unilever is known for their “Heartbrand” brand of ice cream which was created in 1998 as an effort to create cross boarder synergies in brand awareness, particularly in the European Union. Heartbrand is now sold in over 40 countries.

Hood Click for Details

An American dairy company primarily known in New England, HP Hood LLC boasts an annual sales of $2.2 billion USD. Hood’s acquisitions of of other ice cream manufacturers including Crowley Foods and Crystal Cream and Butter Company within the last decade has given the company a broad outreach and distribution channels throughout the United States and North America.

Hershey Creamery Company Click for Details

The Hershey Creamery Company (not to be confused with The Hershey Company) operates 22 distribution centers in 28 states across the Northeast and Eastern United States. This company boasts a large array of prepackaged items for food service, convenience stores, and vending, as well as a strong inventory of wholesale distribution warehouses.

Dryers Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc Click for Details

Dryers is now a subsidiary of Nestle and produces high quality ice cream along with frozen yogurt. Dreyer’s also brands its premium ice creams under the name Edy’s. Dryers/Edy’s has a huge manufacturing capacity and distributes it’s products throughout the United States. In 2006 Dreyer’s expanded its’ manufacturing plant in Laurel, Maryland giving the company the two largest ice cream manufacturing facilities in the U.S.

Friendly’s Click for Details

Well known for their chain of ice cream and restaurant operations, Friendly’s also manufacturers ready to go specialty deserts and ice cream treats. Their distribution of packaged ice cream is now distributed in channels throughout the United States and their items are carried by over 4,000 supermarkets nationwide.

Baskin-Robbins

This global ice cream chain has over 5,800 locations worldwide and sells ice cream in over 31 countries including the United Kingdom, Austrailia, Canada, and the United States. The “31” flavors that Baskin-Robins is known for is hidden in their logo written in pink as parts of the B and R.

Wells Enterprises

Wells is the third largest manufacturer of ice cream in the United States and produces over 400 products under their Blue Bunny brand. They are licensed to make Weight Watchers Ice Cream and manufactures for many other private label brands. Under their Blue Bunny brand they produce an array of premium ice creams and novelty items including low calorie treats, fat free items, and sugarless ice creams

Turkey Hill Dairy

Claiming the spot as the fourth largest ice cream manufactuer, Turkey hill produces over 27 million gallons of ice cream per year. Turkey Hill Dairy’s volume of production may be attributed to licensing and partnership deals with such companies as Tootsie Roll Industries, Snyder’s, and Gertrude Hawk.

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