Good Humor-Breyers ( Ice Cream USA ) is the American ice cream division of Unilever and includes the formerly independent Good Humor , Breyers , Klondike , Popsicle , Dickie Dee and Sealtest brands. Based in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey it was formed in 1993 after Unilever purchased the ice cream division of Kraft General Foods .
6-498: Unilever began making Good Humor ice cream products in the United States in 1961. In 1992, Unilever acquired Dickie Dee , a Canadian ice cream vending company that sold product from ice cream trucks and tricycle carts. At the time of the sale, there were around 1,500 tricycles in 300 cities. Unilever ended the ice cream bikes in the early 2000s and carts were sold to distributors. In 1993, Unilever announced it would acquire
12-403: A clear plastic dome shaped lid, which allowed seeing the various products. Dickie Dee maintained a network of distributors to operate its equipment. Distributors leased the equipment and purchased the products from designated company suppliers. Small distributorships were turn-key operations that could be run from a family garage, while larger centres had warehouses and yards. In 1992 Dickie Dee
18-542: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This Dutch corporation or company article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Dickie Dee Dickie Dee is a Canadian brand of ice cream currently owned by Good Humor-Breyers . Dickie Dee started in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the early 1950s; it was owned by Syd Glow. In 1959, Glow sold it to the Barish family, who then grew it to be one of
24-610: The Breyers and Sealtest brands from Kraft who, however, retained the name use for non-ice cream products. Unilever integrated its ice cream division into its main offices in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey in 2007. The Good Humor brand has been known for its ice cream trucks , the concept of which was first originated by Good Humor brand creator Harry Burt. Good Humor-Breyers products have included: This food and/or confectionery corporation or company-related article
30-582: The largest ice cream vending companies in North America. At its peak, Dickie Dee had approximately 1500 operators across Canada and in the Northern United States. Ice cream products were sold out of a fibreglass compartment on a modified tricycle . Dickie Dee also had a fleet of scooters and ice cream trucks, which operated in areas with hills that could not be serviced using the bicycles. The bicycles were equipped with bells which
36-542: The operator rang to alert children to their presence. During the late 1980s and early 1990s Dickie Dee promoted the Richard D's The Ultimate Ice Cream Bar and other products at gas stations and retail outlets in freezers called "Bubble Cabinets". The Richard D's bar was introduced in 1987 as the first gourmet ice cream bar packaged in its own individual box in Canada. The Bubble Cabinets were chest-style display freezers with
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