Unilever, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., rolled out 17 new frozen treats across five of its ice cream brands— Breyers, Good Humor, Klondike, MAGNUM Ice Cream and Popsicle.
Friendly's Ice Cream produces packaged ice cream and other frozen dessert products, including single-serve sundae cups, novelty items, cakes and rolls available in over 8,000 retail outlets.
May 10, 2016
Dean Foods Co., Dallas, Texas, agreed to acquire the manufacturing and retail ice cream business of Friendly's Ice Cream, LLC, Springfield, Mass.
In partnership with Oprah Winfrey, Weight Watchers International, Inc., Le Mars, Iowa, introduced three new ice cream varieties and more convenient snack-size portions.
Sambazon, San Clemente, Calif., introduced new Superfruit Packs, including Performance Protein Superfruit and Supergreens Superfruit, as well as new açaí sorbet flavors, including Açaí+ Coconut Creamy Sorbet and Açaí Chocolate + Chocolate Chip Creamy Sorbet.
The new company will combine Nestlé and R&R’s ice cream activities in the relevant countries.
April 27, 2016
Nestlé S.A., Switzerland, and R&R, a UK-based ice cream processor, created Froneri, a joint venture that employs about 15,000 people in over 20 countries.
In 2015, marketing researchers from SKIM, an international customer insights agency based in Hoboken, N.J., analyzed 10 studies of marketing claims (on-pack and in advertising) in the ice cream category.