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Hard Ice Cream vs Soft Serve Ice Cream

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When setting up your ice cream store, you need to start deciding what concept you want for your store. If you are dead set on selling ice cream as opposed to frozen yogurt or Italian Ice, then you will have to decide on soft serve vs hard ice cream. Here, we'll discuss the pros and cons of soft serve vs hard ice cream. Let's start off with hard ice cream. Hard pack ice cream is a classic treat that can include amazing toppings such as real fruit, candy pieces, cookies, and syrups. To make this kind of ice cream, you...

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How To Navigate Your Business During This Time

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During this difficult time, it is no secret that most restaurants and bars have been requested to close for the safety of the community. However, to avoid a major financial loss by completely shutting down your ice cream venue, we advise you to explore the option of either an ice cream truck or a concession trailer to generate income and help keep your business afloat. A great idea to generate steady cash flow for your business would be to park close to or in front of an apartment complex or neighborhood. Wary inhabitants in isolation will feel a bit at...

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Spotlight Piece: R N A Ice Cream

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Slices Concession interviewed Ralph from R n A Ice Cream, a popular ice cream truck in New York City. He searched online and found out about Slices Concession due to seeing the great reviews. Ralph states that Slices Concession is the fastest company to get in touch with. Ralph's main point of contact was with managing partner, Chino Leong. "The buying process was very smooth," says Ralph, "even though Slices Concession is located states away." Ralph got into the ice cream industry while working in a school district where he realized the local area had no ice cream trucks. Ralph...

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Araza Purees

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Frozen Academy sat down with Ryan Sulchek from Araza Natural Purees. Araza is a great fruit puree brand that prides itself on its quality fruit purees which can be great inclusions in smoothies, mixed drinks, culinary sauces, and desserts. What sets them apart from the competition is they are clean label certified. Their fruit is all-natural and shelf-stable. They feature no artificial flavoring or colors, you can rest assured that what you are serving is true quality. Experience ease with how consistent the product is, due to it being smooth and homogeneous. * Follow all local and national health codes. Always...

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Lloyd's of Pennsylvania

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If you are new to the ice cream industry, a brand to look out for is Lloyd’s of Pennsylvania. They produce top-quality frozen dessert mixes as well as flavors and extracts. Lloyd's ice cream mix has reduced raw material cost and it has a cleaner taste than other mixes. They also have freeze-thaw capability and their company has reliable machine adjustment recommendations and support. Lloyd's of Pennsylvania also has a 150 day refrigerated shelf life from date of manufacture as well as price protection in the case of periods of increasing dairy prices. They have been family owned for over...

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