Friday, September 22, 2006
To all you ice cream fans out there...Ben and Jerry's is a brand name that i'm sure u have heard of. (shame of you if u havent!) Coupled with good service and awesome tasting ice creams, Ben and Jerry's have an ever growing world wide fan base.
Heres a lil back ground information on Ben and Jerry's!
- Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., was founded in 1978 in a renovated gas station in Burlington, Vermont, USA, by childhood friends and dedicated hippies Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield.
- The two friends started their ice cream careers with a $5 ice cream making correspondence course from Penn State University and a $12,000 investment ($4,000 of which was borrowed).
- Became popular in the local community for their innovative flavours, made from fresh Vermont milk and cream and large portions of whatever ingredients they felt tasted good on the day of making.
- Ben & Jerry's ice cream has been available in pints and minicups since 1999. Its first Scoop Shop in Singapore opened on November 28th, 2004. This outlet is located at the Singapore Zoo and is the first of its kind in Southeast Asia. The grand opening of this shop was marked with the traditional US shop openi
ng practice of giving out free cones.Since then, we have opened nine more shops, the most recent being the outlet at Jurong Birdpark, which opened in the first week of August.
A few moths back they held a "Do us a Flavour Contest" for worldwide fans and 40,000 fans particiapted.
the finalists are out! they are...
Robin Thorneycroft, 25, of Richmond, B.C., who suggested a flavor she calls Italian Renaissance, made of amaretto liqueur ice cream, cherry chunks and sliced almonds.
Timothy Link, 36, of Troy, Idaho, whose suggestion was Mojito, a lime-based sherbet with mint, brown sugar and rum added in.
Kerstin Karlhuber, 25, of Boston, whose Wackie Chan would be sweet cream and ginger-flavored ice cream, with chocolate-covered fortune cookie bits and fudge swirl.
Tasha Callister, 26, of Jackson, Fla., whose Puttin' on a Ritz would consist of vanilla ice cream, caramel and Ritz crackers.
Reina Chilton, 26, of Tempe, Ariz., who recommended "ApricotAbra," a mix of apricot chunks, dark chocolate, vanilla ice cream and tart apricot preserves.
I certainly dont know who would win, however, i believe that Italian Renaissance and Mojito would do justice to the tastebuds with their dash of alcohol to awaken ur senses...YUM! GO BEN AND JERRYS!
PhoeNix 10:20 AM