Fosselman's Ice Cream Company

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Fosselman's Ice Cream Company
  • Fosselman's Ice Cream Company (Alhambra)
  • The Ice Cream Shop (Glendora)
Company typePrivate
IndustryIce cream shop and manufacturer
Predecessors
  • Fosselman's, Inc. (1919–1921)
  • Fosselman Creamery (1924–1937)
Founded1937; 87 years ago (1937) in South Pasadena, California as Fosselman's Ice Cream Company
FounderChristian Anthony Fosselman
Headquarters
Alhambra, California
,
US
Number of locations
2
Area served
Southern California
ProductsIce cream
Websitefosselmans.com

Fosselman's Ice Cream Company is a historic ice cream company based in Alhambra, California, located at 1824 W. Main Street,[1] that has been owned and operated by the same family for three generations.[2] Although the present company was started in 1937, the company can trace it roots to a related family business founded in 1919.[3]

History[edit]

In 1919, Christian Anthony Fosselman created Fosselman's, Inc., to manufacture ice cream in Waverly, Iowa. Five years later, Fosselman relocated with his family to Southern California to found a wholesale dairy business in Pasadena, called Fosselman Creamery that also delivered milk, butter, cream, and ice cream directly to families in the San Gabriel Valley through a fleet of company-owned trucks.[4][5]

In 1937, Fosselman sold the creamery and started an ice cream shop in South Pasadena called Fosselman's Ice Cream Company that made ice cream on the premise.[5] Additional storefronts were opened in Highland Park (1941), and Glendale, with a production facility in Alhambra.[6][4] All but the Alhambra location, also an ice cream parlor, closed in the 1970s.[4] Also in the 1970s, Jelly Belly creator David Klein rented a part of Fosselman's to promote and sell his jelly beans, then in their nascence.[7]

Since the 1980s, Fosselman brothers John and Chris, grandsons of founder Christian, have run the company.[8] The company also supplies product to approximately 500 outlets, from "high-end restaurants to food trucks to retirement homes."[4]

In 2015, the company introduced soft serve ice cream, soft serve custard, and milkshakes as part of its repertoire.[9] In 2019, Fosselman's opened a new branch, called The Ice Cream Shop, in Glendora.[10]

Products[edit]

In addition to producing and carrying such classic ice cream flavors as chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, Fosselman's also features exotic flavors such as taro, ube, and lychee, a nod to the majority Asian population in Alhambra. Some seasonal flavors include fresh peach, sweet corn elote, and watermelon sorbet.[11] Previous flavors include black sesame, dulche de leche, horchata, matcha green tea, oaxacan chocolate and red bean.[9]

Reviews[edit]

The Los Angeles Times called Fosselman's "the Alhambra emperors of ice cream".[4] The British newspaper The Guardian called Fosselman's the "Best place to drink: Milkshakes".[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Castellanos, Camila (February 14, 2019). "At 100, Fosselman's Ice Cream Churns Into the Future". Outlook Newspapers.
  2. ^ Schnieders, Julie (February 22, 2019). "Fosselman Brothers Scoop Past The Centennial". South Pasadenan.
  3. ^ Meares, Hadley (September 10, 2019). "Fosselman's Turns 100 — And Opens A New Ice Cream Shop In Glendora". LAist.
  4. ^ a b c d e Scattergood, Amy (May 27, 2016). "Fosselman's, the Alhambra emperors of ice cream". Los Angeles Times.
  5. ^ a b Schnieders, Julie (February 7, 2019). "Fosselman's Ice Cream Celebrates Centennial: 100 Years of Flavorful Tradition". South Pasadenan.
  6. ^ Yee, Christopher (September 20, 2018). "Alhambra's Fosselman's Ice Cream to ditch '70s look for 100th birthday". Pasadena Star-News.
  7. ^ Knoll, Corina (June 22, 2011). "Jelly Belly creator sour over lost legacy but sees sweet future". Los Angeles Times.
  8. ^ "Fosselman's ice cream". New York Daily News. May 25, 2016.
  9. ^ a b Vuong, Zen (August 19, 2015). "Fosselman's Ice Cream to offer soft serve ice cream, custard, milkshakes". Pasadena Star-News.
  10. ^ Yee, Christopher (July 24, 2019). "Glendora to get a taste of Alhambra's legendary Fosselman's Ice Cream". San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
  11. ^ Painter, Alysia Gray (May 23, 2020). "These Fosselman's Ice Cream Flavors Say Summer Is Coming". KNBC.
  12. ^ Fox, Killian (September 12, 2009). "The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them". The Guardian.

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