This popular ice cream chain closing 500 stores. Here's why Thrifty gained popularity through the unique scoop it provides. Instead of a spherical scoop of ice cream, Thrifty Ice Cream is cube-shaped.

By the 1970s, Thrifty Ice Cream had developed a "cult status" on the West Coast, boasts its website with celebrities name-dropping the brand. Rite Aid acquired Thrifty Ice Cream in 1996, according ...

Ice cream lovers, rejoice! A Columbus-based ice cream company is slated to open its second Cincinnati location next month, just in time for summer. Jeni's Splendid Ice Cream is opening a new scoop ...

Pooja Bavishi is the founder and CEO of Malai, an acclaimed New York–based ice cream company specializing in innovative flavors infused with traditional South Asian ingredients. While refined ...

If you’re an ice cream fan, there’s some bad news: One of America’s most beloved ice cream brands may soon see hundreds of its in-store retail locations vanish just as summer is beginning.

The ice cream company began out of a small factory in West Hollywood, California, in 1940, before being sold at the now-defunct Thrifty Drug Store, according to Thrifty's website.

The fallout from the 2020 pandemic continues to affect businesses around the country, and a long-standing ice cream chain is set to become a casualty. Rite Aid has filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy ...

A new ice cream shop will open in Loveland on Saturday, May 31. It's standing out and not just because of the sweet treats it serves. It’s all hands on deck for a *sweet launch this Saturday.

Does the Thrifty ice cream in the freezer aisle taste the same as the stuff from the Rite Aid scoop counters? Thrifty makes more than two dozen ice cream flavors at its El Monte plant, but ...

Washington County has launched the 2025 Ice Cream Trail, according to an announcement. The trail kicked off on June 3 and will run until Sept. 22. This initiative invites residents and visitors to ...

Sweet-treat lovers will be screaming for ice cream across Lancaster County and Pennsylvania this summer. Seven Lancaster County ice cream businesses are part of the eighth annual Scooped ...