Monday, June 25, 2007
John Harrison, the executive ice-cream taster for Edy's Grand Ice Cream, stated he grew up "drinking 40 percent heavy thrashing cream." Born in Newport News, he comes from a family with four generations of history in the dairy and ice-cream manufacturing.
The 65-year-old would be in town this week encourage Edy's "Quest for a Cooler Workplace" contest. The prize - a month's provide of the Edy's Dibs ice-cream snacks, which would turn up in a freezer. He spoke with us previous week from his Oakland, Calif., office.
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Nestle Ice Cream Romania, the head of the home ice cream market, is scrutinising the market for gaining opportunities and by now has its eye as well on two smaller competitors. We are at present examining two Romanian producers," Dimitris Zogopoulos, marketing manager of Nestle Ice Cream Romania, told ZF.
He believes small ice cream makers on the home market could go away if they do not invest in their businesses, among increased competition. The Romanian ice cream market is currently divided among Nestle Ice Cream and Napolact (a company in the Friesland Foods group) and other smaller domestic companies that hold same market shares, of 10 to 15%.