Insights and Stories on Ice Cream

John Pruim standing in his ice cream shop

An ice cream dream

Feb. 7, 2025 at 10:21 am CST

Glacier FarmMedia – It all started with a scoop of blueberry cheesecake ice cream from a creamery in Sicamous, B.C., more than ten years ago. About 13 years old, John Pruim was on a family road trip back to the province where he had spent his early years when the […]

Agropur backs major upgrades for Nova Scotia ice cream plant

Jun. 23, 2022 at 2:50 pm CDT

By Dave Bedard

More upgrades planned for Nestle ice cream plant

Jul. 4, 2021 at 4:52 am CDT

By Dave Bedard

Ben + Jerry’s says ‘happy cows’ lawsuit should be put to pasture

Jan. 14, 2020 at 6:56 pm CST

By jonathan-stempel

Nestle sells U.S. ice cream brands to Froneri

Dec. 11, 2019 at 5:51 pm CST

By Reuters

Agropur to shut Montreal-area ice cream plant

Oct. 5, 2019 at 1:06 pm CDT

A Quebec ice cream processing plant absorbed in 2017 by Canada’s biggest dairy co-operative will shut its doors in about 10 months’ time. Agropur Co-operative announced Friday it plans to close the former Les Aliments Lebel plant at Lachute, Que., just northwest of Montreal, in August 2020 and transfer the […]

By GFM Staff

Spice maker seeks path to make vanilla milkshakes cheaper

Jun. 3, 2019 at 7:37 pm CDT

Chicago/Antananarivo, Madagascar | Reuters — A kilo of vanilla beans costs more than a kilo of silver. Cultivated painstakingly over years from an orchid plant, vanilla is the second most expensive spice in the world, after saffron. In less than five years, the wholesale price has risen nearly 500 per […]

By Richa Naidu

Eastern Manitoba ice cream maker closes shop

Apr. 12, 2018 at 2:13 pm CDT

An eastern Manitoba dairy farmer who began producing a specialty ice cream with the farm’s own milk in 2013 has closed shop citing rising production costs. Lisa Dyck, owner of the Cornell Creme ice cream brand, began producing a line of hand-crafted ice cream in 2013, using milk from the […]

By Lorraine Stevenson

Nestle to spread out at London ice cream plant

Mar. 2, 2018 at 8:31 pm CST

A multi-phase overhaul at Nestle Canada’s southwestern Ontario ice cream factory is moving further ahead with a plant expansion. The company’s London, Ont. ice cream plant, which has operated since 1966 and supplies brands such as Haagen-Dazs, Drumstick, Parlour and Skinny Cow for all of Canada, is in the midst […]

By Staff

Scotsburn ice cream business sale to Agropur cleared

Feb. 2, 2017 at 11:36 am CST

Canada’s biggest dairy co-operative has been given the all-clear to close its deal for an Atlantic dairy co-op’s ice cream business. Agropur Co-operative on Thursday announced it has bought the assets of Truro, N.S.-based Scotsburn Co-operative Services, which include the company’s plants in Truro and in Lachute, Que. as well […]