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Cold Stone Creamery is an ice-cream parlor chain whose corporate headquarters are in the Phoenix suburb of Scottsdale. Co-founded in 1988 by Donald and Susan Sutherland, who sought ice cream that was neither hard-packed nor soft-serve (publicity material describe it as 'smooth and creamy super-premium ice cream'), Cold Stone Creamery opened its first store that year in Tempe, Arizona. Cold Stone desscribes its stores as the "Ultimate Ice Cream Experience". Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1067 KB) Summary Neon sign for the Coldstone Creamery at Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, California. ...
Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2048x1536, 1067 KB) Summary Neon sign for the Coldstone Creamery at Irvine Spectrum in Irvine, California. ...
The Irvine Spectrum Center is an outdoor mall in Irvine, California centered on a large Edwards 21 Cinema Movie Theater. ...
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Scottsdale is a suburb of Phoenix located in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. Named by the New York Times as The Beverly Hills of the Desert and by Travel Channel as one of the most luxurious destinations in the nation, Scottsdale has become internationally recognized and regarded as one of the...
Missing image Ice cream is often served on a stick Boxes of ice cream are often found in stores in a display freezer. ...
Downtown Tempe Tempe (pronounced by local residents) is a city located in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA, with a 2004 population estimate of 160,676. ...
The business earns its name from the frozen granite stone used to mix candy or other toppings into the ice cream. Quarrying granite for the Mormon Temple, Utah Territory. ...
Jellied candies Candy is often used as a synonym for the more traditional term confectionery in North America, whereas the word has become archaic in most parts of the United Kingdom and survives today almost exclusively in the term candy floss. In some areas, notably Scotland, candy is generally taken...
In 1995, Cold Stone Creamery opened its first franchise store, soon followed by a store in Camarillo, California, its first out-of-state. Over 1250 franchises are now in operation. Cold Stone Creamery is now the 6th best-selling brand of ice cream in the U.S. and now operates their first overseas stores in Tokyo, Japan. The company was also named the 11th fastest growing franchise by Entrepreneur Magazine in January 2006. Franchising (from the French for free) is a method of doing business wherein a franchisor licenses trademarks and tried and proven methods of doing business to a franchisee in exchange for a recurring payment, and usually a percentage piece of gross sales or gross profits as well as the annual...
Camarillo is a city located in Ventura County, California. ...
Official language(s) English Capital Sacramento Largest city Los Angeles Area Ranked 3rd - Total 158,302 sq. ...
Tokyo ) , literally eastern capital, is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and includes the highly urbanized central area formerly known as the city of Tokyo which is the heart of the Greater Tokyo Area. ...
Meanings of franchise: Full rights of citizenship given by a country or a town, especially suffrage (political franchise) In a wider sense: any right or privilege granted by constitution or statute. ...
Entrepreneur Magazine is a publication that carries news stories about entrepreneurialism, small business management, and business opportunities. ...
Future expansion plans include a 150-store contract with Korean franchiser C.J. Foodville to open outlets throughout Korea. They also plan to continue opening stores in Japan addition to the three stores they now run. The company has recently made a deal with Target Corporation to open four test stores in various locations. Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1962. ...
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