Fosselman's Ice Cream Company is a historic ice cream company based in
Alhambra, California
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, located at 1824 W. Main Street,
that has been owned and operated by the same family for three generations. Although the present company was started in 1937, the company can trace it roots to a related family business founded in 1919.
History
In 1919, Christian Anthony Fosselman created Fosselman's, Inc., to manufacture ice cream in
Waverly, Iowa
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The sister ci ...
. Five years later, Fosselman relocated with his family to
Southern California
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to found a wholesale dairy business in
Pasadena
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, 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.
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.
Additional storefronts were opened in
Highland Park (1941), and
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, with a production facility in Alhambra.
All but the Alhambra location, also an ice cream parlor, closed in the 1970s.
Also in the 1970s,
Jelly Belly
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The company is based in Fairfield, California, with ...
creator
David Klein rented a part of Fosselman's to promote and sell his jelly beans, then in their nascence.
Since the 1980s, Fosselman brothers John and Chris, grandsons of founder Christian, have run the company. The company also supplies product to approximately 500 outlets, from "high-end restaurants to food trucks to retirement homes."
In 2015, the company introduced soft serve ice cream, soft serve custard, and milkshakes as part of its repertoire.
In 2019, Fosselman's opened a new branch, called The Ice Cream Shop, in
Glendora.
Products
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
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,
ube, and
lychee
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, a nod to the majority Asian population in Alhambra. Some seasonal flavors include fresh peach,
sweet corn elote, and watermelon sorbet.
Previous flavors include
black sesame,
dulche de leche,
horchata
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,
matcha green tea, oaxacan chocolate and
red bean.
Reviews
The ''
Los Angeles Times
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'' called Fosselman's "the Alhambra emperors of ice cream".
The British newspaper ''
The Guardian
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'' called Fosselman's the "Best place to drink: Milkshakes".
References
External links
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Video: Fosselman’s celebrates its 100th year making ice creamvia
The San Diego Union-Tribune
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Its name derives from a 1992 merger between the two major daily newspapers at the time, ''The San Diego Union'' and ...
Ice cream parlors in the United States
Ice cream brands
American companies established in 1919
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