Jack and Jill Ice Cream Company was founded by Max Schwartz in 1929 in

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. Schwartz sold ice cream he carried through the streets of Philadelphia. In 1936, the company purchased its first ice cream truck for selling ice cream. In addition to trucks, the company also sells ice cream to restaurants and catering services, in stores, and in

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s throughout the Mid-Atlantic United States. Jack and Jill is credited with creating and launching the

Choco Taco Choco Taco was a Good Humor-Breyers ice cream novelty resembling a taco. It consisted of a disk of waffle cone material folded to resemble a hard taco shell, reduced-fat vanilla ice cream, artificially flavored fudge, peanuts, and a milk choco ...

in the early 1980s, which it later sold to

Good Humor-Breyers Good Humor-Breyers (Ice Cream USA) is the American ice cream division of Unilever and includes the formerly independent Good Humor, Breyers, Klondike bar, Klondike, Popsicle (brand), Popsicle, Dickie Dee and Sealtest brands. Based in Englewood Cli ...

. The company is named for the " Jack and Jill"

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and is headquartered in

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Competitors

* Good Humor * Mister Softee

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External links

Jack and Jill Ice Cream website
Ice cream brands Ice cream vans Food and drink companies established in 1929 1929 establishments in Pennsylvania Moorestown, New Jersey Companies based in Burlington County, New Jersey