Bresler's 33 Flavors was an American

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chain founded in 1927. Its founder was Polish immigrant William J. Bresler, who died in 1985. In 1954, Bresler's began a

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hamburger chain called Henry's Hamburgers. The Bresler's chain was sold in 1987 to Oberweis Dairy in

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. At the time, it comprised 300 stores, of which 297 were franchises. Shortly afterward, the chain was renamed from Bresler's 33 Flavors to Bresler's Ice Cream, and added

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to its menus to compete with

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. Two years later, Oberweis sold the chain to David Lasky. Yogen Früz parent company CoolBrands acquired the chain in 1995 and began expanding it internationally, including locations in

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and

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. CoolBrands rebranded the last five Bresler's locations in 2007.

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