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Whitey's Ice Cream is an ice-cream parlor chain based in Moline, Illinois. This ice cream has been an icon of the Illinois and Iowa Quad Cities since it was founded in 1933.
History
Chester Lindgren opened the first store on the corner of 16th Street and 23rd Avenue in Moline, IL. He was nicknamed "Whitey" due to his white-blonde colored hair. In 1935 Lindgren hired 15 year old Bob Tunberg, who worked for him through out high school and several years after. In 1953 Lindgren sold the store to Tunberg.
Tunberg and his wife, Norma, made ice cream during the day, and sold their product in the store at night. In 1979 the business was expanded when a second store opened in Moline, IL. After the success of this second store as well as the addition of several more Illinois stores the first Iowa store was opened in 1984 in Bettendorf, IA.
Present
Whitey's Ice Cream is currently owned by Bob Tunberg's sons, Jeff and Jon Tunberg. They work side-by-side as Co-Owners of the company, and the title, President, remains open in honor of their late father, “The Quad-Cities Favorite Ice Cream Man,” who passed away in 1991. They currently operate nine locations in the Iowa and Illinois Quad Cities, as well as stores in Iowa City, IA and Coralville, IA. They also maintain a retail stand at the i wireless Center during sporting events. Customers may also order the ice cream from Whitey's website, where it can be shipped anywhere in the continental United States.
In 1988, Whitey’s Ice Cream saw a dramatic change with the addition of a Wholesale Department and entrance into the grocery store market. This allowed Whitey’s Ice Cream packaged ice cream to be purchased from many more outlets. The Wholesale Department currently distributes to grocery stores and schools in a one hundred mile radius of the Quad Cities. Stores carrying Whitey’s Ice Cream include, Hy-Vee , Wal-Mart - Sam's Club, Super Target, Jewel, Fareway, SuperValu and Econo Foods.
Innovations
Whitey's Ice Cream is known for their extra thick shakes and malts which can be held upside down. This is due to their innovation of high powered malt machines and careful preparation by trained Whitey's employees. They also credit themselves with the creation of candy bar shakes and chocolate chip cookie dough ice cream. They also worked to develop a "No Sugar Added" ice cream sweetened with Splenda brand sweetener targeted toward diabetics.
One of Whitey’s newest flavors is Sgt. Camo, which is a camouflaged colored ice cream made from Graham Cracker, Marshmallow Ice Cream, and a ribbon of Whitey’s Famous Fudge. All profits from the sale of Sgt. Camo are donated to various military veterans groups. Sgt. Camo was been sent to the Pentagon, and also to military and their families before troops are deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan.
Honors
Whitey's Ice Cream has been called the "Best in the Midwest" by readers of the Midwest Living Magazine. It has also been featured on the Food Network's Food Finds television show. In 2007 Whitey's Ice Cream was announced as the winner of the Fourth Annual Ice Cream Store of the Year Award known as THE PASSION AWARD given by the Ice Cream University.
Whitey’s Ice Cream belongs to a number of organizations, including the International Dairy Foods Association, the National Federation of Independent Businesses and the Fellowship of Companies for Christ International.
Flavors
Whitey's Ice Cream has 40 ice cream flavors, not including special holiday and seasonal flavors.
- BITS O'BRICKLE - Vanilla flavored ice cream with brickle toffee pieces.
- BLACK CHERRY - Black cherry flavored ice cream with bing cherries mixed throughout.
- BLACK RASPBERRY CHIP - Black raspberry flavored ice cream with chocolate chips.
- BLACK WALNUT - Black walnut flavored ice cream mixed with black walnut pieces.
- BLUE MOON - Blue colored, citrus flavored ice cream and mixed with miniature marshmallows.
- BUBBLE GUM - Bubble gum flavored ice cream with pieces of real gum mixed throughout.
- BUTTER PECAN - Butter flavored ice cream with butter-roasted pecans mixed throughout.
- CAKE BATTER - Yellow cake batter flavored ice cream with fudge frosting swirled throughout.
- CHOCOLATE - Whitey’s own rich Dutch Chocolate ice cream.
- COCONUT JOY - Coconut ice cream with chocolate-covered almonds mixed throughout.
- CHOCOLATE CHIP - Vanilla ice cream with two different kinds of chocolate chips mixed throughout.
- CHOCOLATE CHOCOLATE CHIP - Dark chocolate (cocoa) flavored ice cream with chocolate chips.
- CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH - Brown sugar flavored ice cream mixed with chocolate chips and real cookie dough pieces.
- CHOCOLATE FUDGE BROWNIE - Dark chocolate flavored ice cream with fudge swirled throughout and mixed with real homemade fudge brownies pieces.
- CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER REVEL - Chocolate flavored ice cream with brownie bits mixed in and peanut butter swirled throughout.
- COTTON CANDY - Pink and blue colored ice cream with cotton candy flavoring.
- CUP O JOE - KONA coffee flavored ice cream with espresso fudge swirled throughout and chocolate espresso candy pieces.
- FRENCH VANILLA - Vanilla ice cream with egg yolks added for a richer flavor.
- GRAHAM CENTRAL STATION - Graham cracker flavored ice cream with graham cracker swirled thoughout.
- KEY LIME PIE - Key lime flavored ice cream with graham cracker swirled through.
- KONA COFFEE - Gourmet Hawaiian coffee flavored ice cream.
- MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP - Green, mint flavored ice cream with two kinds of chocolate chips mixed throughout.
- MINT COOKIE MELTAWAY - Vanilla (green) flavored ice cream with mint flavored fudge swirled through and with chocolate covered mint cookie pieces.
- MISSISSIPPI MUD REVEL - KONA coffee flavored ice cream with fudge swirled throughout and mixed with OREO cookie bits.
- MOOSE TRACKS - Vanilla ice cream with heavy fudge swirled throughout, mixed with chocolate covered peanut butter cups.
- MOOSE TRACKS NO SUGAR ADDED - Moose Tracks ice cream sweetened with Splenda®.
- ORANGE SHERBET - Orange flavored sherbet.
- PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE FUDGE - Peanut butter flavored ice cream with fudge swirled through and with peanut butter cookie pieces.
- PRALINE PECAN - Butter pecan flavored ice cream with caramel swirled through and pecans and praline (candy-coated) pecans mixed throughout.
- SGT. CAMO - Camouflaged colored ice cream made from Graham Cracker and Marshmallow Ice Cream with a ribbon of Whitey’s Famous Fudge. It tastes like s’mores.
- STRAWBERRY - Fresh strawberries swirled in a strawberry flavored ice cream.
- STRAWBERRY CHEESECAKE - Cream cheese flavored ice cream with strawberries swirled throughout and mixed with candy-coated graham cracker bits.
- SWISS ALMOND CHOCOLATE - Chocolate flavored ice cream mixed with chocolate-covered almonds.
- TURTLE TRACKS - Vanilla ice cream with caramel swirled throughout, mixed with chocolate covered caramel cups and pecans.
- VANILLA - Made with Whitey’s exclusive pure Madagascar Vanilla Bean Flavoring.
- VANILLA NO SUGAR ADDED - Our new and improved No Sugar Added Vanilla Ice Cream with Splenda brand sucralose sweetener.
- VIKING PRIDE - Peanut butter flavored ice cream with Oreos® and fudge swirled through.
- WATERMELON SHERBET - Watermelon flavored sherbet.
- WHITE CHOCOLATE RASPBERRY - White chocolate flavored ice cream with red raspberry swirled throughout and mixed with raspberry chocolate almond flakes.
- WHITE TIGER PAWS - Vanilla flavored ice cream with fudge swirled throughout and mixed with chunks of OREO® cookies.
References
- David R. Collins, Rich J. Johnson, Bess Pierce, Moline: city of mills
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