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Dairy Queen (DQ) is an American multinational fast food chain founded in 1940 and currently headquartered in Bloomington, Minnesota. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] The first Dairy Queen was owned and operated by Sherb Noble and first opened on June 22, 1940, in Joliet, Illinois .
The Icee was invented in 1958 by Omar Knedlik, a Dairy Queen owner in Coffeyville, Kansas. [3] The beverage was the result of faulty equipment in the Dairy Queen owned by Knedlik. [4] His soda machine broke and he began placing bottles of soda in the freezer to keep them cold.
The first Dairy Queen store opened in 1940 in Joliet, Illinois, after co-founder John Fremont McCullough developed a formula for soft-serve ice cream—and the brand has been expanding ever since.
Tastee-Freez was founded in 1950 in Joliet, Illinois, by Leo S. Maranz and Harry Axene (formerly of Dairy Queen). [2] [3] Maranz invented a soft serve pump and freezer which enabled the product, and their Harlee Manufacturing Company (a portmanteau of Harry and Leo) produced the machines which franchisees would buy and use in their respective locations. [3]
Omar Knedlik. Omar S. Knedlik (December 21, 1916 – March 14, 1989) was an American inventor and businessman. He was best known as the inventor of the ICEE frozen drink. He was born and raised a poor farm boy in Barnes, Kansas in 1916.
Vasari LLC, which operates about 70 Dairy Queen locations Texas, New Mexico, and Oklahoma, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday.
The Dairy Queen ® System Continues International Expansion Quick service restaurant and treat leader opens newest location in Trinidad MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The Dairy Queen® system ...
Founded: Inglewood, California, United States (1946; 79 years ago )) [1] ... George Foster moved to California after World War II to open outlets for Dairy Queen, ...