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| type = [[Privately held company|Privately held]] |
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| location = [[Tuttle, Oklahoma|Tuttle]], [[Oklahoma]] |
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| locations = Almost 281 (2017) |
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| key_people = Bill Braum, Founder. Drew Braum, Owner. |
| key_people = Bill Braum, Founder. Drew Braum, Owner. |
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| industry = [[Food]], [[restaurant]]s |
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| Company type | Privately held |
|---|---|
| Industry | Food, restaurants |
| Founded | 1968 |
| Headquarters | Tuttle, Oklahoma |
Number of locations | Almost 281 (2017) |
Key people | Bill Braum, Founder. Drew Braum, Owner. |
| Products | Fast food Ice Cream Dairy |
| Website | braums.com |
Braum's (pronounced br-ah-ms) is a family-owned and operated chain of fast-food restaurants and grocery stores based in Tuttle, Oklahoma.
Stores
In order to maintain the freshness of its products, the company does not open stores outside of a 300-mile (483 km) radius of the home farm in Tuttle, Oklahoma.[1] As of 2017, there are almost 300 stores in operation, with 128 stores in Oklahoma, 99 in Texas, 27 in Kansas, 13 in Arkansas and 13 in Missouri.[2]
Products
The restaurants serve ice cream, frozen yogurt, hamburgers, sandwiches, salads and breakfast items. Stores also include a grocery section called the "Fresh Market" featuring dairy products, baked goods, beverages, frozen entrees, meats and produce.[1][3][4][5]
Braum's is noteworthy for its level of vertical integration. Almost all the food products sold at Braum's are processed or manufactured directly by the company; Braum's owns its own feed mill, dairy herd, dairy processing plant, bakery, stores and delivery trucks. It also owns eight farms and ranches with a total area of 40,000 acres (160 km2), as well as its flagship dairy farm in Tuttle, Oklahoma. The dairy farm has specified times during which it is open for public tours and is a popular destination for school field trips.[1][4][6] Braum's describes itself as the only major ice cream maker to still milk its own cows. They also produce the packaging used for their dairy products.[1][6]
History
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In 1957, Bill Braum purchased his family's ice cream processing business based in Emporia, Kansas, as well as its "Peter Pan" retail ice cream chain; ten years later, the Peter Pan stores were sold, under the condition that the Braum family not sell ice cream in Kansas for ten years.[7]
Having kept the family dairy herd and ice cream processing business, Braum and his wife Mary started the Braum's chain in 1968, opening 24 stores in Oklahoma during the first year. Braum's brought products from its Emporia headquarters to Oklahoma for the first few years, later opening facilities in Oklahoma and moving the herd there in 1975.[7]
Braum's ran a series of Ernest P. Worrell commercials in the 1980s.
References
- ^ a b c d FAQ, Braum's. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.
- ^ Store Locator, Braum's. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.
- ^ Products, Braum's. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.
- ^ a b Braum's Ice Cream Co.: a different kind of dairy company, Dairy Foods, January 1, 1997. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.
- ^ Produce Sales Take Root at Oklahoma City-Area Braum's Dairy Stores, Chad Kile, Knight-Ridder/Tribune Business News, June 10, 2003.
- ^ a b Doing fine in Oklahoma. (W.H. Braum Inc.), Dairy Foods, Jeff Reiter, December 1, 1994. Accessed on line December 21, 2007.
- ^ a b Braum's Online, LLC. "Braum's Ice Cream!". Retrieved 2007-12-10.
External links
- Companies based in Oklahoma City
- Privately held companies based in Oklahoma
- Restaurants in Oklahoma
- Economy of the Western United States
- Regional restaurant chains in the United States
- Fast-food chains of the United States
- Restaurants established in 1968
- Ice cream parlors
- 1968 establishments in Oklahoma
- Ice cream brands
- Dairy products companies of the United States