Cold Rock Ice Creamery
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| Industry | Ice cream parlor |
|---|---|
| Founded | Aspley, Queensland in 1996 |
| Founder | Selwynn Barr |
Number of locations | 90 stores, across every state and territory of Australia |
| Parent | Franchised Food Company |
Cold Rock Ice Creamery is an Australian-based ice cream parlour chain. It specialises in custom making ice creams by adding mix-ins. Cold Rock has 90 stores across all states and territories of Australia, as well as stores in the Phillipines, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.[1][2]
Products
Cold Rock is most widely known for it's customised flavours which result from combining one or more flavours of ice cream with selected 'mix-ins, including a range of candies, fruit, nuts and biscuits. This ice cream is mixed as the customer looks on, on a chilled granite slab. Ice cream is sold in waffle cones, cups, and take-home tubs.[3] Cold Rock also sells sorbets, milkshakes, and customised ice cream cakes. [4]
History
The first Cold Rock was opened in Aspley, Queensland in 1996 by founders, Selwynn and Valerie Barr. Within two years they began franchising. In 2008, the 80th store opened, located in Melbourne, Australia. [needs update] On 4 September 2009, Franchised Food Co. acquired the chain. [5]
Social Networking
Cold Rock, like many other businesses has embraced social networking sites, such as Twitter and Facebook as a way to promote it's stores and communicate with customers directly. The franchise itself has encouraged individual store managers to create their own Facebook pages to communicate with their customers.[6]
References
- ^ Cold Rock International Site [1]
- ^ The Urban Wire, "Cold Rock Ice Creamery", 23 July 2007[2]
- ^ The Urban Wire, "Cold Rock Ice Creamery", 23 July 2007[3]
- ^ Cold Rock Ice Cream Cakes[4]
- ^ Food Business Review, "Franchised Food Company Acquires Cold Rock Ice Cream Stores", 7 September 2009 [http://www.food-business-review.com/news/franchised_food_company_acquires_cold_rock_ice_cream_stores_090908]
- ^ International Business Times, "Cold Rock uses Facebook to connect with customers", 28 June 2010 [5]
- http://www.franchise.net.au/article/Cold-Rock-open-to-talks-with-Baskin-Robbins-franchisees/524434.aspx
- http://www.franchise.net.au/Article/Sales-lift-for-ice-cream-franchise/489472.aspx