Texas - based Dean Foods has announced that it has agreed to acquire the manufacturing and retail ice cream business of Friendly's Ice Cream. (dairyreporter.com)
Brigham's grandfather, J.C. Brigham, started the company in 1950, after working in the retail ice cream business, where he made his own ice cream and candy. (fooddrink-magazine.com)
Pacific Equity Partners has hired accounting firm PwC to run the numbers on its iconic Peters Ice Cream business, indicating Australia's largest private - equity firm may consider jettisoning the asset this year. (afr.com)