Ice cream makes our lives better.
The creamy goodness can be a reward for hard work. It’s a treat at the end of a long week or a cool down on a hot summer day.
There was nothing like that feeling of hearing the ice cream truck coming as a kid.
According to dairyfoods.com, statistics from Chicago-based market research firm IRI state that over a 52-week period ending Sept. 6, 2020, dollar sales in the ice cream subcategory of the larger ice cream/sherbet category were up 13.4% to $6.8 million. Unit sales increased 8.4% to $1.7 million.
Some of that increase may be due to the pandemic. Creamy cones, milkshakes, ice cream sundaes or banana splits are go-to comfort foods, aren’t they?