Ben & Jerry's

  • Humble Beginnings

    Humble Beginnings
    -$12,000 investment ($4,000 borrowed)
    -Renovated gas station on the coner of St. Paul and College St, downtown Burlington, Vermont
  • A Year Later

    A Year Later
    -Marked 1 year anniversary
    -First Free Cone Day
  • I Scream, You scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream

    I Scream, You scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream
    -Started packaging and selling pints of icecream
  • Franchise TIme

    Franchise TIme
    -First Franchise opens
    -Route 7, Shelburne Virginia
  • New Location

    New Location
    -Moves to the corner of Cherry Street and South Winooski Ave in Burlington
  • World Record, Franchise & Pints

    World Record, Franchise & Pints
    -Build World's Largest Ice Cream Sunday: 27,102 pounds!!!
    -First out-of-state franchise opens- Portland, Maine
    -Pints begin being sold in Boston by indep. distributers
  • Sales

    Sales
    -+$4 million in sales, a 120% increase from prev. year
  • More Sales & Construction

    More Sales & Construction
    -+$9 million in sales, 143% increase
    -begins building its first manufactoring plant
  • Openings, "Cowmobiles", and Sales

    Openings, "Cowmobiles", and Sales
    -plant opens
    -"Cowmobile launches"
    -$20 million in sales, 100% increase
  • Cowmobile- New and Improved & Sales

    Cowmobile- New and Improved & Sales
    -Second "Cowmobile" starts travelling
    -$32 million in sales, 59% increase
  • Shops & Sales

    Shops & Sales
    -More than 80 shops open
    -+$47 million in sales, 49% increase
  • Hello London & Lose in Sales

    Hello London & Lose in Sales
    -pints now selling in the U.K.
    -lose $1,900,000- assets related to the new Saint Albans Facility
  • Hello France!

    Hello France!
    -Pints debut in France
  • Happy Anniversary!!

    Happy Anniversary!!
    -25 Year Anniversary!