Mary Hatch Bailey wrote:Ben and Jerry started selling ice cream from a converted gas station with real, fresh ingredients which ~ even way back when in the 70s ~ supported family farms. Despite their sale to Unilever, many of their founding principles have stayed intact: no growth hormones, best ingredients, social responsibility, fair trade resources, small batches, community support, free cone day, etc... Just because they sold the business, doesn't automatically mean they 'sold out.' Plus, who else would be willing to market flavors like: Clusterfluff, Half baked and Schweddy Balls.
They put out a superior product to certainly the evil H-D (who they one a big lawsuit against in the 80s) and Breyers (much, much higher air content). For good local ice cream in Singapore there is Island Creamery, not bad.
@nakatago:nakatago wrote: Local ice cream brands are very much "bleh" and the imported brands can be too expensive.![]()
I want my quezo real!
Mary Hatch Bailey wrote:Ben and Jerry started selling ice cream from a converted gas station with real, fresh ingredients which ~ even way back when in the 70s ~ supported family farms. Despite their sale to Unilever, many of their founding principles have stayed intact: no growth hormones, best ingredients, social responsibility, fair trade resources, small batches, community support, free cone day, etc...
They put out a superior product to certainly the evil H-D (who they one a big lawsuit against in the 80s) and Breyers (much, much higher air content). For good local ice cream in Singapore there is Island Creamery, not bad.
There is a branch next to VeloCity in Novena. But to be honest the name and cartoon logo of a huge set of udders put me off. In fact I think I took a photo of the facade and posted it on the web for friends to enjoy. Talk about a marketing-Fail!richie303 wrote:Best I've had is Udders! They have ashop on East Coast (next to Porn's Restaurant and a bike shop!)
I can't believe no one else has tried it?
This is a good selling point in SG. Idea of farming and barn animals can be exotic and romantic for long time city dwellers. There are tours to NZ offering Singaporeans the sheep shearing experience. Fruit picking activities and farm visitations are appealing travel activities.JR8 wrote:(I have spent serious time working on farms, and also milking cows, and it's not really the image I want in my head while enjoying an ice cream. Maybe SGns are so detached from the land that it has no impact on them.... don't know)
Yes, that's the truth of it. I wouldn't have tried a product I'd never heard of which had such a silly (to me) name and logo. I.e. if they are silly enough to choose that name/logo, how sensible might they be at making ice-cream?richie303 wrote:So you didn't try it because of the sign on the outside?
The ice cream is good!
I would be interested to know if it's genuine cows milk and preferably from grass fed cows. Looking at whey protein for nutritional support convinced me to be very careful when choosing dairy products, that have been feed with corn and other substitute fodder. Milk has changed a great deal over the last 40 years due to enhanced production rates.JR8 wrote:Yes, that's the truth of it. I wouldn't have tried a product I'd never heard of which had such a silly (to me) name and logo. I.e. if they are silly enough to choose that name/logo, how sensible might they be at making ice-cream?richie303 wrote:So you didn't try it because of the sign on the outside?
The ice cream is good!
Of course now that I have heard otherwise I would give it a go
We save our ice cream budget for when we go travelling--it's too damned expensive here in SG. My daughter was waving around a $13 B&J tub saying" Mom, I want to try Schweddy Balls." I almost melted until I realized NO-ONE got the joke!Mary Hatch Bailey wrote: Plus, who else would be willing to market flavors like: Clusterfluff, Half baked and Schweddy Balls.
They put out a superior product to certainly the evil H-D (who they one a big lawsuit against in the 80s) and Breyers (much, much higher air content). For good local ice cream in Singapore there is Island Creamery, not bad.
Wow, that big a discrepancy?!? I forgot to check prices when I was in the US, only because it was winter.boffenl wrote: BTW, B&J was $3 when I went back to the US--think I may have overdosed on Chunky Monkey.
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