In all, Blue Bell products are available in 23 US states, including Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, the Carolinas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Wyoming.

Blue Bell moves the majority of its ice cream from production plants to distribution branches with its own transport fleet. Route trucks make almost daily calls on stores to ensure proper stocking and rotation of ice cream. At big customers, someone from Blue Bell is in the stores an average of twice a day.

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Blue Bell was the second largest manufacturer of ice cream in the United States, as measured by sales in 2015. Currently the company is privately owned, and the Kruse family operates the company. It is the maker of Blue Bunny ice cream.

The company said it makes frozen dairy dessert because it’s, “blended in a whole new way to create a smoother texture.” It “tends to have less fat” than ice cream and the company said in a national side by side taste test “our fans like the new recipe just as much as the original. ”

Wells Enterprises, Inc. is voluntarily recalling two lots of Blue Bunny Hoppin’ Holidoodle ice cream sold at retail outlets, because they contain snickerdoodle cookie dough pieces recalled by the supplier,…

In a statement released Tuesday, the company said: Wells Enterprises has decided to close its ice cream plant in St. George, Utah. This decision will enable the Company to optimize its existing capacity in Le Mars, Iowa to more efficiently serve customers and support Wells’ long-term growth strategy.

The Blue Bunny Helmet of Hope program, which began in 2008, allows fans and consumers across the country to nominate their favorite education-focused charities, including parent-teacher associations, to receive a $25,000 grant, a Blue Bunny Ice Cream party, and special recognition on Johnson’s race helmet.

More than 80 years ago, a Sioux City man submitted a name and a character to a “Name that Ice Cream” contest after noticing how much his son enjoyed the blue bunnies in a department store window. And so, Blue Bunny was born.

Comparatively, Blue bunny only narrowly escaped being the healthiest vanilla ice cream brand because of its slightly higher sugar content. Nutritional Info: Calories: 130 per ½ cup. Sodium: 40 milligrams.

Here are 14 nutritionist-approved healthy ice creams to help you pick the right pint:

• Halo Top Mint Chip.
• Nada Moo!
• Enlightened S’mores.
• Chilly Cow Brown Butter Salted Caramel Ice Cream Bars.
• Coconut Bliss Sweet Cherry Amaretto.
• Talenti Gelato Chocolate Fudge Swirl.
• Blue Marble Organic Strawberry Ice Cream.

13 Best Brand Name Ice Creams for Weight Loss

• NADAMOO! HIMALAYAN SALTED CARAMEL.
• Edy’s Slow Churned Chocolate.
• Enlightened Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip.
• Breyers Mint Chocolate Chip.
• Turkey Hill All Natural Blackberry Swirl.
• Blue Bunny Frozen Yogurt Vanilla Bean.
• So Delicious Dairy-Free Chocolate Velvet.
• Halo Top Lemon Cake.

The diet suggests that you can add the sweet creamy treat to your daily life and still lose weight. This isn’t because ice cream contains any magic weight loss powers, but because you’re limiting calories. In addition to ice cream, dieters are given low fat, high fiber meal plans.