The new location will serve customers in the growing community starting in late-2016.
Moline, IL. (October 12, 2016) – Whitey’s Ice Cream is thrilled to announce its latest store opening in Eldridge, IA. The store will be located at 114 North 1st Street, Eldridge, IA 52748.
“We are very pleased to bring Whitey’s Ice Cream to the city of Eldridge,” said Jon Tunberg, co-owner of Whitey’s Ice Cream. “We are excited and grateful with the response we have seen from the Eldridge residents with this news and are thrilled to be part of this growing community.”
Whitey’s hopes this new store will more conveniently serve customers who have been making the drive to the eight other locations in the Quad Cities. The store in Eldridge will be opening by the end of the year, with the exact date to be determined closer to the opening. The Eldridge store will feature a drive-through and the store’s hours will be 10:00 a.m. CST – 10:00 p.m. CST upon opening.
Whitey’s Ice Cream is dedicated to manufacturing and serving superior quality ice cream with the customer being placed first in every decision. Whitey’s Ice Cream serves a variety of items including – but not limited to – shakes, malts, sundaes, pre-packaged ice cream, smoothies, ice cream pies, frozen yogurt and sodas/floats.
About Whitey’s Ice Cream
Whitey’s Ice Cream was founded in 1933 by Chester “Whitey” Lindgren – nicknamed such due to his white-blonde hair. Bob Tunberg started working at Whitey’s Ice Cream in 1935 and eventually bought the business in 1953 with his wife, Norma. Bob and Norma’s sons, Jeff and Jon, joined the family business and eventually became co-owners when Bob passed away in 1991. Today there are ten locations throughout Illinois and Iowa with product available in grocery store chains across the Midwest. Whitey’s Ice Cream has been named “best in the Midwest” according to the readers of Midwest Living Magazine, one of the “best ice creams in the world” by Conde Nast Traveler and voted “best ice cream” in the Quad City Times Reader’s Choice Awards.
For more information visit the company's website at http://www.whiteysicecream.
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