Dairy Queen
Dairy Queen is an international chain of fast food restaurants started by John Fremont McCullough on June 22, 1940 in Joliet, Illinois.[2]
| Company type | Subsidiary |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Edina, Minnesota, United States |
Key people | Warren Buffett John Gainor (CEO) Charles J. Chapman III (COO) James S. Simpson (CFO) Michael Keller (CBO) |
| Products | Soft serve Hamburgers Hot dogs Chicken |
| Website | dairyqueen.com |
Dairy Queen's menu is mostly soft serve ice cream, hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs and chicken. One of Dairy Queen's most popular items is the Blizzard. It was first made in 1985.[3] It is a cup of soft-serve mixed with different ingredients. They come in many different flavors. Sometime the server will flip the blizzard upside down to show how thick the treat is.[4]
On August 17, 1987, Dairy Queen bought the drink chain Orange Julius.[5]
Operations
Dairy Queen is currently operated in:
Dairy Queen was previously operated in:
Austria (withdrew around 1999)
Cyprus
Dominican Republic (withdrew in the 2000s)
Gabon
Guam
Hungary (withdrew in the 1990s)
Italy
Japan (withdrew in 1999; expected to reenter)
Malaysia (withdrew in the 2010s)
Morocco (withdrew in the 2000s)
Poland (withdrew in 2016)
Singapore (withdrew in May 2016)
Australia
Puerto Rico (withdrew in the 2000s, expected to reenter)
Slovenia (withdrew in 2000)
Turkey (withdrew in the 1990s)
Macau (withdrew in 2016)
Dairy Queen Media
DQ in Moorhead, Minnesota, United States, built in 1949
A Chicken Strip Basket from Dairy Queen with four chicken strips, french fries and Texas toast
A DQ Grill & Chill in Canada
A Dairy Queen outlet in Burnet, Texas, United States, using the chain's previous logo
A woman holding a Banana Cream Pie Blizzard
A walk-up Dairy Queen stand in Gastonia, North Carolina
A Dairy Queen in Key West, Florida with the pre-2007 logo
An outlet in Ottawa, Ontario used the original retro-style neon sign with a vanilla ice cream-filled cone until 2013.
Frozen cakes and desserts at a Dairy Queen in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, c. 2022
Chocolate-dipped soft-serve cone
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References
- ↑ Niemela, Jennifer. DQ’s Q1 same-store sales up 5%. Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal (14 April 2009). Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ↑ General & HistoryDairy Queen. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ↑ About UsDairy Queen. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ↑ Why Don’t Dairy Queen’s Blizzards Fall Out of the Cup?Taste of Home. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ↑ Dairy Queen Seals Orange Julius DealChicago Tribune. Retrieved July 5, 2024.