Klondike bar
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Tagline | "What Would You Do For A Klondike Bar?" |
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Website | klondikebar |
A Klondike bar is a Good Humor-Breyers ice cream novelty consisting of a square of ice cream coated with a thin layer of chocolate.
History
The Klondike bar was created by the
The first recorded advertisement for the Klondike was on February 5, 1922, in the
In 1976, Henry Clarke, owner of the Clabir company, purchased the rights to the Klondike bar, which had been manufactured and sold by the Isaly's restaurant chain since the 1930s.[2] Clarke introduced Klondike bars to consumers throughout the United States during the 1980s.[3][2] Under Clarke, sales of the Klondike bar increased from $800,000 annually at the time of the 1976 acquisition by Clabir to more than $60 million.[3]
In 1986, the US
See also
- Choc ice, the British English name for this type of product
- List of ice cream brands
References
- ISBN 0-8117-2844-7
- ^ a b Faith, Nicholas (1992-08-30). "How ice-cream sales came in from the cold: First it was 'real' beer - now 'real' ices are upsetting the old licking order in the market. Nicholas Faith on an industry in the melting-pot". The Independent. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ a b Hall, Christine (2013-04-08). "Henry Clarke, 79, Made Klondike Bar Famous, Former Greenwich Resident". Greenwich Daily Voice. Retrieved 2013-04-30.
- ^ 805 F. 2d 974 - Ambrit Inc v. Kraft Inc, vol. F2d, United States Court of Appeals, 11th Circuit, 10 December 1986, p. 974, retrieved August 8, 2014 – via openjurist.org
- ^ Rubin, James (May 4, 1987). "Court rules against Polar B'ar ice cream in battle with Klondike". AP News Archive. Associated Press. Retrieved October 10, 2014.
- ^ "AP: COMPANY NEWS: Kraft Settlement". New York Times. Associated Press. February 24, 1988. Retrieved August 8, 2014.