Fosselman's Ice Cream Company

Fosselman's Ice Cream Company is a historic ice cream company based in Alhambra, California, located at 1824 W. Main Street,[1] that has been owned and operated by the same family for three generations.[2] Although the present company was started in 1937, the company can trace it roots to a related family business founded in 1919.[3]

Fosselman's Ice Cream Company
  • Fosselman's Ice Cream Company (Alhambra)
  • The Ice Cream Shop (Glendora)
TypePrivate
IndustryIce cream shop and manufacturer
Predecessors
  • Fosselman's, Inc. (1919-1921)
  • Fosselman Creamery (1924-1937)
Founded1937 (1937) in South Pasadena, California as Fosselman's Ice Cream Company
FounderChristian Anthony Fosselman
Headquarters
Alhambra, California
,
US
Number of locations
2
Area served
Southern California
ProductsIce cream
Websitefosselmans.com

History

In 1919, Christian Anthony Fosselman created Fosselman's, Inc., to manufacture ice cream in Waverly, Iowa. Five years later, Fosselman relocated with his family to Southern California to found a wholesale dairy business in Pasadena, called Fosselman Creamery that also delivered milk, butter, cream, and ice cream directly to families in the San Gabriel Valley through a fleet of company-owned trucks.[4][5]

In 1937, Fosselman sold the creamery and started an ice cream shop in South Pasadena called Fosselman's Ice Cream Company that made ice cream on the premise.[5] Additional storefronts were opened in Highland Park (1941), and Glendale, with a production facility in Alhambra.[6] [4] All but the Alhambra location, also an ice cream parlor, closed in the 1970s.[4] Also in the 1970s, Jelly Belly creator David Klein rented a part of Fosselman's to promote and sell his jelly beans, then in their nascence.[7]

Since the 1980s, Fosselman brothers John and Chris, grandsons of founder Christian, have run the company.[8] The company also supplies product to approximately 500 outlets, from " high-end restaurants to food trucks to retirement homes."[4]

In 2015, the company introduced soft serve ice cream, soft serve custard, and milkshakes as part of its repertoire.[9] In 2019, Fosselman's opened a new branch, called The Ice Cream Shop, in Glendora.[10]

Products

In addition to producing and carrying such classic ice cream flavors as chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry, Fosselman's also features exotic flavors such as taro, ube, and lychee. Some seasonal flavors include fresh peach, sweet corn elote, and watermelon sorbet.[11] Previous flavors include black sesame, dulche de leche, horchata, matcha green tea, oaxacan chocolate and red bean.[9]

Reviews

The Los Angeles Times called Fosselman's "the Alhambra emperors of ice cream".[4] The British newspaper The Guardian called Fosselman's the "Best place to drink: Milkshakes".[12]

References
  1. Castellanos, Camila (February 14, 2019). "At 100, Fosselman's Ice Cream Churns Into the Future". Outlook Newspapers.
  2. Schnieders, Julie (February 22, 2019). "Fosselman Brothers Scoop Past The Centennial". South Pasadenan.
  3. Meares, Hadley (September 10, 2019). "Fosselman's Turns 100 — And Opens A New Ice Cream Shop In Glendora". LAist.
  4. Scattergood, Amy (May 27, 2016). "Fosselman's, the Alhambra emperors of ice cream". Los Angeles Times.
  5. Schnieders, Julie (February 7, 2019). "Fosselman's Ice Cream Celebrates Centennial: 100 Years of Flavorful Tradition". South Pasadenan.
  6. Yee, Christopher (September 20, 2018). "Alhambra's Fosselman's Ice Cream to ditch '70s look for 100th birthday". Pasadena Star-News.
  7. Knoll, Corina (June 22, 2011). "Jelly Belly creator sour over lost legacy but sees sweet future". Los Angeles Times.
  8. "Fosselman's ice cream". New York Daily News. May 25, 2016.
  9. Vuong, Zen (August 19, 2015). "Fosselman's Ice Cream to offer soft serve ice cream, custard, milkshakes". Pasadena Star-News.
  10. Yee, Christopher (July 24, 2019). "Glendora to get a taste of Alhambra's legendary Fosselman's Ice Cream". San Gabriel Valley Tribune.
  11. Painter, Alysia Gray (May 23, 2020). "These Fosselman's Ice Cream Flavors Say Summer Is Coming". KNBC.
  12. Fox, Killian (September 12, 2009). "The 50 best things to eat in the world, and where to eat them". The Guardian.
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