Dairy Queen
American multinational fast food chain
Dairy Queen is an international chain of fast food restaurants started by John Fremont McCullough on June 22, 1940 in Joliet, Illinois.[2]
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Company type | Subsidiary |
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Industry | Restaurants |
Founded | Joliet, Illinois, United States (June 22, 1940) |
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 |
Revenue | ![]() |
Number of employees | 2,362 (2008) |
Website | dairyqueen.com |
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Dairy Queen's menu is mostly soft serve ice cream, hamburgers, 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
changeDairy 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)
References
change- ↑ Niemela, Jennifer (14 April 2009). "DQ's Q1 same-store sales up 5%". Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Retrieved 13 February 2011.
- ↑ "General & History". Dairy Queen. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
- ↑ "About Us". Dairy 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 Deal". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 5, 2024.
Other websites
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