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Get the Scoop on Union-Made Ice Creams and Products

by Clyde Weiss  |  July 06, 2012

Ice Cream Cone
(Photo by EEPaul on Flickr)

As you swelter through the summer – and temperatures from the East Coast to the West are expected to hit as high as 111 degrees this weekend – don’t forget to keep cool with union-made ice cream brands, toppings and even the scoops and bowls with which to serve them.

The following products and brands are made by members of the Bakery, Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM); International Association of Machinists (IAMAW); United Food and Commercial Workers International Union (UFCW); International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT); and the United Auto Workers (UAW).

Ice Cream Brands:

  • Good Humor
  • Breakstone
  • Breyers
  • Labelle
  • Laura Second
  • Carvel
  • Kraft
  • Land-O-Sun Dairies
  • Perry’s

Toppings:

  • Frito Lay Peanuts
  • Planters Peanuts
  • Cool Whip
  • Country Fresh Cream

Bowls, Dishes and Scoops:

  • Libbey Inc.’s tulip sundae serveware, banana split bowl and supreme sundae dish
  • Kitchen-Quip ice cream scoops
  • Vollrath Kitchen Essentials
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