Month: April 2020

Exciting news… the flavor contest winner was MONSTER COOKIE submitted by Abby Barkema!

We know there is a lot going on in the world right now and that our stores are temporarily closed, but we wanted to share some good news with all of you! This flavor will be available in our stores sometime this summer and will be a peanut butter ice cream with chunks of peanut butter oatmeal cookies, chocolate chips and M&M’s!

As a reminder, the final four flavors were Monster Cookie (submitted by Abby Barkema), Pineapple Upside Down Cake (submitted by Amanda Reed), Cinnamon Roll (submitted by Debra McKenzie) and Peanut Butter & Jelly (submitted by Steven Crew).  As a reminder, there were multiple suggestions for each of the final four flavors and the first entry submitted, how it will be made, was chosen as per the official rules.

Voting ran from Monday, March 9 through Sunday, March 15 and Monster Cookie won 46% of the 4,127 votes.

Stay tuned to our social channels for more details on when the flavor will be available and thank you all for participating!

With our stores temporarily closed, we just wanted to take a minute to thank all of our wonderful customers who came and waited in line the past two days to get their Whitey’s fix and stock up! Words cannot express how deeply grateful we are for your support.

Keep checking back to our company updates and on our social channels (Facebook, Instagram and Twitter) for more updates and announcements when we plan to reopen.

Also a huge thanks goes out to our fantastic employees who worked tirelessly to keep the lines moving the best we could and serve the best ice cream, to the best customers.

For those wondering, our employees will continue to be paid during this time of shutdown. Additionally, Whitey’s will still be available in the grocery stores. Find more information on our grocery store business here.

We are beyond touched by all the support we’ve received. Thank you all and we will see you soon!

As of ‪Friday, April 3 at 10:00 p.m.‬ all Whitey’s stores will be closing temporarily. As much as we would love to stay open and continue serving the Quad Cities, we are closing out of an abundance of caution to ensure that our employees are staying healthy and safe at home during this time.

This does not affect Whitey’s availability at grocery stores at this time. Shipping ice cream via FedEx through our website will also be temporarily shut down during this time.

The decision to close was not an easy one and we know the road ahead is uncertain, but we want to thank you all for your constant support over the years.

We will continue to provide updates on our social channels and website, so stay tuned! But in the meantime, we hope everyone stays safe and healthy and that we will be back to doing what we love, serving you ice cream, very soon!