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Unfortunately we just had an employee test positive for COVID-19 at our Locust Street location in Davenport. We have temporarily shut down the store and are going to open again tomorrow (Friday, October 30) at 10:00 a.m. and will be deep cleaning the store and contact-tracing to determine which employees need to be tested. All other locations remain open at this time.

We know there have been a lot of comments and questions regarding our COVID closures and we wanted to take a minute to share the thought process behind our latest policies and procedures.

With 300+ employees, cases are bound to happen given the rising number of positives in both Scott County and Rock Island County. Additionally, with schools back open our underaged employees have a higher likelihood of contracting the virus at school and at social activities. We are doing our absolute best to ensure it doesn’t spread while at work with numerous policies in place.

We are posting with each closure to stay transparent with our customers and to save them the time and frustration of going to a closed store.

We know there are a lot of different opinions and concerns regarding COVID, but have chosen the system we have in place to protect our customers and employees to the best of our ability. Given how quickly things are changing this year, we are learning as we go and our procedures will continue to change. We are thankful for your understanding and support as we try to navigate this unique and challenging year.

 

The October treat of the month is a Pumpkin Turtle Sundae. It is a classic Turtle Sundae made with Pumpkin Ice Cream instead of Vanilla Ice Cream. It’s a delicious combination that is the perfect fall treat! Get one today at any of our eight locations!

Fall flavors are available in stores today including Peppermint Oreo, Carrot Cake and German Chocolate Cake!

Peppermint Oreo: Peppermint flavored ice cream mixed with OREO® cookie pieces.

Carrot Cake: Light cinnamon flavored ice cream with cream cheese frosted homemade carrot cake pieces.

German Chocolate Cake: Chocolate flavored ice cream with coconut, pecans, brownie pieces and caramel revel swirled through.

 

UPDATE: Our Bettendorf location is back open!

We just had an employee test positive for Covid-19 at our Bettendorf location. This employee has not worked since the weekend and did not get it at work. We are going to open again tomorrow (Wednesday, September 30) at 5:00 p.m. During this time we will be deep cleaning the store and contact-tracing to determine which other employees need to be tested. Thank you!

Thank you Quad Cities for voting Whitey’s Ice Cream the Best Ice Cream and the Best Dessert in the Quad-City Times 2020 Reader’s Choice Awards!

 

It goes without saying that this year has been a little different in a number of ways, but since our stores reopened on May 11, we have not been selling scoops of ice cream the traditional way… on top of a cone. We have only been serving dips in cups to-go for a number of reasons. The main reason being the fact that it was nearly impossible to hand over a cone to a customer without hands touching.

We have decided to start selling cones again, but it is going to be in a slightly different way. You can now buy cones that have been put in bags prior to being sold. Our Cake Cones and Sugar Cones will be available for purchase in bags of three for $.50 per bag, and our Waffle Cones can be purchased individually in a bag for $.75 each.

We want to thank all of our customers for their understanding as we are trying to navigate these strange times. We are doing our absolute best to continue delivering the quality and experience you expect from Whitey’s, while staying as safe and sanitary as possible.

Our 53rd Street store in Davenport is back open starting Sunday, September 20! We are still waiting on a few employees’ tests results, but all employees working have tested negative (or were never exposed) and the store has been deep cleaned. We are continuing to take every precaution to ensure our employees’ and customers’ safety and we are thrilled to be back open!

When it rains, it pours… we now have an employee who tested positive for COVID-19 at our 53rd Street location as well. Again, it was not caught at work and they have not worked at the store since the weekend. No one else is showing symptoms, but we are going to close the location for a few days to clean the store and give the employees who worked time to get tested. Thank you!

UPDATED:

Our Eldridge location is back open starting Monday, September 21! All employees working have tested negative (or were never exposed) and the store has been deep cleaned. We are continuing to take every precaution to ensure our employees’ and customers’ safety and we are thrilled to be back open!

We were just informed that an employee at our Eldridge location has tested positive for COVID-19.  This employee contracted the virus outside of work has not worked at the store since the weekend. Luckily at this time no other employees are showing symptoms.

We are going to close the location for a few days in order to deep clean the store and give the employees who worked time to get tested. Thank you for your patience and understanding and we will hopefully be back open soon!