Maintaining focus: Carvel's new management aims to build on the rich heritage of its soft serve and ice cream cakes.

From: Dairy Field | Date: July 1, 2005| Author: Dudlicek, James | Copyright information

Just about everyone who grew up eating Carvel ice cream has a Carvel story. It's those personal experiences that help lend a deeper meaning to the legendary brand.

"You see somebody in a grocery store, if you're wearing your Carvel shirt, they want to tell you their Carvel story," says Jim Schneeloch, vice president of sales and distribution for Celebration Foods, the Connecticut-based division of FOCUS Brands that manufactures and markets Carvel ice cream cakes in the s...

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