Carvel keeps it simple; despite some automated additions, it's still the people in the plant that put the icing on the cake.(FOOD)(Company overview)

From: Food & Drug Packaging | Date: February 1, 2006| Author: Wiemer, Graham | Copyright information

Celebration Foods, a Connecticut-based division of FOCUS Brands that manufactures and markets Carvel ice cream, ice cream cakes and novelties, has enjoyed tasty profits from these products in recent years. With more than 540 franchise locations in 26 states, and ice cream cakes in more than 8,400 supermarkets in 36 states, Carvel generated approximately $225 million in sales in 2004.

FOCUS created Celebration Foods in 2004 to run Carvel's operations for supermarkets, clu...

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