With warmer weather hitting us earlier this year (making lockdown a little more bearable) there’s a few things that remind us of summer whatever the time of year. The sound of lawnmowers, the smell of sun tan lotion and of course, the sound of the ice cream van.
Everyone loves ice cream, that cold and tasty treat can be enjoyed in so many different ways, in a cone, as a dessert or to accompany a pudding such as apple crumble or fruit salad. Ice cream not only tastes amazing, but it brings back so many memories for all of us, who doesn’t have a photo of them as a child with ice cream all over their face, it’s one of those ‘must have’ photograph opportunities.
Support your Ice Cream Van and Parlour
With so many businesses suffering due to the impact of coronavirus, we implore you to support your local ice cream van or independent parlours, the big chains of the world will in the main survive this, it’s the smaller businesses that really need your help to keep them going. So next time you go for your walk in the park with the kids, think about stopping at your local ice cream van and treating them to some cold and delicious ice cream.
The more we can help to support local businesses of all kinds, the more we are helping our local economies, doing our bit to make things a little bit easier for everyone, If you buy an ice cream from your local ice cream van, then that ice cream man can afford to buy some groceries from the local shop, that local shop employs local people to work there. Those people then have money to spend on ice cream. That’s a very simplified view of things, but by trying to keep your money within your community as much as possible, the lower the impact that the economic downturn will have on everybody.
Anyhow, enough of the serious stuff……..
Ice Cream Flavourings
We all have our favourite ice cream flavour, whether its vanilla soft serve, chocolate ice cream in a cone or a mixture of different flavours. The options open to us now are enormous, there are so many different combinations to try you could never work your way around them all. There are plays on popular chocolate bars and sweets, classic dessert flavours or the more unusual to try.
Whatever your favourite, why not try something different this summer, a lot of ice cream parlours will offer a larger range of flavours with different toppings to try. Some will let you choose what you add, allowing you to create your own combination. Toppings are no longer limited to flavoured syrups. You can now get fruity toppings, nuts, sprinkles, chocolate, marshmallows, the list goes on and on and on. And of course many of us still love to pop that 99 flake or a wafer into our ice cream cone too.
At Takeaway Supplies, we have a massive range of different flavours and toppings available, but more than that. We can create pretty much any flavour you can think of, so let your imagination go wild! Trying out a weird and wacky flavour with your customers can help bring people into your establishment, it just makes things a little more interesting and you never know, you could discover something truly amazing!