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OVER THE YEARS, PEOPLE'S LOVE AFFAIR WITH
ice cream hasn't so much changed, but rather their tastes have broadened.
Kiel's Stoelting Foodservice has kept pace with it all.
Stoelting, now a Vollrath company, began in 1905 fabricating tanks for
farmers and cheesemakers. Its course changed in 1939 when Home Made
Ice Cream Co. (now Dairy Queen) contracted the company to engineer and
build the first so ice cream dispenser.
Today, the company feeds America's insatiable appetite for frozen
treats in whatever form they may come, from so serve to custard to
frozen yogurt to slushies and even margaritas. Rich Koehl, the company's
general manager, says Stoelting prides itself on making machines that are
easy to disassemble and clean, an advantage for an industry that has high
employee turnover rates.
Koehl says a lot has changed in ice cream throughout the decades. "From
the taste standpoint, people are looking for a much more flavorful, diverse
type of product," he says, pointing to the growing artisan market.
e company sells to restaurants and convenience stores from coast to
coast. Koehl says as it moves into the future, it will remain on the cutting edge
of technology and work with businesses to make customers' lives easier. And
you can put a cherry on top of that.
— Jessica iel
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