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The Carvel name continues to make headlines after over 75 years in the business. People love the brand, and they love talking about it. Here are the latest press releases detailing Carvel’s fabulous people, delicious product, and exciting new market opportunities.

Carvel and Hollywood
Carvel ice cream has been immortalized by some of Hollywood’s biggest names. It was the highlight of Kelly Ripa’s birthday and fulfilled a wish in an episode of HBO’s The Sopranos, and helped launch Oprah Winfrey’s talk show career. Carvel's brought joy to Homer and Marge Simpson’s “whale of a wedding,” while also being immortalized by David Letterman, The Smithsonian Institute and the Guinness Book of World Records.

The most delicious and popular of all American comfort foods has taken on a celebrity status all its own. As a matter of fact, everyone is talking about it:
  • Everybody Loves Raymond
  • How I Met Your Mother
  • King of Queens
  • LIVE w/ Regis and Kelly
  • Saturday Night Live
  • The CBS Early Show
  • The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
  • The Family Guy
  • The Office
  • The Simpsons
  • The Sopranos
It has an amazing impact on pop culture:
  • The Beastie Boys recorded a song entitled “Cookie Puss”
  • Tom Carvel was Oprah’s first talk show interview in October 1978 on Baltimore’s WJZ-TV 13
  • Holds the Guinness World Record for the Largest Ice Cream Scoop Pyramid and Largest Ice Cream Cake
  • The American History Museum of the Smithsonian Institute has a section of "Carvel History and Memorabilia"
  • Travel Channel chose Carvel as the “Best Ice Cream Cake” - March 2004
And, you wouldn't believe Carvel's past:
  • Tom Carvel played golf with Jackie Gleason and actually set up an account at a local Carvel for Jackie to get free ice cream anytime.
  • Tom also played golf with Bob Hope and made him birthday cakes.
  • Frank Sinatra and Dean Martin were also good friends with Tom.
  • A letter of sympathy from President Richard Nixon was sent to Agnes Carvel on Tom’s passing in 1990.

For media inquiries and community affairs, please contact:

Ashley Swann
Public Relations Manager
1-404-705-4449
CarvelMediaInquiry@focusbrands.com

For advertising inquiries, please contact:

Lori Peterson
Director, Franchise Marketing
1-404-705-2072
lpeterson@focusbrands.com

For customer service inquiries, please contact:

1-800-322-4848 or
custsvcs@focusbrands.com

 

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January 28, 2010 Carvel Named "Best National Ice Cream" By Readers of Long Island Press
November 24, 2009 Carvel Ice Cream Offers Holiday Cakes for $9.99
October 13, 2009 Say Cheese! Carvel Adds Cheesecake Ice Cream to the Mix
September 09, 2009 Customer Appreciation Day Means a Free Oreo Lil’ Rounder at Carvel
August 10, 2009 Oreo Lil’ Rounders Make Their Debut on the Carvel Menu
April 30, 2009 Carvel Ice Cream Celebrates 75 Years of Making People Happy
January 08, 2009 Carvel’s New No Fat Fruit Dasher Is the First of Twelve Featured Sundae Dashers®
November 10, 2008 FOCUS Brands Inc.® Names Russ Umphenour as President and CEO
September 30, 2008 Carvel Ice Cream Rings in the Season with New Fall Flavors
September 16, 2008 Carvel Appreciates Customers with Freebies and Deals
August 5, 2008 New Incentives Resurge Carvel Ice Cream Franchise Efforts
May 8, 2008 Carvel Ice Cream Enters the World of Mobile Marketing with the Arctic Summer Sweepstakes
April 14, 2008 Carvel Ice Cream Launches New Blended Frozen Drinks
March 31, 2008 One-on-One Training Keeps Carvel Ice Cream Reenergized and Refreshed
January 28, 2008 Bristol Franchisee Wins Carvel New Franchise of the Year Award
November 27, 2007 Cabbage Patch Kids® Launch 25th Anniversary Celebration on QVC®
Play Along Carvel Cabbage Patch Kids® Baby (879 x 879 image)
November 5, 2007 FOCUS Brands Names Greg Regian as Chief Marketing Officer, Mike Shattuck as Senior Vice President of International, Jocelyn Blain as Senior Vice President of Development Services, Kathryn Rookes as Senior Vice President of Legal, and Jim Salerno as Vice President of Carvel Operations
October 2, 2007 Hot and Cold, Together at Last: New Hot Crunch Sundaes from Carvel® Ice Cream
September 7, 2007 Happy Tastes Like New Carvel® Ice Cream Cupcakes
August 30, 2007 FOCUS Brands and Roark Capital Complete Moes Purchase
May 16, 2007 Carvel® Ice Cream Introduces Italian Ice Flavors, Beverages, Pies and Sundaes Ripe with Dole® Fruit
April 11, 2007 FOCUS Brands to Acquire Moe's Southwest Grill
March 1, 2007 Carvel® Ice Cream Responds to FDA Recall of Products Containing ConAgra Foods’ Peanut Butter and Peanut Butter Fudge Topping
January 25, 2007 Carvel® Ice Cream Introduces Hand-Dipped Flavors and Blended Beverages Chockfull of Hershey’s® Chocolate Candy Bars, Syrup and Cocoa
November 21, 2006 Roark Capital Group Acquires Schlotzskys, Ltd.
November 8, 2006 FOCUS Brands Announces Brand-Specific Reorganization
September 27, 2006 Carvel Introduces Cinnabon Ice Cream
April 18, 2006 Raising Money is a Piece of Carvel® Ice Cream Cake
January 17, 2006 Best-Loved Ice Cream Cake and World’s Favorite Monkey Leap to the Movie Screen
November 21, 2005 Carvel Gets Its Game On with Snickers
September 6, 2005 Carvel® Ice Cream Introduces Yellow “M” Character M&M’S® Cake
May 31, 2005 Carvel Ice Cream Invites Customers to Take a Sundae Drive
February 22, 2005 Look Out! It’s a Carvelanche!
January 18, 2005 FOCUS Brands 2004 Results/2005 Plans


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