Ice Cream Truck 1, Jane Mealy 0: Mobile Vendor Restrictions Fail in Flagler Beach
February 9, 2012
Don’t worry, Flagler Beach: you’ll still be able to buy ice cream from a roving ice cream truck, at least for the foreseeable future. In a stinging defeat for Jane Mealy on her first day as chairman of the Flagler Beach City Commission, the panel voted to table a proposed ordinance that would have severely limited the right of mobile businesses, including ice cream trucks, to ply their wafers around town. A full commission chamber applauded, but also grumbled at the possibility that the issue ma (source: FlaglerLive.com)

Ice-cream food truck begun by Scottsdale artisan shop aims to foster community
February 3, 2012
Eight years later, she was working at her artisan ice-cream shop Sweet Republic in Scottsdale when her co-founder, Jan Wichayanuparp, began serving the sweet creations at Phoenix’s Food Truck Fridays from an orange converted 1959 Chevy truck. (source: DowntownDevil)

TheGrio's 100: Felecia Hatcher, Co-founder of gourmet ice cream truck line
January 31, 2012
Apple Martini. Apple Pie. Almond Butter. These three things did not have a lot in common until 28-year-old Felecia Hatcher came along and made them into ice cream and popsicle flavors. Hatcher, who lives in Florida, has made a name for herself with Feverish, an aptly named line of gourmet ice cream trucks that cater to the state's warm-weather residents year-round. (source: thegrio)

Nashville Ice Cream Truck Rentals Continue Strong Despite Economy Sagging
January 6, 2012
Nashville based Mean Green Ice Cream Machine has reported strong interest in events for the 2012 season despite the economic downturn in the area. Ice Cream Truck rentals in Nashville for functions are filing up at a faster pace than in 2011 even despite budgets being strapped for entertainment expenses. (source: PressZoom)

Street Treats Has Earned Its Street Cred
November 29, 2011
Sometimes I wish that all U.S. Postal trucks would wheel around homemade ice cream cookie sandwiches and fancy rice krispy treats instead of credit card statements and bills. And by sometimes, I mean that I wish for this all the time. (source: Seattle Weekly)

Joe on the Go with Mojo Express
November 22, 2011
The idea for the Mojo Express began in 2009, she recalled, during a Fourth of July fireworks display — there were ice cream trucks surrounded by people looking for a treat. That's when it hit her. (source: Oak Park-River Forest Patch)

Coolhaus Ice Cream Sandwich Truck Comes to Miami
October 31, 2011
Olive oil, rosemary, and basalmic-glazed fig with mascarpone cheese. They sound like dinner, but they're actually ice cream flavors made by Coolhaus, the architecturally-inspired ice cream sandwich food truck with unorthodox flavors, which debuts November 17. (source: Miami NewTimes)

L.A. Ice Cream Trucks, Food Carts Question A Revolution In Fees Amid Recession
October 31, 2011
Until the recession hit, operating a business on wheels seemed like a slick job to many L.A. immigrants. (source: neon tommy)

Reality trip: Local ice cream truck’s next stop might be on TV
October 27, 2011
Shane McGill, who worked summers selling ice cream around town from a vintage milk truck, is calling it quits and shipping his truck to Seattle. (source: The Muscatine Journal)

Medford resident hits the road with Frozen Hoagies food truck
October 27, 2011
Every holiday, and even on days that weren’t holidays, Mary McPartland could be found experimenting in her Medford kitchen with deserts, baking all kinds of delicious gingerbread cookies and cakes for her family. (source: WickedLocal Medford)

NYC’s Best Food Trucks: The Big Gay Ice Cream Truck
October 24, 2011
On June 13, 2009, Big Gay Ice Cream made its grand and colorful debut in Park Slope during the Brooklyn Pride Festival. What most of the customers didn’t know was that it was owner Doug Quint’s first day making an ice cream cone – and things weren’t going so well. (source: CBSNewYork.com)

Food Truck Tweets Sell Ice Cream Treats
October 17, 2011
If you want consumers to follow your brand religiously on Twitter, Natasha Case, proprietor of one of America's fastest-growing food truck businesses, suggests you create as much dogma as possible. For her homemade ice cream sandwiches company, Coolhaus, Case's social media team regularly tweets secret passwords for specials as well as off-the-menu items to keep customers engaged. Her trucks each sell as many as 500 "sammies" per day, at $4 to $6 apiece. (source: ClickZ)

'Next best thing to Santa' Ice cream man's cold treats get warm reception
October 17, 2011
First come the tinkly notes of "Do Your Ears Hang Low?" followed by the clompity-clomp-clomp of sneakers smacking the pavement. They screech to a halt, breathless and triumphant, at the side window of Richard Foster's ice cream truck, clutching fistfuls of change and wrinkled dollar bills begged from parents or culled from allowances. (source: Fredericksburg.com)

Ice cream food trucks are on a roll: Forget the kitschy kids music, these rides are gourmet
October 14, 2011
Whether you prefer a Drumstick or the Bomb Pop Flag Pop, everyone has an ice cream truck fave, as familiar as the tinny, repetitive tune that lets you know it's on its way. But two new ice cream stands are on the move in Houston and they're shaking up expectations. (source: culturemap Houston)

Schools try ice cream, Nicki Minaj to boost attendance
October 4, 2011
Kids, if you skip school a lot, would a visit by the Molly Moon's ice cream truck motivate you to go to school? How about a pizza party? Or a recorded wake-up call from Nicki Minaj or Wiz Khalifa? (source: seattlepi.com)

On the job: Suzanne 'Suzy-Q' Putis, Owner, Suzy-Q's ice cream wagon
October 3, 2011
What made you decide to start an ice cream delivery business? "My husband traveled all the time and I needed something where I could take the kids with me. I researched it, I went to the bank and got a loan all by myself; my Dad and I went to Lowell to look at the truck. I thought it was perfect and I bought it on the spot." (source: Telegram & Gazette)

Ice cream 'truck' on the water
September 29, 2011
We all remember the days of being at the beach as kids and hearing the sound of the ice cream truck driving alongside the sand to entice beachgoers with an array of refreshing ice cream. But what about those who are out on the water and can't get to the ice cream truck, but still want a cold, sweet treat? (source: Wicked Local Hingham)

Friends ditch careers to reinvent the ice cream truck
September 13, 2011
Coolhaus co-founder and CEO Natasha Case turned her recession woes into something sweet. She jumped full-time into her hobby of making gourmet ice cream sandwiches after her job at Disney dried up. "I didn't look back...I just sort of went for it." (source: Shine from Yahoo)