1904 Worlds Fair

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Ice Cream in Missouri
Central Dairy Jefferson City Central Dairy is
located in Jefferson City and is known for its
ice cream treats. They manufacture milk, butter,
cheese, ice cream, and other products. Central
Dairy is a subsidiary to Prairie Farms and has
formally endorsed the Ice Cream Cone Bill. They
are also providing ice cream for Ice Cream Day.
University of Missouri, Commercial Agricultural
Department Columbia University
of Missouri, Commercial Agricultural Department
Food Science School is a research and development
production facility for ice cream and cheese.
They have formally endorsed the Ice Cream Cone
Bill.
1904 Worlds Fair St. Louis It was at the 1904
Worlds Fair in St. Louis, MO that the ice cream
cone made its debut and was popularized. The
International Association of Ice Cream
Manufacturers (IAICM), credits pastry maker,
Ernest Hamwi along with Arnold Fornachon or
Charles Menches for the invention of the ice
cream cone as we know it today. Hamwi, a Syrian
pastry maker, was selling zalabia, a crisp pastry
cooked in a hot waffle-patterned press came to
the aid of a neighboring ice cream vendor, most
likely Arnold Fornachon, who had run out of
dishes. The warm zalabia was rolled into a cone
that could hold ice cream. Hamwi supported his
claim by the fact that he had been a sailor, and
his early ice cream cones were supposedly shaped
around a cone shaped sailor's tool, which he
claimed to have had with him at the fair. There
were, however, over 50 ice cream vendors and a
dozen waffle stands at the fair. Other vendors
claimed to have been the true inventors of the
ice cream cone as well. So it is very likely that
there were several vendors selling similar
versions of the ice cream cone. Regardless of who
the actual inventor may have been, most
historians will agree that the modern day edible
waffle cone made its world debut and was
popularized at the 1904 St. Louis Worlds Fair in
Forest Park (www.themissouriicecreamcone.org our
website).
Belfonte Ice Cream and Dairy Foods Kansas
City Belfonte Ice Cream and Dairy Foods is based
in Kansas City where it started in 1969. Today,
the Belfonte name is found on more than 190
products in more than 550 supermarkets and
convenience stores, and in more than 600
restaurants, country clubs, hospitals, schools
and food service facilities. Belfonte ice cream
is distributed from Kansas City to Tulsa, Wichita
and St. Louis. Belfonte has also formally
endorsed Ice Cream Cone Bill. (www.belfonteicecrea
m.com)
Kansas City
Columbia
St. Louis
Serendipity St. Louis Serendipity Homemade Ice
Cream opened in 2003 and is located at 8130 Big
Bend Blvd., St. Louis, MO. Serendipity homemade
Ice Cream is a premium ice cream made with the
finest ingredients available.  They are a
micro-dairy, which means we make our ice creams
and sorbets in small batches.  This ensures a
fresh product is always available, and gives them
the flexibility to create custom flavors as we
(or customers) think of them! They sell to 80
local restaurants and make custom flavors for the
restaurants as well. Beckie Jacobs, owner and ice
cream chef takes her craft seriously!  With
training at both the University of Wisconsin
Madison and Penn State University, and on-going
education at the St. Louis Community
College-Forest Park Culinary Program, Beckie is
committed to producing the best ice cream
possible. Beckie is currently on the Chamber of
Commerce Board and a former city official.
Serendipity is also providing ice cream here
today. They formally endorsed the Ice Cream Cone
Bill and are providing ice cream for Ice Cream
Day.
Jefferson City
Roberts Dairy Kansas City It all began in 1906
with J.R. Roberts milk route in Lincoln, Neb.
Roberts Dairy now has three production plants and
10 distribution centers in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas
and Missouri. Roberts Dairy currently employs
more than 700 individuals and generates annual
sales of more than 250 million with its vast
selection of dairy foods and beverages. Roberts
plants operate around the clock, 365 days a year
to ensure freshness (Robertsdairy.com). They have
formally endorsed the Ice Cream Cone Bill.
Sullivan
Golden City
Springfield
Sikeston
Missouri Farms Dairy Golden City Missouri Farms
Dairy, Inc. (MFD) is a new generation business
formed by over 150 farmers living throughout
Missouri. The dairy facility, located in
Southwest Missouri, was acquired in 2004. It is
the philosophy of the members of MFD that the
latest technology will be employed to ensure the
comfort of the cows while maintaining a
productive and profitable enterprise. Ultimately,
Missouri Farms Dairy will consist of 1260 head of
Holstein cattle with 1,100 being milked three
times per day Missouri Farms Dairy has also
formally endorsed the Ice Cream Cone Bill.
(www.comfycows.com).
Breyers Sikeston Breyers is the largest
manufacturer and marketer of branded packaged ice
cream and frozen novelty products in the U.S.
They employ 3,500 people and operate nine
manufacturing facilities across the U.S. More
than 250 employees work at their corporate office
in Green Bay, Wisconsin. In 2006, their annual
sales were over 1.2 billion. They have formally
endorsed the Ice Cream Cone Bill and are
providing ice cream for Ice Cream Day.
(www.icecreamusa.com/breyers)
Sullivan Ice Cream cones Sullivan Stephen
Sullivan of Sullivan, Missouri, was one of the
first known independent operators in the ice
cream cone business. In 1906, Sullivan served ice
cream cones (or cornucopias, as they were still
called) at the Modern Woodmen of America Frisco
Log Rolling in Sullivan, Missouri. At the same
time, Hamwi was busy with the Cornucopia Waffle
Company. In 1910, he founded the Missouri Cone
Company, later known as the Western C one
Company. In the 1920s, the cone business
expanded. Cone production in 1924 reached a
record 245 million. Slight changes in automatic
machinery have led to the ice cream cone we know
today. Now, millions of rolled cones are turned
out on machines that are capable of producing
about 150,000 cones every 24 hours.
(www.idfa.org)
Prairie Farms Prairie Farms and its subsidiaries
manufacturers and markets a full line of dairy
food products out of its own 24 plants and 13
joint venture plants throughout the Midwest and
Mid-South (including Missouri). Prairie Farms
line includes a wide variety of fluid milk
products juices and drinks cultured dairy
products including dips, sour cream, cottage
cheese and yogurt and the creamy pleasure of
Prairie Farms ice cream, including our premium
brand, Prairie Farms Old Recipe (Prairie Farms
has formally endorsed the Ice Cream Cone Bill.
Some of their individual subsidiaries, which have
also endorsed the ice cream cone bill, include
Hiland Dairy, Central Dairy, Ice Cream
Specialties, and Roberts Dairy.(
www.prairiefarmsdairy.com).
Hiland Dairy Springfield Hiland Dairy is a dairy
foods company that has its headquarters in
Springfield, Mo where it began in 1938. The
products they manufacture include butter, milk,
sour cream, cheeses, dips, yogurt, ice cream, and
other products. Hiland Dairy is a subsidiary to
Prairie Farms and has formally endorsed the Ice
Cream Cone Bill.
Cold Stone Creamery Cold Stone Creamery founders,
Donald and Susan Sutherland, discovered their
true calling in 1988 when, driven by their
passion to serve the world's best ice cream, they
opened the first Cold Stone Creamery in Tempe,
Arizona. And now, more than 1,400 stores
later, people have really warmed up to their cool
idea. They mix nuts, fruits, and candies into
their smooth and creamy ice cream on a granite
stone Cold Stone Creamery Area Developer Kevin
Garrett has been kind enough to testify on our
behalf. Cold Stone has formally endorsed the Ice
Cream Cone Bill and is providing ice cream for
Ice Cream Day. (www.coldstonecreamery.
com).