Thrifty Ice Cream is set to expand with new flavors and distribution after Rite Aid's bankruptcy, its new owners said in an ...

More details on the future of the beloved Thrifty Ice Cream brand were released by its new owner after concerns that its ...

Thrifty Ice Cream's new owners promise to keep the classic recipes while expanding the brand with new flavors and broader ...

If Thrifty Ice Cream had a flavor this month, it would undoubtedly be Rocky Road. While the original Rocky Road promised “an unforgettable adventure of rich chocolate, gooey marshmallows, and ...

They opened the first Thrifty ice cream production plant in Hollywood in 1940. The plant relocated to a 55,000-square-foot facility in El Monte in 1976.

Thrifty Ice Cream is an ice cream brand that is owned by the Rite Aid pharmacy chain. The brand was originally founded in 1940 in Los Angeles, where it was sold from soda fountain counters inside ...

Spring Chef, “ergonomic” Midnight Scoop, Thrifty, Zeroll an Sumo Ice cream scoops are seen at a studio on Wednesday, Aug. 9, 2023 in Los Angeles, CA.

Thrifty began out of a small factory in West Hollywood, California, in 1940. It was sold exclusively at the now-defunct Thrifty Drug Store chain, according to the ice cream company's website.

A buyer could save both Rite Aid and Thrifty through acquisition, and this nearly happened back in 2018. Albertsons was set to purchase Rite Aid and Thrifty Ice Cream, but the deal never materialized.

Thrifty ice cream uses imported confectionery ingredients and adds real chunks of fruit and cookie pieces to ice cream, which contains a respectable 10.25 percent amount of butterfat.