"The shared features of Edy's and Dreyer's ice cream is due to the fact that they're the exact same ice cream sold with different monikers. On the West Coast and in Texas, you'll find the ice cream sold under the Dreyer's brand name. East of the Rocky Mountains, though, you'll see only Edy's ice cream with the same iconic striped lids as its West Coast siblings."
"The same ice cream brand being sold under different names can be a little confusing, but there are two reasonable purposes for it. One, the different names pay homage to the two original founders of the company, William Dreyer and Joseph Edy. They originally called the brand Edy's Grand Ice Cream, but in 1947, that partnership ended, and the name was changed to Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream."
Edy's and Dreyer's are the same ice cream sold under two brand names regionally: Dreyer's on the West Coast and in Texas, Edy's east of the Rocky Mountains. The dual naming honors founders William Dreyer and Joseph Edy; the company began as Edy's Grand Ice Cream before the partnership ended in 1947 and the name became Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream. The company's growth and 1977 eastward expansion created a naming conflict with Breyers, prompting an agreement to use Dreyer's in the West and Edy's in the East. The company traces origins to a 1928 partnership that helped invent Rocky Road.
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