After decades at the helm, owner George Pennini sold the town's Dairy Queen for $4.2 million to his two nieces, ensuring the next generation keeps the soft-serve traditions going. It was one of the highest-priced sales ever achieved for a Dairy Queen asset, according to the brokers Marcus & Millichap. This location ranks as the second-highest-grossing "Treat Only" Dairy Queen franchise in the United States and is the most-visited Dairy Queen in Massachusetts by annual foot traffic, the brokers said.
Dairy Queen is a classic spot for dipped ice cream cones, Blizzard treats, and more. Though this fast food chain also serves food items other than dessert, these generally fall under the category of items you should avoid ordering at Dairy Queen. One polarizing poultry dish has the internet divided over whether or not it's a worthy buy. Dairy Queen's Sauced & Tossed Honey BBQ Chicken Strip Basket has received its share of mixed reviews online,
Though yet to be officially confirmed, rumors across social media, which appear to have begun with a post from Snackolator on Instagram, of a new addition to the lineup of Dairy Queen Blizzards are spreading like snowflakes across a winter wonderland. The new "Snowdrift Blizzard" flavor is said to feature a light blue base of cake batter soft serve dotted with pieces of Oreo cookies and a swirl of marshmallow.
Simple but rich, it consisted of vanilla soft serve, brownie chunks, hot fudge, and marshmallow sauce, topped with Oreo cookies. But before you shed another nostalgic tear, fans need to know they can still delight in this earth-shaking treat, albeit under a different name. In 2019, Dairy Queen introduced a "new" item that's really just a rebrand of this gone-but-not-forgotten sweet.
While stores touting trendy clothing, knick-knacks of every imaginable variety, and video games are all very well, there is nothing quite like the epicenter of the mall: The humble food court. One mall food court chain we wish would come back got its start in the early 1920s and grew to become synonymous with mall culture in its heyday before sadly vanishing.
Perhaps the Heath Blizzard was doomed from the start, since Heath bars are notoriously hard and crunchy to start. When eaten at room temperature, their crunch all but melts in your mouth after the first bite, releasing a burst of buttery sweet richness. But the Heath bar was added in such tiny chunks that we could hardly taste them. The buttery sweet flavor was completely muted by the vanilla soft serve. We understand the conundrum DQ faces because adding larger chunks of Heath bar to ice-cold soft-serve would turn them into tooth-cracking rocks.
In a 2024 study by the Food Animal Concerns Trust (FACT), Dairy Queen received a failing score - or "F" rating - for lack of transparency about its animal welfare standards and use of antibiotics in its beef, as well as for numerous customer complaints about burger quality. As FACT explains, "superbugs" are dangerous, antibiotic-resistant bacteria that affect livestock, leading to unhealthy, subpar quality meat.
