Did you know that Irvine ‘Irv’ Robbins, co-founder of Baskin-Robbins, opened his first ice cream store using money he saved from his Bar Mitzvah? Born in Winnipeg to Eastern European Jewish immigrants, Robbins grew up working in his father’s ice cream parlor in Tacoma, WA. After serving as an army […]
Dazs interesting. Häagen-Dazs was invented in the Bronx by Jewish Polish-American immigrants Rose and Rueben Mattus. The couple opened their first store in Brooklyn on November 15, 1976. The name “Häagen-Dazs” is a made up word meant to sound Danish as an acknowledgement of Denmark’s exemplary treatment of Jews during […]
Dazs Interesting. Reuben Mattus invented the “Häagen-Dazs” name supposedly as a tribute to Denmark’s exemplary treatment of its Jews during the Second World War, and included an outline map of Denmark on early labels. Mattus claimed the name was “Danish-sounding,” although it is not Danish. Source: 8FACT
