KATHLEEN FROM DAMASCUS, MD ASKS: My name is Kathleen and I am in the 4th grade. I have chosen the topic of ice cream for a class research assignment. My favorite flavor of ice cream is chocolate. I have some questions that I hope you can help me with.
1. How do you decide on new flavors?
2. Do you make ice cream even on weekends and holidays?
3. How much ice cream do you make a day and how many people does it take?
Great choice for a research assignment, Kathleen! That’s the kind of homework you can really sink your teeth into. To answer your questions:
1. We choose our new flavors by taking consumer suggestions and by following new flavor trends. That’s how we came up with our recent flavors that use pomegranate and mango…two very popular fruit flavors currently in use throughout the food industry. We also just like to give our customers something new to try with our Limited Edition flavors. Sometimes these flavors become regular flavors based on customer feedback and sales.
2. Turkey Hill produces ice cream 24 hours a day, seven days a week, including weekends and most holidays.
3. We produce roughly 100,000 gallons of ice cream per day! There are about 650 employees total at Turkey Hill Dairy. Approximately 70 of those employees work in ice cream production, which means there is about 23 people working each shift to make ice cream here at the Dairy.
I hope this answers your questions, Kathleen. Let me know if you need more information for your assignment. Good luck!
Ernie
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This is so nice of Turkey Hill to do with given us history and a chance to win at their contest! Thanks a bunch to Turkey Hill for all you do for us!!
I enjoy your ice cream links. My favorite is Ice Cream Ireland. I remember the biggest ice cream bar I ever had. It was in a small shop in Ireland and the bar was so big I couldn’t finish it. My sister had some and we still had some left. Just goes to show Everyone likes ice cream.
Oh, those lucky 23 who get to crank out ice cream for the masses each day!
I wonder, do they get unlimited samples as a job-perk? Would anyone ever get tired of too much TH ice cream?? I should think not! 
WHAT A COOL ASSIGNMENT! I HOPE YOUR YOUR GOING FOR EXTRA CREDIT AND TRYING ALL THE FLAVORS.
Ernie seems like he has one of the best jobs ever! I would love to work in ice cream production since it is one of my favorite foods. But I’m sure Ernie needed a lot of schooling and skills in business, management, personal relations, accounting, finance, cooking, nutrition, business ethics and so much more so he must be very intelligent.
Why did you do away with “German Chocolate Cake” ice cream? That was the BEST ice cream I’ve ever tasted.
Shorty
I hope TH will consider making at least pint size Teaberry- for all us teaberry lovers who can make can’t find it our local scoop shops…I did enjoy some at Knoebels this summer but once or twice a year is not enough for me!!
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I would love to have a job making ice cream at TH. It would be fun to come up with and sample all the new flavors!
Ernie,What about the “German Chocolate Cake” ice cream? That was the BEST ice cream I’ve ever tasted. I ate a gallon a week, when I could find it.
Shorty
Ernie,It’s been a year, to the day, hour, and minute. What about the “German Chocolate Cake” ice cream? That was the BEST ice cream I’ve ever tasted. I ate a gallon a week, when I could find it.
When will I be able to get it again? Please!!!
Shorty