How This Ice Cream Brand Went From 200 to 700 Stores | CPG Pivot
He was in 200 stores with pints.
He killed the entire product line and went to 700.
The idea that did it came from his sister, talking about her toddler's baby food.
Sam Rose founded Rosebud Ice Cream and spent two years making every single pint by hand.
Wake at 5am, teach boxing, drive from Denver to Longmont, make ice cream from 2pm to 2am, then deliver to Whole Foods before they stop receiving at 11.
Two years of that got him to roughly 200 stores. Then he pulled pints entirely, put soft serve in a pouch, and landed in about 700.
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