Order from ice cream distributors and ice cream wholesalers

If you want to supply your customers with quality ice cream, look at what the big brands offer in terms of wholesale ice cream.

I recommend: Call Giffords Ice Cream & Candy Co. for wholesale ice cream in the Washington, D.C. area. Contact The Ice Cream Club Inc. for information on national wholesale ice cream and their licensing program. Fill out a form if you want to order wholesale from Dreyer's Ice Cream. If you're in the mid-Atlantic region, Berliner Specialty Distributors is the ice cream distribution company to turn to.

Locate mobile ice cream suppliers

Not all ice cream sales occur in brick-and-mortar stores. Consider the mobile options that some ice cream suppliers offer. Keep in mind that mobile ice cream retailers have a longer season in warmer climates.

I recommend: Berliner Specialty Distributors offers mobile vending for national-brand ice cream products.

Look locally for ice cream makers

Buying from local ice cream makers gives you many advantages - you are more likely to get a better price, you will forge bonds with your community and your customers will know that you support local farmers and small businesses.

I recommend: The Food Routes Network has information on ordering from local suppliers. Go to FarmFresh.org for a list of U.S. farms that produce or are partnered with other companies to make ice cream.