HB Ice Cream facts for kids
HB Ice Cream is a well-known ice cream brand in Ireland. It is part of the Unilever Group's Heartbrand ice cream family. The Heartbrand makes ice cream all around the world.
HB Ice Cream makes most of the Heartbrand's ice cream treats. They also create special products just for the Irish market. One of these is the Hazelbrook Farm range of ice cream blocks. These blocks come in many yummy flavors like vanilla (blue), mint choc (mint green), honeycomb (honey color), banana (yellow-brown), strawberry and raspberry ripple (pink), and caramel (caramel color).
In Northern Ireland, you can find both HB and Wall's ice cream. Wall's is the Heartbrand's name in the UK. Sometimes, they are even promoted together as HB Wall's.
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History of HB Ice Cream
How HB Started
The company began in 1926. It was founded by three brothers: James, George, and William Hughes. They called their company Hughes Brothers. They started at Hazelbrook Farm in Churchtown, Dublin. The name Hazelbrook Farm was used for a while. It was dropped during World War II but came back in the late 1980s. From 2002 to 2005, it was called "HB Originals."
Changes Over the Years
In 1964, the part of HB that delivered milk moved to another company called Premier Dairies. The rest of HB was sold to W. R. Grace and Company. Then, in 1973, HB became part of Unilever. Unilever is a very large company that owns many brands.
HB also made other sweet treats in the past. They made sweets and chocolate at different times. In 2002 and 2003, they even made frozen yogurt.
Factory Closure and a Special House
The HB Ice Cream factory in Churchtown closed in 2003. This meant that 180 jobs were no longer needed.
The original farmhouse of the Hughes family, Hazelbrook House, was moved in 2001. It was taken to Bunratty Folk Park. Now, you can visit it there and see what it was like!
Advertising HB Ice Cream
Celebrating 90 Years
In 2016, HB Ice Cream celebrated its 90th birthday! To mark this special occasion, many old television adverts from as far back as 1961 were shown on TV again.
Catchy Slogans and Global Connections
During the late 1970s and early 1980s, popular phrases for HB included "Two Letters Spell Ireland's Favourite Ice Cream." In the mid-1980s, the slogan was "Still The Favourite."
Some of HB's adverts were also used for other Heartbrand ice cream brands around the world. For example, they were used for Wall's in England, Miko in France, and Ola in the Netherlands. This started in the 1970s.
On April 26, 2017, many of the old adverts from the 1960s and 1970s became available to watch online. They are part of the Irish Film Archive.
See also
- Golly Bar
- Choc Ice
- Heartbrand
- List of ice cream brands
- Unilever
- Wibbly Wobbly Wonder
External links
- HB Ice Cream
- Unilever Ireland
- Lakeland Dairies
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