Sunday 21 September 2014

Sunday 14 September 2014

Cheshire Whippy Facebook - Free extra flake

If you "like or follow us on facebook or twitter this month whilst buying an ice cream, simply show your phone for a free extra flake!!

Did you know that a 99 is not the price of a cone wth a flake? We hear this every day, the truth is nobody knows who named the 99, some say it was cadburys order number for the box of flakes, google it and have fun

Saturday 13 September 2014

We are testing Twitter

One of the most common questions asked is "what times/days do you call?
The answer is difficult because we serve so many customers at corporate days, birthday and wedding parties along with community and sports events

The old traditional ice cream round has (like everything does) changed. 20 years ago there were an estimated 40,000 ice cream vans on Britains streets, the latest estimate is 5000

The reasons are varied, it is mainly a seasonal job with long hours in the summer and very little in the winter. Add to that the growth in freezers, supermarkets selling similar products for less than we can buy wholesale. Also many parents now view an ice cream as a treat once or twice a week, they do not always appreciate the ice cream van twice a day outside their door, especially if they have two or three children and all the other financial pressures

So we have to move with the times to survive, adapt or become extinct. Modern kids have smartphones, they can facebook, text and tweet, at their request, we are trialing Twitter so we can try and give a more accurate picture of where and when we are in the area, personally I can't see a downside at the moment

So out twitter name is:  #cheshirewhippy


Sunday 7 September 2014

Fun day at Macclesfield rugby club

We had a great day yesterday and the weather held for all the visitors to the Macclesfield Rugby club fun day

Later in the day we just managed a flying visit to Bollington and Poynton before returning to re-stock and clean down for today