Mauds Ice Creams
Mauds Ice Creams is an ice cream manufacturer from Northern Ireland, with stores across the island of Ireland and one in England. They have made over 350 flavours during their 38-year history, the most popular being Poor Bear, a mix of Vanilla ice cream and Honeycomb. They are the largest producer of dairy ice cream in Northern Ireland. In 2004 they were the first ice cream producer in the island of Ireland to be crowned 'Champion of Champions' by the Ice Cream Alliance.
History
Mauds Ice Creams was founded by John Wilson and was originally part of his grocery business in Carnmoney, Co. Antrim, Northern Ireland. The ice cream business quickly became the major part of John's grocery store and on Mothers' Day 1982 John renamed his store, Mauds Ice Creams, as a Mother's Day gift to his mother, Maud.
Today, Mauds Ice Creams is made in a modern production facility in Carrickfergus . Two of its most popular flavours are Poor Bear (honeycomb and vanilla, which was originally called Pooh Bear's Delight, until Disney opened a store in Belfast and Wilson decided to be cautious) and Belgian Chocolate (fine milk chocolate slivers in vanilla).
Their products can be found at over 300 stockists across the whole island of Ireland, including hotels and restaurants. There are "flagship" stores branded as Café Mauds, in Newcastle, Co. Down and Belfast, Co. Antrim. The first shop outside Ireland opened in Windsor, England opposite the castle but in recent years the company have started ship their ice cream to the Málaga area in Spain.