Perry's Ice Cream Company Inc.

Perry's Ice Cream Company Inc., known to consumers as Perry's Ice Cream, is an American ice cream maker based in Akron, New York. Its origins date to 1918, when H. Morton Perry bought a milk route and operated a home-delivery and wholesale dairy business known as Perry's Dairy. The company says that its ice cream business took shape in 1932, after the manager of the Akron High School cafeteria asked Perry to supply ice cream. Perry and his son Marlo began making small batches on a kitchen stove using a family recipe passed down by Perry's mother. The company presents its heritage and production approach as central to the brand: it describes its ice cream as slow-cooked and notably creamy, and says it continues to use the family recipe passed down through generations. Its founding motto, “Make sure you put in enough of the good stuff,” remains part of its account of how it makes products and conducts business. Perry's says nearly all of its milk comes from farms in the communities surrounding Akron. Perry's offers a range of ice cream flavors and frozen desserts for eating by the scoop, in cones, in containers, or in portable formats. Its website also features limited-edition and seasonal flavors, including Pumpkin Pie and Friendsgiving in its fall promotion. The company describes its business capabilities as including consumer sales, frozen-food distribution, and contract manufacturing. It invites retailers and other business partners to work with it through these capabilities. The brand is rooted in western New York and distributes beyond its Akron base. The company reports that it employs more than 400 people across New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania, and that its products are distributed across New York, New Jersey, and Ohio, with the supplied account indicating distribution extends further. Perry's describes itself as a fourth-generation-owned and operated business. The supplied sources do not identify a parent company, named current executives, or a precise current distribution footprint beyond the states explicitly mentioned.

Perry's traces its beginnings to 1918, when H. Morton Perry bought a milk route in Akron, a community east of Buffalo in New York. The business, then known as Perry's Dairy, operated as a home-delivery and wholesale dairy business. This early operation established the local, family-business roots from which Perry's Ice Cream later developed. The company identifies 1932 as the turning point when it began making ice cream. In that year, the manager of the Akron High School cafeteria asked Morton Perry if he could supply ice cream. Perry used a family recipe given to him by his mother and made small batches with his son, Marlo, on the kitchen stove. The company recounts that the demand for the product grew, leading the Perry family to deliver bulk ice cream to local stores and restaurants around Akron. It describes this expansion as the beginning of Perry's Ice Cream as it is known today. The company connects its production philosophy to Morton's instruction to “Make sure you put in enough of the good stuff.” It says this idea remains part of both its approach to making ice cream and the way it does business. Perry's describes its products as slow-cooked and says it continues to use the family recipe passed down over generations. It also emphasizes its local agricultural connection, stating that nearly 100 percent of its milk comes from farms in the communities surrounding Akron. Perry's describes itself as a fourth-generation-owned and operated business. From its original milk route and dairy service, it has grown into an ice cream maker with a broader distribution operation and business-to-business capabilities. The company says it employs more than 400 people across New York, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Its website describes product distribution across New York, New Jersey, and Ohio, and indicates that its reach extends beyond those areas without specifying the full footprint in the supplied text. Its business offerings include selling Perry's products, frozen-food distribution services, and contract manufacturing. The brand's current public presentation combines its historical identity with a varied product range and seasonal flavor promotions. Its website presents ice cream for scooping and other consumption formats, and periodically highlights limited-edition flavors. The supplied sources do not give a complete chronology of later product launches, ownership transitions, executive appointments, or geographic expansions, so those details are not included here.

• 1932

  Perry's begins making ice cream

• 1918

  H. Morton Perry buys a milk route in Akron

A heritage-led, family-owned ice cream maker emphasizing slow-cooked production, creamy texture, a multigenerational family recipe, and its regional dairy roots.

• Ice cream

  The company's core product range includes a variety of real ice cream flavors, described by Perry's as slow-cooked and creamy.

• Seasonal and limited-edition flavors

  The official homepage promotes seasonal offerings including Pumpkin Pie and Friendsgiving for fall.

• Bars and sandwiches

  The product catalogue includes a Bars & Sandwiches category.

• Fall flavor promotion

• Continued use of the multigenerational family recipeOther

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