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Iconic Thrifty Ice Cream is making a comeback — here’s where to buy a scoop of nostalgia this summer

Nypost · · 476 words · By Nina Joudeh
Retail Expansion Nostalgia Corporate Acquisition
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10 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Southern California’s cherished Thrifty Ice Cream is making a sweet return — launching nationwide shipping, popping up in major grocery stores, and reviving its nostalgic ice cream truck”
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While individual components of the claim (like Costco sales) are corroborated, the specific combined 'return' strategy including nationwide shipping and the ice cream truck is not corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable ice cream brands. Ice cream is a frozen dessert, usually made from dairy products such as milk and cream, and often combined with fruits or other ingredients and flavors. How…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ice_cream_brands
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thrifty Ice Cream is an American company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet. Founded by Harry and Robert Borun, it was originally created in 1940 to produce a loss leader that was…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrifty_Ice_Cream
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Thrifty PayLess Holdings, Inc. was a pharmacy holding company that owned the Thrifty Drugs and PayLess Drug Stores chains in the western United States. The combined company was formed in April 1994 wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrifty_PayLess
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“The 86-year-old ice cream brand’s future was thrown into doubt last year after Rite Aid filed for bankruptcy and shuttered hundreds of stores”
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Multiple sources confirm that Thrifty is approximately 86 years old (founded 1940) and that Rite Aid's bankruptcy put the brand's future in doubt.
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web search NEUTRAL — Thrifty Ice Cream is an American company that manufactures ice cream, frozen yogurt, and sherbet.Previously, it was also present in over 500 Thrifty Ice Cream outlets located in Rite Aid pharmacies on…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrifty_Ice_Cream
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web search NEUTRAL — The 86-year-old company’s future came into question in 2025, when Rite Aid declared bankruptcy and closed most stores, removing most of Thrifty’s full-service ice cream counters.
https://la.eater.com/restaurant-news/302842/thrifty-ice-crea…
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web search NEUTRAL — For nearly a century in L.A., a trip to Thrifty’s meant a scoop-of that iconic, cylinder-shaped Thrifty Ice Cream. But with nThriftyIcecream #RiteAid #LosAng...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBPzNE0_h0E
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“the cult-favorite brand, founded in West Hollywood”
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Multiple independent sources, including the official 'About Us' page and news reports, confirm the brand was founded in West Hollywood in 1940.
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web search NEUTRAL — Born in cali. Thrifty® ice cream was launched in 1940 at a small factory in West Hollywood. Angelenos soon flocked to the flagship Thrifty Drug Store in downtown Los Angeles to sample ice cream from t…
https://www.thriftyicecream.com/about-us/
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web search NEUTRAL — Thrifty Ice Cream was founded all the way back in 1940 in West Hollywood. Like its eventual Rite-Aid owners, Thrifty was originally a drug store called Thrifty Cut Rate Drug Stores. Originally, the ow…
https://www.tastingtable.com/1910068/thrify-ice-cream-monste…
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web search NEUTRAL — They sold ice cream from various suppliers, but as demand for the product grew, the brothers decided to start producing the ice cream themselves. They opened the first Thrifty ice cream production pla…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/end-thrifty-ice-cream-know-100000…
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“has been rescued after Hilrod Holdings — the parent company tied to Monster Energy executives Hilton Schlosberg and Rodney Sacks — snapped up Thrifty’s assets for $19.2 million”
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Multiple independent sources confirm Hilrod Holdings (linked to Hilton Schlosberg and Rodney Sacks) acquired Thrifty's assets for $19.2 million.
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web search NEUTRAL — Thrifty Ice Cream has been acquired by Hilrod Holdings for $19.2 million amid Rite Aid Corp.’s bankruptcy proceedings. The investment group plans to revitalize the iconic brand while preserving its co…
https://www.herehollywood.com/2025/08/16/thrifty-ice-cream-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — A holding company, linked to Hilton Schlosberg and Rodney Sacks, paid $19.2 million for the Rite Aid-owned brand and a healthcare business.
https://www.fooddive.com/news/monster-energy-execs-purchase-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hilrod Holdings plans to revitalize Thrifty business after acquiring it from Rite Aid.Hilrod is owned by Monster Energy CEO Hilton Schlosberg and former Monster co-CEO Rodney Sacks.
https://progressivegrocer.com/monster-energy-owners-acquire-…
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“Starting May 18, Thrifty began offering nationwide shipping for 48-ounce tubs and 12-packs of ice cream cups through its website”
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The provided web search results for this specific claim returned irrelevant information about car rentals and other unrelated videos; no evidence confirms the May 18 shipping date or specific product sizes.
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web search NEUTRAL — What do macaroni and cheese, ranch dressing, and pizza all have in common? They’re all ice cream flavors made by Brooklyn-based Van Leeuwen Ice Cream.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do5_8PpH9dE
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web search NEUTRAL — Reserve a rental car online and save time and money! With great car rental deals, and convenient pickup and drop-off locations, you'll find the absolute best rental car for your money.
https://www.thrifty.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — [RealityKings] Abigaiil Morris, Hayley Spades & Cara May – Slutty Strap. 35:54.
https://vk.com/video-231102737_456239668
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“Costco stores across Southern California have already started carrying 3.6-ounce cups of Chocolate Malted Krunch”
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Eater LA specifically confirms that Costco locations in Southern California began carrying 3.6-ounce cups of Chocolate Malted Krunch on May 11.
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web search NEUTRAL — On May 11, Costco locations throughout Southern California began carrying individually sized 3.6-ounce cups of Chocolate Malted Krunch by the dozen, with more locations taking the same path.
https://la.eater.com/restaurant-news/302842/thrifty-ice-crea…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iconic desert charm meets a California classic! We’ve got the inside scoop: Thrifty Ice Cream is now at the Marketplace! Whether it’s a double scoop of Chocolate Malted Krunch or a classic Mint N' Chi…
https://www.tiktok.com/@laquintaresort/video/761613869657576…
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web search NEUTRAL — Does the Thrifty ice cream in the freezer aisle taste the same as the stuff from the Rite Aid scoop counters? Thrifty makes more than two dozen ice cream flavors at its El Monte plant, but Chocolate M…
https://gacapal.com/food/story/2025-05-26/thrifty-ice-cream-…
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“Albertsons and Food4Less are expected to roll out additional Thrifty products, including classic flavors and a new patriotic sherbet dubbed Red, White, and Blue”
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The search results for Albertsons are about lawsuits and AI tools, not about rolling out Thrifty products or a 'Red, White, and Blue' sherbet.
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web search NEUTRAL — Albertsons responded to the lawsuit, disputing the state’s claims. The company said it engaged in good-faith discussions with the Attorney General’s Office before the filing and called the allegations…
https://soyummy.com/uncategorized/albertsons-and-safeway-sue…
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web search NEUTRAL — Albertsons Companies Intelligent Quality Control tool is an AI-powered tool to help with quality control. The grocer is initially using it on strawberries and grapes. The tool uses Google Cloud's Gemi…
https://www.usatoday.com/story/grocery/2026/05/16/albertsons…
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web search NEUTRAL — Grocers Kroger and Albertsons are selling more than 400 stores and other assets to C&S Wholesale Grocers in an approximately $1.9 billion deal as part of their efforts to complete their merger.
https://apnews.com/article/kroger-albertsons-merger-cs-whole…
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“The flavor — made with cherry, lemon and blue raspberry — was created to celebrate America’s upcoming Semiquincentennial”
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The search results provide general information about sherbet and blue raspberry flavor but do not mention a specific Thrifty product for the Semiquincentennial.
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web search NEUTRAL — Rainbow sherbet, a flavor of sherbet consisting of three different flavors of different colors, was invented in the 1950s at Sealtest Dairy in Pennsylvania, after an employee invented a nozzle that wo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherbet_(frozen_dessert)
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web search NEUTRAL — В переводе с английского Blue Raspberry, буквально, означает blue - голубая, raspberry - малина, получается голубая малина. Наши продавцы, недолго думая, как только не называют этот вкус и малина, и е…
https://vk.com/wall-36220599_1003089
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web search NEUTRAL — Blue snow cones, blue ICEEs, blue Gatorade, and even blue candies all prove that when you need to cool off and chill, blue flavor does it best.If blue raspberry isn’t based on the purplish Whitebark r…
https://sporked.com/article/what-is-blue-raspberry/
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“A retired fan-favorite flavor is also making a permanent comeback— the Birthday Cake”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding the return of a Birthday Cake flavor.
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“Thrifty’s newly branded ice cream truck, set to roll through Southern California all summer”
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No evidence was found in the search results regarding a newly branded ice cream truck.
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