Cold Stone Creamery® Accolades
- Founded in 1988 in Tempe, Arizona, by two ice cream lovers
to offer the Ultimate Ice Cream Experience®
- #3 largest ice cream concept in the U.S.
- Highest average unit sales volume of any ice cream concept
- #49 on QSR® magazine’s 2011 ‘QSR Top 50’ ranking
- #54 on the 2011 ‘Franchise 500®’ list in Entrepreneur® magazine
- #49 on Franchise Direct’s® ‘Top 100 Global Franchises’ list for 2011
- #29 on the 2010 ‘Top Global Franchises’ list in Entrepreneur magazine
- #123 on the 2010 Franchise Times ‘Top 200 Franchise Systems’
- #30 on the ‘2010 MU50’ list in Multi-Unit Franchisee® magazine
- #129 on the 2009 Franchise Times ‘Top 200 Franchise Systems’
- #46 on the 2009 ‘Franchise 500’ list in Entrepreneur magazine
- Recognized by Entrepreneur magazine as one of 2009’s ‘Top 120 Restaurant Franchises’
- #78 on Restaurants & Institutions® magazine’s 2009 ‘Top 400 Restaurant Chains’ ranking
- #40 on the 2009 ‘Top Global Franchises’ list in Entrepreneur magazine
- Recognized by www.allbusiness.com as a 2009 ‘AllBusiness AllStar Franchise’
- #64 on the 2008 list of ‘Fastest Growing Franchises in America’ in Entrepreneur magazine
- #90 on the 2008 ‘Franchise 500’ list in Entrepreneur magazine
- #96 on Nation’s Restaurant News® 2008 ‘Top 100’ list
- More than 1,450 stores operating in the U.S. and worldwide as of 12.31.11
